MARCEL MOULY ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING-RARE STILL LIFE Start Price USD 11,500.00 Current Price USD 11,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, September 07, 2008 End Time Sunday, September 14, 2008 Location Livonia, Michigan See more about 'MARCEL MOULY ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING-RARE STILL LIFE ' Description   ORIGINAL MARCEL MOULY OIL PAINTING "Nature Morte au Damier"1989 Original Oil on canvas signed by world reknown Marcel Mouly. The painting is signed by the artist. This is NOT a reproduction, print or copy. This is the one of kind original.  Painting Size 13 3/4 " x 9 1/2" (Painting comes framed) This painting comes with a LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY (If you wish to see a copy of the LOA I will gladly email it to you) Early lifeMouly was born in Paris in 1918. He did not start out as an artist. He was a beach vendor, dental technician, and cellar man before pursuing a career of painting. In 1942, Mouly was arrested by the Germans for being mistaken as a spy. He was placed in solitary confinement for one year. It was through this confinement that he decided to pursue art. In 1943, he made friends with Pignon and was given his first exhibition of two paintings at the Salon d'Automne in Paris. He befriended Jacques Lipchitz, a great sculptor, and was influenced by his work on cubism. Often used lithographs as medium.CareerHis career took shape after the exhibit and Mouly grew of more importance. He met and was taught by many famous artists such as Fernand Leger. He is influenced by Braque, Matisse, and Picasso the most. Matisse influenced Mouly in the Fauvist use of color that is apparent in all Mouly's paintings. 1935, after studying painting at the French Academies, Marcel began to display his work publicly. His first public one person show was in 1949 at the Libraire Bergamasque in Paris.StyleMouly uses bright unauthentic colors to create a painting that is calm and soothing to the eye. He uses strong confident strokes in a semi abstract style. His style is unique and easily recognizable. Mouly's background composition is derived from analytic and synthetic cubism.Fame and honorsMouly's work is exhibited in museums such as the Musee Nationale d'art Modern in the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, Musee de Geneve in Switzerland, the SFMOMA in San Francisco, and numerous other museums, more than 20 around the world. He received two of France's highest art awards: the Chevalier de L'Ordre des Arts et Lettres in 1957 and the Premier Prix de Lithographie in 1973. In the art world, he is relatively new and his works are worth in the thousands range. Marcel Mouly was considered one of the best contemporary artists in the century.GalleryRecent exhibitions    * 1996 - Musee de Changhai, China    * 1997 - Kwai Fung Hip Gallery, Hong Kong    * 1997 - Park West Gallery, Michigan    * 1997 - Le Domaine Perdu Galerie Meyral Perigerd with his son Pierre, a sculpto    * 1998 - Philipps Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida    * 1999 - Opera Gallery, Paris    * 1999 - University Museum, Carbondale, Illinois with Pierre Mouly    * 1999 - Galerie Nolan Ranking, Houston, Texas with Pierre Mouly    * 2000 - Galerie du Chateau, Noirmoutier, France    * 2000 - Park West Gallery, Michigan Place a Bid!