Circa 1980 Francoise Deberdt Color Etching of an Island Paradise

Description

Artist: Francoise Deberdt – French (1934- )
Title: Unknown
Year: circa 1980
Medium: Color Etching
Sight size: 23 x 16.25 … more Artist: Francoise Deberdt – French (1934- )
Title: Unknown
Year: circa 1980
Medium: Color Etching
Sight size: 23 x 16.25 inches.
Sheet size: 30 x 21 inches On thick Japon paper
Signature: Signed lower right
Edition: 50 This one: 41/50
Condition: Very good
Frame: Unframed

This color etching is immediately recognizable as a fine example of the work of well-known French artist Francoise Deberdt. It depicts a mountainous island with many birds such as penguins and other seabirds, and a toucan. As well there are fish and a whale in the surrounding ocean. The print is in good condition. There is a light crease in the lower corner just outside of the image. There is a light crease in the upper right corner, far from the image. Please see the pictures.

Francoise Deberdt has been drawing since the early age of seven. She began her formal training at age fourteen at l'Ecole des Arts Appliques de Paris followed by L'Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts. In 1957, she had her first exposition in Paris. In 1960 she and her husband, an architect, moved to Rome spending four years at the Villa Medicis where her work continued to evolve. Over many years Deberdt works have exhibited worldwide in Europe - France, England, Germany, Finland, Holland, Norway, Switzerland, Bruxelles, Belgique; Australia; Japan; and USA. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and a books have been published on her works. less