Lot n° 184
Estimation :
400 - 600
EUR
ENARD Colette (1918-2016) - Lot 184
ENARD Colette (1918-2016)
Portrait of children
Oil on panel
Signed lower left
82.5 x 59 cm
Framed piece
Note: Having always wanted to be a painter, Colette Enard trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux, then moved to Paris, which she left during the war. She painted many portraits and carried out a number of commissions. In the '50s, she left for Australia, which at the time had a high demand for emigrants. This trip was misunderstood. Following family traumas, she suffered the after-effects of therapeutic trials that were still groping their way through, and felt psychologically diminished. Painting enabled her to resurface. She exhibited in Royan, at the home of her ceramist friend Cécile Midas, then throughout France and abroad. She received flattering reviews and the support of André Breton, but stopped painting in 1964, notably for lack of the financial means to exhibit. She tried her hand at creating tapestry cartoons, which required a drawing, followed by meticulous quantification of the color zones.
She has won several awards for her work and taken part in a program for the conservation of rare crafts.
Colette Enard is a member of Expo 5, a collective of Charente-Maritime artists who decided to exhibit together from 1963.
(source Ville de Royan website)
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