HENRY D'ANTY
(French, 1910-1988)
VIEW OF THE GRAND CANAL, VENICE
Oil on Canvas
18 x 21½ Inches
Signed Lower Left, "d'Anty"
Additionally Titled Verso, "La Gondole" (The Gondola)
A vibrant and period view of Venice's Grand Canal painted alla prima in pure, unmixed and mostly primary colors over a white ground. A noted Post-Impressionist, Henry d'Anty won the Prix Cezanne in 1959 and the Prix Populiste in 1973. He is listed in all relevant art reference works including Benezit which offers a signature sample. We are pleased to offer a luminous Venetian Scene by this prominent member of the second generation of the School of Paris.
PARTIAL LIST OF EXHIBITIONS:
1949: Galerie de Pequipe, rue Saint Rustique, Montmartre.
1950: Galerie Lebar, rue Uon Jost, Paris.
1951: Galerie Hermann, rue des Beaux Arts, Paris.
1952: Galerie Lebar, rue Ldon Jost, Paris.
1953: Galerie de la Maison des Beaux Arts, Paris.
1954: Galerie de l’Institut, rue de Seine, Paris.
1955: Galerie Duncan, rue de Seine, Paris.
1956: Galerie Clio, Nice.
1957: Galerie Mourgue, avenue de I’Opéra, Paris.
1957: Mairie de Barentin.
1958: Galerie Schneider, avenue Matignon, Paris.
1958: Caves de la Tour Eiffel, rue Charles Dickens, Paris.
1959: Scala Nebli, Madrid.
1960: Musée de I’Athdride, Geneve.
1960: Galerie Stoliar, Cannes.
1961: Palais de la Mdditerrande, Nice.
1961: Galerie Cadror, Berne.
1961: Cimaise du Vieux Colombier, Paris.
1962: Dickson Galerie, Washington.
1962: Galerie 16, Saint Antoine, Cannes.
Reference:
E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 1, p. 385; Divers, Vision sur d'Anty, Vision sur les arts, Paris, 1986; et al.