Guily Joffrin "Young Girl with bouquet", oil on canvas

Oil on canvas signed at the bottom left, countersigned and titled on the back. 46.5 - 38 cm on chassis and 63 - 55 cm on frame. France Guily Joffrin (Paris, July 30, 1909 - Brignogan-Plages, 2006) is a French painter. First entry to the Sophie-Germain Graduate School, received in 1928 at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in Lucien Simon's studio, she worked there for several years alongside Rhoner, Humblot, Jacques Despierre, Lucien Fontanarosa, etc. She co-prepared the diplomas of drawing teacher of the city of Paris and the state that she passed successfully. She teaches in Paris, Aurillac and the Normal School of that city. In 1945, she left teaching to devote herself solely to her career as a painter and illustrator. She is particularly interested in the human face, making numerous portraits including art and letters personalities Paul Guth, Suzanne Flon, Yvette Alde, Madeleine Robinson, etc. Much of her work is devoted to compositions in which the female nude plays an important role. He was asked to illustrate many books and composed stained glass windows for two churches in Brittany. Museums: Collections of the city of Paris. State Collections. Museum of the Sands of Olonne. Museum of the Petit Palais in Geneva. Aurillac Museum. Fontainebleau Museum. Brest Museum. Awards and medals: Award of the National Society of Fine Arts of Paris. Silver Medal Art, Science and Letters. Gold medal from the Montrouge show. Chenavarod Prize. Madeleine Bunoust Award. Award of the General Council of Fontainebleau. Honorary diploma of the European Festival of Art in Ardennes. Special exhibitions: Between 1944 and 1995, more than forty exhibitions in France in Paris, Aurillac, Rennes, Strasbourg, Reims, Rodez, Toulouse, Barbizon, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Cannes... and abroad in Geneva, Vevey, San Francisco, Tokyo.

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