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CLAUDE VENARD |
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Claude Venard (1913-1999) Venard was born to bourgeois parents from Bourgogne in Paris. At the age of 17, he enrolled and attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, but remained for only two days, not adhering to the school’s academic style. Instead, he spent the following six years at the École des Arts Appliqués, taking evening classes and embracing the contemporary Parisian art scene, all the while becoming recognized in its circles. Vénard’s work has been shown at numerous exhibitions in Paris, including the Forces Nouvelles Exhibitions, Salon des Indépendants, the Salon des Tuilleries and the Salon de Mai, of which he was a founding member. Among his solo exhibitions Vénard exhibited widely, including in New York, Milan, Geneva, Chicago, Munich, Tokyo, Buenos Aires and San Francisco. Some of the most successful exhibitions were promoted through his long relationship with Galerie Félix Vercel, in Paris and London. Works by Claude Vénard can be found in the permanent museum collections of the Tate Collection in London, the Musée d’art Moderne de la ville de Paris and Dallas Museum of Art. There is also a strong international following by a number of prestigious private, corporate and institutional collectors. Source: E. Bénezit Dictionary of Artist, Gründ Publishing 2006. Copied with permission, Pocock Fine Art & Antiques website (www.pocockfineart.com) |