Dear topper1951,
André Planson was born on 10 April 1898 in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, a
small town on the Marne River. After completing his studies at the
grammar school in Meaux, he received tuition from the landscape
painter Paul Meslé who lived in Champigny, close to Ferté. After that,
he went to Paris where he sometimes attended classes at the Académie
Ranson.
In 1933, Planson was awarded the Prix Blumenthal. Since then, all his
paintings are watched with interest by a constantly growing circle of
amateurs. The government puts the painter in charge of important
assignments, in particular for the Lycée Janson de Sailly (1934), for
the Théâtre du Palais de Chaillot (1937), for the Institut Agronomique
de France and for the Enghien grammar school.
In his studio in Paris, the artist transposed very naturally the
atmosphere of the works of Couperin and Debussy, whom he admires, in
great compositions in oil or in quick watercolor studies. His affinity
to music and his amused curiosity for all spectacles of the capital
are in equal measures the reason why he, like Degas and Forain before
him, can often be found in the loges of the Opéra Comique or behind
the stage of a vaudeville show in order to sketch the ballet troupe in
full action orthe dancers at respite, certain masks and costumes,
Harlequin and Colombine, a diva powdering before the mirror of her
loge or Colette Renard in her song recital.
After he had become one of the exponents of the Réalité Poétique group
who received the most attention, his friend Robert Martin of the
Galerie Colline invited him to expositions at Algiers and Oran in
1955. He returns with numerous watercolor paintings highlighting the
luminosity of the streets in these cities and the magnificence of
their vegetation.
After being a professor at the Académie Julian for fifteen years, he
was elected member of the Institut de France in 1960. But more than
the attraction of Paris, the profound ties to his native land was what
really counted in Planson's life. He always returned to the small town
of Ferté and its surroundings where he painted deftly and untiringly
the corn fields and the windings of the Marne River with the
fishermen, the boatsmen, the restaurants full of with shapely pretty
girls whose sinuous figures, half youthful and half animal, are in
accord with the curves of the foliage and the reflections of the
light.
André Planson died on 30 September 1981 in the American Hospital in Neuilly.
Planson's paintings have considerable value today. His "Femme au bain"
(see the links below for an image of that painting) is for sale for
4600 Euros. His lithograph "Soccer Stadium" (see below) is estimated
at 1500-2000 Dollars. According to the data provided by Live
Auctioneers, works of André Planson have reached prices up to $40,000
at auctions.
To see some works of André Planson, follow these links:
Oran Watercolor Painting, 1954
http://www.galeriedaniellebourdette.com/images/maj_dec_2003/ok_planson.jpg
(Source: Galerie Danielle Bourdette)
La Plage, 1958
http://www.buehler-art.de/UPLOAD/327.jpg
(Source: Kunsthaus Bühler GmbH)
Paysage de Saint-Paul de Vence, 1947
http://www.art-saint-tropez.com/fr/antiquaires/suffren/images_suffren/gs_7.jpg
(Source: Art Saint Tropez, Galerie Suffren)
La fête au bord de la Marne, undated
http://www.art-saint-tropez.com/fr/antiquaires/suffren/images_suffren/gs_21.jpg
(Source: Art Saint Tropez, Galerie Suffren)
Nu au chat, undated
http://www.art-saint-tropez.com/fr/antiquaires/suffren/images_suffren/gs_18.jpg
(Source: Art Saint Tropez, Galerie Suffren)
Femme au bain, 1943
http://artema19.20.free.fr/fiches%20tableaux%20GF/Planson_GF.htm
(Source: Artema XIX-XX)
Soccer Stadium, undated
http://archive.liveauctioneers.com/archive/406/0032_1_lg.jpg
(Source: Live Auctioneers)
La pêche aux écrevisses, undated
http://www.estades.com/artistes/planson/planson01.jpg
(Source: Galerie Michel Estades)
Régates à Saint Jean les Deux-Jumeaux, 1962
http://www.la-ferte-sous-jouarre.fr/commune/images/culture%20et%20loisirs/Planson-regate-st-jean-w.gif
(Source: La Ferté-sous-Jouarre - André Planson Museum)
Le pont de la Ferté, 1937
http://www.la-ferte-sous-jouarre.fr/commune/images/culture%20et%20loisirs/Planson-pont-ferte-w.gif
(Source: La Ferté-sous-Jouarre - André Planson Museum)
Sources:
Galerie Danielle Bourdette: André Planson
http://www.galeriedaniellebourdette.com/planson_temp.htm
Galerie Michel Estades: André Planson
http://www.estades.com/artistes/planson/planson.html
Kunsthaus Bühler GmbH: André Planson
http://www.buehler-art.de/kunstler.php?id=236&l=de
Art Saint Tropez: Galerie Suffren
http://www.art-saint-tropez.com/fr/antiquaires/suffren/vignettes_3.htm
La Ferté-sous-Jouarre: André Planson Museum
http://www.la-ferte-sous-jouarre.fr/commune/htm/Planson%20musee.htm
Live Auctioneers: André Planson Lithograph
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/auctions/ebay/191513.html
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"andre planson" 1898 1981
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Hope this is useful for you!
Regards,
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