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Fernand WEIL (1894 - 1958), Landscape of the hollow with heather "75cm x 92 cm. Oil on canvas signed lower right. Fernand Weil was born in Paris on August 4, 1894 and died on October 18, 1958. He fought in the war of 1914 and he was wounded in the hip, in 1916. After the war he resumed his profession as a wine broker. During the German occupation in 1944, Fernand Weil, being in Paris, hidden under another identity, could no longer leave his new home, being wanted by the Gestapo. This inaction weighed on him and it was there that he began to paint. His first exhibition at the Galerie du Verseau in 1945. At this exhibition several important collectors bought his paintings. The art critics of the time (Jean Bouret, Jean Chabanon, Georges Turpin, Paul Vincent, Frank Elga, Léon Degant, F. Delanglade, Jean Mornac, Maximilien Gauthier, Michel Florisoons) are unanimous in singing the praises of the artist. Art critic and poet Anatole Jakovski pays tribute to the artist in the book he has dedicated ated to Fernand
Fernand Weil
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May 10, 2004webmaster
What do you do when you discover that your grandfather was a famous painter of his time and that he worked in Fernand Léger's studio? You may be a designer yourself, does it stir your senses… especially when you realize that the works are a festival of lights and vibrations?
Well, you call Admirable Design and you share this happiness with all our visitors.
This is what Gilbert Salomon did. How lucky we are. A festival of colors and a power of evocation between impressionism, a dose of naivety and a vibrant look at nature. Temperament ahead of his time this Fernand.
Good visit. And watch your eyes!
Fernand Weil was born in Paris on August 4, 1894 and died on October 18, 1958. Nothing suggested in his youth that he would one day be a painter. His youth was that of all the men of his generation. He fought in the 1914 war and was wounded in the hip in 1916. After the war he resumed his profession as a wine broker. During the German occupation, in 1944, Fernand Weil being in Paris, hidden under another identity, could no longer leave his new home, being wanted by the Gestapo. This inaction weighed on him and it was there that he began to paint. Having made no study, neither in drawing nor in painting, he began to reproduce postcards, until the day when he began to paint from imagination, landscapes which he had seen and which he began to reproduce in his own way.
On the advice of an expert in painting André Scholler he had his first exhibition at the Galerie du Verseau in 1945. At this exhibition several important collectors bought paintings. The art critics of the time (Jean Bouret, Jean Chabanon, Georges Turpin, Paul Vincent, Frank Elga, Léon Degant, F. Delanglade, Jean Mornac, Maximilien Gauthier, Michel Florisoons) are unanimous in singing the praises of the artist.
Art critic and poet Anatole Jakovski pays tribute to the artist in the book he dedicated to Fernand Weil.
Private exhibitions of Fernand Weil
One Man Show of Paintings
May 1945 – Aquarius Gallery, 31 Boulevard de Courcelles
May 1946 – Mac Grath Gallery, 13 rue de Tournon
May 1948 – Creuze Gallery, 4 avenue de Messine
May 1949 – Arc-en-Ciel Gallery, rue de Seine
November 1951 – Pascaud and Suillerot Gallery, boulevard Hausmann
May 1957 – Galerie Bignou, rue de la Boétie (Acquisition by the state for the Museum of Modern Art of a canvas entitled "Les petits étangs" another canvas is acquired by the city of Paris) and now at the Musée d' Naive Art Anatole Jakovski of Nice
Other exhibitions in private galleries in Cannes and Nice
Exhibitions at the Salon des Indépendants of which he is a member
Exhibitions at the Salon de l'Art Libre
1956 – Exhibitions at the Salon Comparaison, of which he is the organizer
Exhibitions in the Museums of Boulogne s/mer – Périgueux, Lyon
New York – November 1957 – Hutton-Chambard Gallery 41 east 57th Street
Mexico City – September 1958 with the Salon Comparisons
Helsinki – 1947 Exhibition of Contemporary French Painting
Germany, Denmark, Finland
Fernand Weil is listed in the Bénézit
Fernand Weil was born in Paris in 1984. He started to paint at the age of 50.
His First One Man Show in Paris in 1945 received immediate acclaim from outstanding art critics. Since then he has exhibited in Paris, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Germany.
Several of his paintings have been acquired by museums for their permanent collection. 67387359
