'Grand Canal, Venice' by Henri D'Anty, C. 1955; School of Paris, Musee D'Orsay, Toulouse-Lautrec Museum

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Signed lower left "d'Anty", titled verso "La Gondole" (The Gondola) and painted circa 1955.

A vibrant view of the Grand … Read more Signed lower left "d'Anty", titled verso "La Gondole" (The Gondola) and painted circa 1955.

A vibrant view of the Grand Canal painted alla prima in pure, unmixed and mainly primary colors over a white ground. A noted Post-Impressionist and prominent member of the second generation of the School of Paris, Henri d'Anty was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards including the Prix Cezanne in 1959 and the Prix Populiste in 1973. D’Anty studied at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere and at the Academie Julian and his works can be found in the collections of the Musee D'Orsay, the Toulouse-Lautrec Museum, at the National Museum of Fine Art in Québec, the Chrysler Museum of Art, as well as in Warsaw and Barcelona. His listing in Benezit includes a signature sample.

Partial List of Exhibitions:
1949: Galerie de Pequipe, Rue Saint Rustique, Montmartre.
1950: Galerie Lebar, Rue Loudon Jost, Paris.
1951: Galerie Hermann, Rue des Beaux Arts, Paris.
1952: Galerie Lebar, Rue Loudon Jost, Paris.
1953: Galerie de la Maison des Beaux Arts, Paris.
1954: Galerie de l’Institut, Rue de Seine, Paris.
1955: Galerie Duncan, Rue de Seine, Paris.
1956: Galerie Clio, Nice.
1957: Galerie Mourgue, Avenue de I’Opéra, Paris.
1957: Mairie de Barentin.
1958: Galerie Schneider, Avenue Matignon, Paris.
1958: Caves de la Tour Eiffel, Rue Charles Dickens, Paris.
1959: Scala Nebli, Madrid.
1960: Musée de I’Athdride, Geneve.
1960: Galerie Stoliar, Cannes.
1961: Palais de la Medditerrande, Nice.
1961: Galerie Cadror, Berne.
1961: Cimaise du Vieux Colombier, Paris.
1962: Dickson Galerie, Washington.
1962: Galerie, 16, Saint Antoine, Cannes.

Reference:
E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 1, p. 385-386; Vision sur les arts, Vision sur d’Anty, Divers, Paris, 1986; et al. See less