Le Cantique Spirituel de St Jean de la Croix "O! Vive flamme d'amour" lithograph

Bernard Pomey (1928-1959)

Verlag: self published, 1959

Beschreibung

Bernard Pomey (1928-1959) Le Cantique Spirituel de St Jean de la Croix "O! Vive flamme d'amour" lithograph after an original gouache by Bernard Pomey approx 29 x 21 ins "HC" in pencil lower left hors commerce .not for sale through regular commercial channels signed in pencil bottom right " Pomey 59". Bernard Pomey, born July 8, 1928 in Firminy and died September 23, 1959 in Paris, is a French painter. Biography In 1945 Bernard Pomey made his novitiate at the Oblate seminary of Marie-Immaculée in Pontmain (Mayenne). In 1947 he enrolled at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris in the workshop by Nicolas Untersteller. From 1948 to 1950, he completed his apprenticeship at the Center for Sacred Art in Paris, directed by Jacques Le Chevallier. In 1953 he participated in the exhibition Celebrities and revelations of contemporary painting at the Galliera Museum in Paris. He created the Crucifixion tapestry for the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence of Saint André de Peltre for the chapel of the Saint André Hospital in Metz. The State commissioned two tapestries from him, Jardin d'Uranie (1949) and Souvenir de la dame à la licorne (1954), preserved in the Mobilier national. In 1957 the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations ordered a mosaic pool from him in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He died by suicide at the age of 31, His works are kept in public collections in Paris (CNAP7, Mobilier national, Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Musée de la chasse) and in Aubusson at the Cité Internationale de la Tapisserie. "some margin marks, most can be matted out otherwise very good". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1721425223753

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Le Cantique Spirituel de St Jean de la Croix...

Verlag: self published

Erscheinungsdatum: 1959

Einband: No Binding

Zustand: Good

Signiert: Signed by Illustrator