Geneviève Asse
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Geneviève Asse (Vannes, France, 24 January 1923 – 11 August 2021)[1] was a French painter.[2] She died in August 2021 at the age of 98.[3] She was awarded the Grand-Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour.
Geneviève Asse is one of the most notable abstract French painters of the post-war era. The characteristic shade of blue she created had been called "le bleu Asse".
Collections
[edit]- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours, Horizons, oil on canvas[4]
- musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper, Vertical Collage I, oil on canvas[5]
- Musée d'Arts de Nantes[6]
- Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris[7]
Musée National d'Art Moderne Centre Pompidou
Menil Collection Houston
Bibliography
[edit]- Christian Briend, Isabelle Ewig, Silvia Baron-Supervielle, Camille Morando, Geneviève Asse : Peintures, Paris, Somogy, 2013 ISBN 978-2-7572-0668-3
- Élisabeth Védrenne et Valérie de Maulmin, Les Pionnières : dans les ateliers des femmes artistes du 20eme siecle, photographies de Catherine Panchout, Paris, Somogy éditions d'art, 2018 ISBN 978-2-7572-1305-6
References
[edit]- ^ "La Vannetaise Geneviève Asse, grande dame de la peinture, est décédée". Le Telegramme (in French). 11 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ At 90, Painter Genevieve Asse Gets Her Due With Centre Pompidou Survey Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ Vannes. Décès de Geneviève Asse, grande dame de la peinture (in French)
- ^ "20e - Musée des Beaux Arts". www.mba.tours.fr.
- ^ Quimper, Musée des beaux-arts de la ville de. "Geneviève Asse Verticale Collage I". Musée des beaux-arts de la ville de Quimper : Site Internet (in French).
- ^ Nantes, Musee d'arts. "Résultats Navigart". museedartsdenantes.nantesmetropole.fr (in French).
- ^ "Sénanque | Paris Musées". www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr.
External links
[edit]- Geneviève Asse at AWARE
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- 1923 births
- 2021 deaths
- Artists from Vannes
- 20th-century French women artists
- 21st-century French women artists
- French women painters
- 20th-century French painters
- 21st-century French painters
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
- 20th-century women painters
- 21st-century women painters
- French painter, 20th-century birth stubs