Mid 20th Century "Seated Woman" French Modernist Post Impressionist Figurative Oil Painting on Board

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Attributed to Jean Sard French (b. 1947)
Painting, Oil on Board
"Seated Woman".
Apparently not signed.
Dimensions: Sight- 30.5" x … more Attributed to Jean Sard French (b. 1947)
Painting, Oil on Board
"Seated Woman".
Apparently not signed.
Dimensions: Sight- 30.5" x 24.5", Frame- 31.25" x 25.25".

Jean Sardi is a French Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1947.
His meeting in 1980 with the Toulon painter Jacques Bartoli, whose studio he frequented, was decisive. Jean Sardi was also influenced by Eugène Baboulène, another great master of the Ecole Toulonnaise. 1983, Sardi exhibited his work at the Revest Painting Biennale. With a lot of hesitation, he accepted exhibiting in the region the following years (Grand Prix of St Raphael in 1985, then at the Salon of Provence, Port of Bouc and Eguilles in 1986, First Prize of the city of Lyon in 1989). Several galleries organized solo exhibitions for him, in Istres, Antibes, Marseille, Aix en Provence and especially in Toulon. His work has sold at fine art auctions as well, in Paris and in the provinces. Well received, his work is also part of numerous collections, in France and abroad. Jean Sardi offers us above all the typical landscapes which punctuate Provence and Corsica, even if he will sometimes seek his inspiration elsewhere (in Paris, New York or Venice). Ranked among the Provençal expressionists, he is considered by amateurs as one of the leaders of the contemporary Provençal School.
He was awarded the Grand Prix International de Saint Raphaël in 1985, the Grand Prix de la Ville de Salon de Provence in 1986, and the Premier Prix de la Ville de Lyon in 1989. less