Trawlers in the harbor

Gisèle Ferrandier

1909 – 1990

Oil on canvas recto-verso 65 X 81 cm, mounted in an inverted brown and gold frame 80 X 95 cm a little rugged. Signature stamp on both sides. Treated with large colorful and suggestive touches, this port probably of Saint-Jean de Luz, is extremely modern and cheerful, when the landscape, it is possible that it is a view of Spain. Circa 1950/60. Close to those artists who were called “of poetic reality” or “The children of Matisse”, such Brianchon, Oudot, Cavaillès, Planson or Legueult of which she owned works, she was never officially part of the group and theirs. exhibitions, perhaps a victim of being a woman (a handicap in the art world at the time and sometimes even today!) and above all of her many travels from which she brought back many paintings whose style gradually evolved from time to time. ‘a “classic” 1930 with abstraction through these blazes of color serving for example his landscapes of Morocco, Spain or the South or on his dazzling still lifes. Her works are present in many museums and large collections and she was crowned with a retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris in 1970 Do not hesitate to ask us for photos or additional information by email or phone .