Roger Etienne, Mid Century Modernist French Painting Landscape With Forest, River, Path, c.1950s

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Beautiful gouache on paper, Moody atmospheric landscape in shades of black, blue green and gold by French artist, Roger Etienne … Read more Beautiful gouache on paper, Moody atmospheric landscape in shades of black, blue green and gold by French artist, Roger Etienne Everaert Ret, signed on top right.
Roger Etienne, French/American (1922 - )

Roger Etienne
The painter Roger Etienne was born in 1922 and lived in Paris at some time, later moving to the Hollywood, California area. .... Roger Etienne signed most of his paintings alternately Etienne and Etienne, Paris, and glued French newspaper to many of his works of art. Roger Etienne was born on December 9, 1923 in Belgium as Roger Etienne Everaert. He was an actor, known for Lionheart (1990), Marathon Man (1976) and The Greatest American Hero (1981). Roger Etienne was born in Paris in 1923 and as far as I know is still living in Southern California. He is a well listed and popular French impressionist who worked in a variety of media, oil, gouache, pastel and or charcoal, some of his paintings are a collage with pieces of French newspaper incorporated in them.
He painted landscapes, pictures of wide eyed children, nudes, and clowns.
The Internet has revealed that he may have worked at Pablo Picasso's Workshop and Marc Chagall may have commissioned him to do work for the Paris Opera House.
Reportedly he has had work in museums in Paris, Zurich and Brussels. Etienne lived and was active in both France and the USA. He died on September 27, 2011 in Los Angeles, California, USA. See less