Maurice Boitel

Maurice Boitel ( born July 31, 1919 in Tillières -sur -Avre, Eure, † 11 August, 2007 Audresselles, Pas -de- Calais ) was a French painter of the School of Paris, mainly but not exclusively of landscape and of portraiture devoted. He was a member of the Committee of the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and the Salon Comparaisons.

Biography

Maurice Boitel was born in Normandy, lived in his youth but longer time in Gevrey- Chambertin and Nuits- Saint -Georges in Burgundy.

He attended the Paris School of Fine Arts École nationale supérieure des Beaux -Arts. The award of the Abd- el- Tif prize in 1946 enabled him to live with his family in Algiers.

After his return to the French capital, the artist took in Paris at various exhibitions, notably at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux -Arts and the Salon Comparaisons, in which he later served as a member of the Committee. The works created in Algeria showed Maurice Boitel 1949 in an exhibition dedicated to him at the Galerie de l' Elysée, where he presented his paintings from 1958 and up to the eighties in an annual exhibition.

In the early 1950s he was commissioned for the artistic design of school complexes of Montreuil -sous -Bois and Montgeron (frescoes and ceramics), which he carried out personally.

The awarded to him by the National Society of Fine Arts Price Pierre Puvis de Chavannes allowed him, in 1963, a comprehensive overview of his works at the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris to present.

In 1966, he won the Francis Smith, which included a stay in Portugal. 1970 invited him to the Marine Nationale to staying on the aircraft carrier Clemenceau one, an opportunity that Maurice Boitel used to paint several views of Oslo.

His upcoming artist friends mainly include Pierre -Henry, Bernard Buffet, Antoni Pitxot, Jean Carzou, André Hambourg, Emilio Grau Sala and Paul Collomb.

Maurice Boitel died in 2007 shortly after completing his 88th year of life in Audresselles. He is buried in the cemetery of the Church of St. Jean -Baptiste.

Awards

Work

Maurice Boitel created mainly landscape paintings. Topics include France, Italy, Cadaqués ( Spain), Peniche (Portugal ) and Holland. The further development of the painter is inevitably continued throughout his life:

Until 1946, the year of his marriage, his painting is expressive, very down to earth; then, from 1946 to 1952, it is very colorful, especially the images in Algeria.

From 1952 to 1965 he painted very personal images: in his landscapes, which are very constructed, the objects with black contours are outlined with some leveled Aplats. During this period he first painted at Cap Griz Nez sober, dark images, which show the storms of this area, the fishing boats on the beach, the ruins of war. He also paints people: clowns, poultry farmers, fishermen or portraits.

Then, from 1958 to 1965, he painted every summer in Cadaqués (Spain). It is always the same style with solid construction, but where the light and the vivid colors of the Mediterranean appear (landscapes, seascapes, portraits, crowds on the beach).

In 1965 his works remain structured, it can but the outlines disappear: turns more Watercolor painting, above all, in Nice, Rome, Venice and Florence. Each year, he travels to the Cap Gris Nez, after Audresselles or in the area Limousin, after Ambazac. The Paris area where he normally lives has, it also delivered numerous motifs ( Montmartre, the forest of Vincennes, the islands of the Seine and Marne, Guermantes and Conches- sur- Gondoire ).

Since 1980, showed a tendency to portray an idealized reality.

Boitels works were acquired, among others, by the French state and the city of Paris, and of lovers in Germany, England, the United States, Brazil, Iran, Japan, Venezuela, Italy, Spain and Mexico. They can be seen in the museums of Dijon, Saint- Maur- des-Fosses, Sceaux and Valence, Algiers, Constantine and Bejaia and decorate the Paris City Hall and various French embassies.

Exhibitions

Maurice Boitel was also guest of honor at several art exhibitions: Rosny -sous -Bois (1980 ), Blois (1980 ), Wimereux (1984 ), Villeneuve -le- Roi (1984 ), Yvetot (1986 ), Alfortville (1987 ), Bourges (1987 ), Saumur (1987 ), Metz ( 1991), Limoges (1992 ) Tours ( 1992).

Group Exhibitions

Maurice Boitel participated in various, organized by the Paris Salon in Hamburg, Moscow, New York, St. Petersburg, Mexico, Abidjan, Tokyo and other cities group exhibitions. His last exhibition so far "Majestic Maghreb " was in April and May 2006 in Honfleur.