Camille Hilaire (French 1916-2004) Color Lithograph Signed "Trotters"

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Camille Hilaire, French (1916-2004) color lithograph (artist's proof marked EA) "Trotters", pencil signed lower right.
Born in Mertz, Hilaire started … Read more Camille Hilaire, French (1916-2004) color lithograph (artist's proof marked EA) "Trotters", pencil signed lower right.
Born in Mertz, Hilaire started painting at a young age. At fifteen, he discovered the work of Albrecht Durer and began making copies of it. Some of his drawings drew the attention of Nicolas Untersteller, the director of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, thus enrolling in the Beaux-Arts and traveling on scholarship during the early 1930s. Then, during WWII, Hilaire was drafted into the French army, was taken prisoner, escaped and returned to Paris in early 1941. Condemned to secrecy, he enrolled under a false name at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris during the Occupation. In 1942-1943, while remaining at Beaux-Arts, Hilaire studied under Cubist artist Andre Lhote, with whom he became friends. Hilaire’s painting reveals influences from Cubism but without the rigidity typical of the early years of the movement. He was then appointed professor of Beaux-Arts in Nancy, where he taught from 1947 to 1958, and then Paris until 1968.


Dimensions: 20 3/4"H x 20 3/4"W

Condition: Good vintage condition. Possible slight toning. See less