ADRIEN HOLY ANTIQUE SWISS LANDSCAPE OIL PAINTING OLD MODERN ABSTRACT SWITZERLAND

Description: WONDERFUL ANTIQUE SWISS LANDSCAPE IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING ON BOARD BY WELL-KNOWN SWISS PAINTER ADRIEN HOLY. (Swiss 1898-1979). THIS WORK DEPICTS A BIRDSEYE VIEW OF A VIBRANT VILLAGE IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND. COMPRISED OF A CLUSTER OF TRADITIONAL SWISS HOUSES WITH SCULPTED ABSTRACT MOUNTAINS IN THE BACKGROUND. THE MOUNTAINS ARE PAINTED IN COOL SHADES OF BROWN AND ORANGE, CONTRASTING BEAUTIFULLY WITH THE WARM EARTH TONES OF THE VILLAGE BELOW. THIS IS A VISUALLY STRIKING COMPOSITION. SIGNED BY ADRIEN HOLY ON THE FRONT AND VERSO. IT DATES AROUND THE 1940s. EXCELLENT OVERALL CONDITION. DIMENSIONS INCLUDING THE FRAME: 30” W x 25” H DIMENSIONS WITHOUT THE FRAME: 20” W x 18” H Adrien Holy (1898 - 1978/79) was active/lived in Switzerland. Adrien Holy is known for Painting. Adrien Holy Born: 1898 - Saint-Imier Died: 1978/79 - Geneva, Switzerland Adrien was the son of the artist Jules Holy. He studied at the art schools in Bern (Switzerland) from 1915 until 1916, at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts La Chaux-de-Fonds and the Ecole de Beaux-Arts in Geneva. He traveled in Italy, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Sweden and Norway. He lived from 1920 until 1939 in Paris and was married to the artist Ellisif Björset. Between 1922 and 1958, his works were represented in many exhibitions, including Salon de Indépendants, Paris 1922-39; Salon Automne de Paris 1922-39; Gallery Chéron 1928; Gallery Blomquist, Oslo 1931; Gallery Marseille, Paris 1936; Collective exhibition 1938 in the gallery Aktuaryus in Zurich; Musée DE L'Athenée, Genéve 1940, 47 and 1958; Musée de St.Imier 1942 and 1948; Gallery Beaux-Arts, Zurich 1943; Galerie du Capitole, Lausanne 1944 and 1949; Gallery Wolfsberg, Zurich 1946, 49, 52, 1955, and 1957; Gallery Véandre, Payerne 1949 and 1953; Gallery Motte, Genéve 1950 and 1953; Gallery Bettie Thommen, Bàle 1951; Galerie La Vieille Fontaine, Lausanne 1951; Exposure à St.Imier, 1957; Gallery ABC In Winterthur 1957. His works can be found in many European museums and galleries including Museum Jeu de Paume and Musée du Petit Palais in Paris as in Neuchàtel, Glaris, Luzern, Bern, St.Imier, Aarau, St.Gallen, Geneva, Rohrschach, Thoune, Lausanne, Chicago, Straßburg, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, in the Zurich Art Society and the Foundation Oskar Reinhart in Winterthur. Literature: Vollmer, vol 2, p. 478; Benezit, vol 5, p. 598-99; Künstlerlexikon der Schweiz XX. Jahrhundert (Artists of Switzerland in the 20th Century), p. 458; Gallery Motte, Adrien Holy, exposure Genéve 1950; Pierre Bouffard, Adrien Holy, Griffon/Neuchatel 1952; Pierre Bouffard, Adrien Holy, catalog Musée Rath, 1968; Nane Bettex-Cailler, Art Documents, Adrien Holy, 1898, Genéve 1958

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