Roger Muhl Fauvist Still Life Cactus Ecole de Paris French Oil Painting Paques, 1958

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PAQUES, 1958, PARIS
Hand signed
Oil on board
Still life of a potted cactus.
DIMENSIONS: (Framed) H: 23.25" W: 20.25" … more PAQUES, 1958, PARIS
Hand signed
Oil on board
Still life of a potted cactus.
DIMENSIONS: (Framed) H: 23.25" W: 20.25" (Without Frame) H: 16" W: 12.75"

(1929-2008) French
Roger Mühl was a painter, draftsman, and sculptor. He worked in a representational style and used light colors in simple compositions to create airy and refreshing pieces. He studied under the famous artist Nicolas de Staël.Roger Muhl is best known for his landscape paintings of the South of France. In the tradition of Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cézanne, Muhl found inspiration for his work in the iconic, atmospheric light of southern France. Part of the School of Paris that was championed by Findlay Galleries. He was a contemporary of Claude venard, Marcel Mouly, Jean Dufy, Bernard Cathelin, Andre Brasilier, Gabriel Godard, Rene Genis, Guy Bardone. Roger Mühl was a 20th-century French painter best known for his light-drenched landscape renderings of the South of France. Mühl’s paintings often feature built-up impasto surfaces and utilize complimentary colors and neutral tones, creating both atmosphere and physicality in his subtle compositions. Born on December 20, 1929 in Strasbourg, France, he went on to attend the National School of Decorative Arts in Strasbourg. He spent most of his life living and working in Provence. The artist made his first exhibition in Paris in 1960, then exhibited in Geneva, London, Milan, Dallas, Cologne, Stuttgart, Tokyo, Kyoto, Belfort and New York.

Select Group exhibitions
School of Paris, Gallery Charpentier, Paris 1962
Alsacien Art Gallery, Mulhouse 1962
Shapes and colours, Gallery Charpentier Paris 1964
Young and famous of today, Museum of Art Moderne at the city of Paris 1954
Gallery Kasikawa, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Japon 1968,1987.
Museum of Athénée, Geneva 1962, 1964
Exhibition of contemporary painters witness of their time Paris 1972
New vision, Lithography Paris 1972 «A century of lithography creation in France at Mourlot’s workshop with Bernard Buffet, Andre Brasilier, Jean Jansem, Alfred Manessier, Roger Mühl, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, George Braque. Travelling exhibition in the States and in Europe 1982. less