Maurice Boitel

Maurice Boitel is a painter French of the École of Paris born on July 31st 1919 with Tillières-on-Avre (the Eure) and deceased with Audresselles, (Pas-de-Calais), the August 11th 2007.

Biography

Maurice Boitel belongs to the artistic movement called " The Peinture" Young person; School of Paris, with painters like Bernard Buffet, Yves Truss, Louis Vuillermoz, Pierre-Henry, Daniel of Janerand, Jean Joyet, Gaston Sébire, Paul Collomb, Jean Monneret, Robert Savary and Gaëtan de Rosnay.

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An early vocation

Just after his birth in Normandy, Maurice Boitel resided until the twelve years age in Burgundy at Gevrey-Chambertin, whose study of usher had been bought by his father. It is in this beautiful province that it drew its major love of nature, and also perhaps this feeling of happiness to live expressed in its works, at certain periods. As of the five years age, he wants to be a painter and spends his time drawing.

Before being allowed with the 3Ecole Nationale Sup3erieure of the fine arts of Paris (workshop of Eugene Narbonne) just after having taken part in the Second world war in a combat unit, Maurice Boitel was successively raises schools of the Art schools of Boulogne-sur-Mer, of Amiens, cities where it resided a few years, then of Dijon (workshop of Andre Claudot) when its family returned to Burgundy to Nuits-Saint-Georges.

Exposures, Living rooms, and Price

In 1946, he is prize winner of the Prix Abd-el-Hair which enables him to remain two years with Algiers with its family.

After its return in metropolis, it exposes to Paris with the Salon of the independent Artists, with the Living room of the Young painting, the Salon of autumn, and later, with the Salon of the French artists, with the Living room of the Drawing and Painting to water, with the Living room Latin Ground like with the Salon of the National company of the Art schools and with the Salon Comparisons; he is member of the committees of these the last two living rooms.

In 1949, it presents a particular exposure of its paintings of Algérie to the Gallery of the Elysium, Holy Faubourg Honore.

In 1951, new exposure particular to this same gallery; it also takes part in an exposure of group to the Galerie Suillerot and exposures to topics, chaired by Jacques Hébertot, within the framework of the Association of the Amateurs of painting. In 1958, it gains the Prix Antral, decreed by the Town of Paris, and it presents an exposure particular to the Galerie Rene Drouet, Rue of the Suburb-Saint-Honore, in Paris, where it presented other particular exposures thereafter.
With beginning of the year 50, it receives orders of decorations (frescos and ceramics) and entirely carries them out itself for the school complexes Voltaire with Montreuil-sous-Bois and Jean-Charles Gatinot with Montgeron.

In 1954, it gains the price Maurice Pierre of the Jeune Painting.

In 1959, it is the price Winsor and Newton (Paris London) which is decreed to him.

In 1963, the Price Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, decreed by the National company of the Art schools, enables him to present a whole of its works to the Musée of Modern art of Paris.

In 1966, it gains the price Francis Smith which offers to him a stay with the Portugal.

In 1968, it receives the Gold medal of the French Artists and the Academy of the Art schools decrees the price Bastien Lepage to him.

In 1970, it is invited by the National marine to remain on the aircraft carrier Clemenceau. It carries out on this occasion several paintings of landscapes of the countries of North.

In 1974, it receives the Grand Prix of the General advice of Seine-et-Marne.

In 1980, it is the Institute of France which allots the Prix Dumas a Thousand to him.

In 1984, the Fondation Taylor allots to him the Price of Aquarelle Roger Deverin.

Particular exposures, in the Museum S of Boulogne-sur-Mer in 1976, of Saint-Maur in 1977, Montbard in 1982, of Montreuil-sur-Mer in 1993, enabled him to present in several rooms, of the retrospectives with large tables where appear of the compositions as well as landscapes of France, of Italy, Spain, Portugal, of Holland etc

In 1990, the Living room of Fall of Paris pays to him a homage in three rooms to the Large palace in Paris.

In 1999, the President and the Committee of the living room of Independent of Paris invite it to present a retrospective of his works.

In 2003, the Living room of the National company of the Art schools of Paris decrees the Gold medal to him.

Localization of works

He was the guest of honor in several Art galleries with: Rosny-sous-Bois (1980), Blois (1983), Wimereux (1984), Villeneuve-the-King (1984), Yvetot (1986), Alfortville (1987), Bourges (1987), Saumur (1987), Metz (1991), Limoges (1992), Turns (1992).

Amateurs of the United Kingdom, the United States, of Swiss, Germany, Brazil, Iran, Japan, Venezuela, etc acquired many tables, as well as the French State and the Town of Paris.

Some of its works are visible in the museums of Dijon, of Saint-Maur-of-Ditches, Sceaux and Valence, of Algiers ( the entry of the Villa Abd El Tif ), of Constantine ( the villa of the arcades ), of Bejaia /ex-Bougie ( Intérieur ) in particular, with the Mairie of Paris and in some embassies of France (Bogota and Kinshasa in particular).

Its ceramics panels are in place since 1953 and 1955 in the school complexes Voltaire with Montreuil-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis) and Jean-Charles Gatinot with Montgeron (the Essonne). It carried out and cooked itself this ceramics in a furnace which it had made build in its workshop.

Among his/her friends the closest painters,

One counts in particular Daniel of Janerand, Louis Vuillermoz, Pierre-Henry, Jean-Pierre Alaux, Bernard Buffet, Antoni Pitxot, Jean Joyet, Jean Carzou, André Hamburg, Emilio Grau Sala, Jean Monneret, Rodolphe Caillaux, Pierre Gaillardot, Michel Jouenne, and Paul Collomb.

Current exposure of group

In April and May 2006: " Majestic the Maghreb " with the gallery Danielle Bourdette-Gorzkowski, Saint-Etienne quay with Honfleur (14600).
Large palace, which occurred Winston Churchill, Paris 8th, Living room " Comparaisons", and Art gallery to water, November 2007. Varnishing on November 22nd, of 18:00 to 23:00
Carousel of the Louvre, avenue of Rivoli, Living room of the National company of the Art schools, from December 13rd to 16th 2007.

Work

The evolution of the painter continues imperceptibly during all its life: up to 1946, year of its marriage, a painting expressive, very land, then of 1946 to 1952, a painting very coloured especially in Algeria. From 1952 to 1965, it carries out very personal tables: in its landscapes, very constructed, the objects are defined by black contours with some flat tints in the knife. During this period, it initially will paint close to the Cape Gray-Nose of the sober and dark tables of storms, of boats on the beach, ruins of the war. It paints also characters: clowns, poultry stockbreeders, sailors, or of the portraits. Then of 1958 to 1965, it paints with Cadaqués (Spain) every summer. It is always the same style, firmly framed, but where the light and the bright colors of the Mediterranean pass (landscapes, navy, portraits, crowd on the beach).

From 1965, its work remains structured but it makes disappear contours: it also more uses the watercolour in particular with Nice, in Italy and in the Sancerrois. Each year, it goes close to the Cape Gray-Nose, with Audresselles, or in the the Limousin, with Ambazac. The Paris region, where it usually resides, also provided him many subjects (Montmartre, the Bois of Vincennes, islands of the the Seine, Marne, Guermantes and Conches-on-Gondoire). Since 1980, it tended to evoke a idealized reality.

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