Frederic Menguy Un Vase De Fleurs Ii (Flowers In A Vase) C.1980 Reproduction Print

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This artwork "Un Vase de Fleurs II (Flowers in a Vase)" c.1980, is an original colors lithograph on watermarked Arches … Read more This artwork "Un Vase de Fleurs II (Flowers in a Vase)" c.1980, is an original colors lithograph on watermarked Arches paper by noted French artist Frederic Menguy, 1927-2007. It is hand signed and numbered 44/200 in pencil by the artist. The artwork (image) size is 24 x 18 inches, sheet size is 30 x 22 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.

About the artist:Born in Paris in 1927, Frédéric Menguy a worldwide known artist was a pupil at the Sarcelles secondary school, then at the commercial school in Goussainville (Val d'Oise). Very early on, he developed a passion for drawing and painting and attended evening classes at the Paris workshops (Place des Vosges, then Boulevard du Montparnasse) while working as an accountant in an insurance company (1943-1949), then only part-time in a stockbroker's office (1950-1951). More in line with his vocation, he entered the École normale d'enseignement du dessin in 1951 and, having obtained the certificat d'aptitude au professorat de l'enseignement du dessin d'art, taught drawing in 1953.
In 1956, Frédéric Menguy gave up teaching to devote himself entirely to his work as a painter, following in the footsteps of Bernard Buffet and André Minaux, in the expressionist tradition of Francis Gruber, whose dark and miserable paintings always express the pessimism of the post-war period. 1957 was the year of his first exhibitions3, and personal exhibitions at the Théâtre du Tertre of the writer and engraver Georges Charaire, then in the Parisian salons. In 1958, he married Nicole Allardin.
The research that followed in Frédéric Menguy's work initially brought him closer to abstract landscape painting and evoked Nicolas de Stael. His lithographic work began in 1964, before his discovery of the Corbières region in 1966 led him to settle in Villeneuve-la-Rivière the following year.
The work of Frederic Menguy is held in numerous collections worldwide. See less