'Blue Fish' by Roger Bezombes, Musee National d'Art Moderne, Grand Prix De Rome, Salon d'Automne

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Signed lower left, 'Roger Bezombes' (French, 1913-1994) and titled, 'Poisson bleu' with number and limitation, lower right, '25/150'.

Roger Bezombes … Read more Signed lower left, 'Roger Bezombes' (French, 1913-1994) and titled, 'Poisson bleu' with number and limitation, lower right, '25/150'.

Roger Bezombes first attended the Ècole des Beaux-Arts (1934) and was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards including the Grand Prix de Rome (1936), the Hallmark Prize (1949), Grand Prix National des Arts (1946) and the Grand Prix International de Peinture (1956). Bezombes took numerous art and study trips to Belgium, Germany, Italy, Greece, Crete, Palestine and the USA.

From 1937, Bezombes exhibited widely and with success around the world. In Paris, he frequently exhibited at the Salon d'Automne, Salon des Artistes Independants, Salon des Tuileries (until its cessation), the Comparaisons (1956-1965) and the Salon des Peintres Temoins from it's founding in 1951 until its closure. Other exhibitions include Copenhagen and the Hague (1938), Geneva and New York (1939), Bucharest, Sofia and Athens (1940), Istanbul and Ankara (1941), Lisbon and Barcelona ( 1942), Valencia and Rio de Janiero (1945). International exposition in museums in French North-Africa, Chile, Argentina, Australia, and Brazil; USA (New-York, Los Angeles, Houston), Tokyo, Osaka. (1987)

Bezombes also designed a monumental mural for the Paris Radio Symphonic Auditorium as well as tapestries woven at the Gobelin and Aubusson tapestry works. In addition to illustrating books, the artist has written L'EXOTISME DANS L'ART ET LA PENSEE (Elsevier, pub.). His paintings and graphics are in the permanent collections of the Musee National d'Art Moderne and Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris and the Musee des Beaux Arts, Dijon, France. This artist is well listed in all relevant art reference works including Benezit's definitive Dictionary of Artists which has a signature sample.

Reference:
E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 2, p. 272-273; Vollmer Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler des 20. Jarhhunderts, Hans Vollmer, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 1992, Vol. 1, p. 203; Mallett’s Index of Artists, Supplement, Daniel Trowbridge Mallett, Peter Smith: New York 1948 Edition, R.R. Bowker Company 1940, p. 23; et al.


EXHIBITIONS:
Galerie Charpentier, Paris (1938 )
Musée de la Monnaie (1972), Exposition universelle de Montréal.
Centre Artcurial (1975).
Centre Georges Pompidou (1982).

Museum Exhibitions:
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Musée d'Art moderne de la ville de Paris, Musée Carnavalet, Musée des Beaux-Arts. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Musée de la Monnaie, Musée national de la Marine, collections de l'État, Musée de l'Ile-de-France, Musée de Sceaux, Cateau-Cambrésis (Musée Matisse) Le Havre, Lyon, Nancy, Narbonne, Nice, Romans (Musée de la Chaussure), Toulouse, Valence. In other countries: Musée d'Alger, Savorgnan de Brazza, Musée d'Oran, Pinacothèque d'Athènes, Carnegie Foundation (USA), Museum of Utrecht. See less