LOUIS PEYRAT RECENTLY SOLD Biography In 1948, he exhibited at the gallery Magadoux in Limoges, then in Royan and other galleries. From 1958, he favors the views of Paris, especially those of Montmartre, which will make his success. Thus he accesses the Volney Circle* and the Parisian galleries such as the Roussard Gallery, at Mont-Cenis street in Montmartre, a few steps from the Place du Tertre, alongside works by Degas, Pascin, Creixams, Derain , Domergue, Buffet, Braque, Picasso, Foujita, Utrillo, Laurencin, etc. Until 1969, when he stopped painting because of a traffic accident suffered in 1963, his success enabled him to live comfortably in his painting. He died on March 13, 1999 at Martoulet in Saint-Germain-les-belles. * The Volney Circle, actually the Artistic and Literary Circle, was a circle of Parisian artists and writers. He was meeting near the Opera House at Volney Street No. 7. Prestigious exhibitions of painting were organized there. Paris - Hôtel Drouot, June 27, 2012 Very small size: 13.5 x 17 cm - 5 1/4 x 6 5/8 in format 0 Realized price: € 410 + 25% fees |