Francois Arnal

Biography

François Arnal (2 October 1924 – 28 October 2012) was a French painter and sculptor. Born and raised in a rural area of France, he was educated in Toulon high school and studied law at the University of Aix-en-Provence. Towards the end of the war he joined the resistance, where the Dutch refugee Conrad Kickert taught him the rudiments of painting. He died in Paris in 2012.

Career

After the war he took up painting seriously and moved to Paris, where he associated with established artists such as Pierre Dmitrienko, Serge Rezvani and Bernard Quentin, becoming involved in the lyrical abstraction movement. In 1960 he turned his attention to sculpture and spent much of his time in the United States, working and exhibiting. In the mid-1960s he settled in Paris and experimented with "bombardments", whereby he traced the shapes of objects with spray paint. In 1968 he set up Atelier A (Workshop A) to publicise the work of designers of such everyday things as chairs, tables and lamps. In 1975 he returned to painting and sculpture and also began writing novels and plays.

Francois Arnal  -  Au-dessus des Volcans, Mexico

Francois Arnal - Au-dessus des Volcans, Mexico

Au-dessus des Volcans, Mexico - 1957

Oil on Canvas

24 x 39.5 inches (61cm x 100cm)

Signed and Dated 1957

Francois Arnal  - Abstract Composition

Francois Arnal - Abstract Composition

Abstract Composition - 1956

Oil on Canvas

12 x 16 inches (30cm x 40cm) 

Signed and Dated 1956

Francois Arnal - Abstract Composition

Francois Arnal - Abstract Composition

Abstract Composition - 1958

Oil on Canvas

18 x 17.25 inches (46cm x 44cm)

Signed and Dated 1958

Francois Arnal - Composition Abstraite

Francois Arnal - Composition Abstraite

Composition Abstraite - 1950

Oil on Cardboard

10.25 x 9 inches (26cm x 23cm)

Signed and Dated 1950

Provenance:  Galerie Parnasse Wuppertal

Francois Arnal - En dents de scie

Francois Arnal - En dents de scie

En dents de scie - 1957

Oil on Paper

12 x 13 inches (30cm x 33cm)

Signed and Dated 1957

Galerie Mostini, Paris Label on Verso


Francois Arnal - La Gare

Francois Arnal - La Gare

La Gare - 1949

Acrylic on Canvas

20 x 29 inches (51cm x 74cm)

Signed and Dated 1949 

Provenance: Galerie Rive Droite

Francois Arnal - La Pierre et le Sang

Francois Arnal - La Pierre et le Sang

La Pierre et le Sang - 1956

Oil on Canvas

40 x 32 inches (101cm x 81cm)

Signed and Dated 1956

Francois Arnal - La Soufre de Source

Francois Arnal - La Soufre de Source

La Soufre de Source - 1955

Oil on Canvas

36 x 29 inches (91cm x 74cm)

Signed and Dated 1955

Francois Arnal - Le Gondramaz

Francois Arnal - Le Gondramaz

Le Gondramaz - 1949

Oil on Canvas

15 x 18 inches (38cm x 46cm)

Signed, Dated & Titled on Verso

Francois Arnal - Les Champs Essentiels XII

Francois Arnal - Les Champs Essentiels XII

Les Champs Essentiels XII - 1962

Oil on Canvas

21 x 32 inches (53cm x 81cm)

Signed and Dated 1962

Francois Arnal - Les Piranias

Francois Arnal - Les Piranias

Les Piranias - 1955

Oil on Canvas

57.5 x 34 inches (146cm x 86cm)

Signed and Dated 1955

Showing 1 to 11 of 11 (1 Pages)