Vintage Original Oil on Canvas Painting Depicting Two Female Figures

François Jacques Boeri, French (1929-2004) studied Arts Appliqués at Ecole du Louvre (Musee du Louvre).

He has exhibited widely and notable exhibitions are as follows:
Prize winner at Salon des Artistes Fançais, Paris 1963
Salon des Artistes Indepéndants, Paris 1964
Saint Germain des Prés, Eveil, Paris 1966
Exhibition of French Painters, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto: Japan 1969 

In 1970, during a collective exhibition of French Artists in New York, he was spotted by the Jean Mary Gallery, located at the time on 3rd Avenue. Immediately he began to exhibit there and success was instant. Jean Mary Gallery became his partner for the next three decades. Each year the art dealer would come to the studio in Asnières to buy works that he exhibited in New York and Chicago. Works by him were then selected to be exhibited at the prestigious Pushkin Museum in Moscow. From 1980, he was represented by the Galerie des Cinq-Sens on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré.

Boeri is best known for his figurative oil on canvas paintings and are characterized by vivid visual textures, a naivety of perspective and slightly surreal themes.

To my mind this is probably the finest example of his work I can find depicting a female sitter with large gold hooped earrings sat on an armchair peering into her own stomach. There is another female figure sat next to the chair seemingly reassuring her. The artist has managed to capture a loving tenderness between the pair.

It is painted in oil on canvas with some newspaper print underneath the background.

Signed ‘Boeri’ and dated 1975.

The painting itself is in good vintage condition, there is some wear and tear here and there but nothing too serious. At some point, it has been removed from its wooden stretchers and rolled, most probably to send it internationally. It can be displayed as is but it could easily be restretched. I can arrange for this at this end however postage costs will increase or it can be done at your local framer.

Overall measurements: 106cm x 87cm.

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