Jean-Dominique VILLERI (Oneglia, 1896 – Cagnes-sur-Mer, 1982 - Lot 74

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Jean-Dominique VILLERI (Oneglia, 1896 – Cagnes-sur-Mer, 1982 - Lot 74
Jean-Dominique VILLERI (Oneglia, 1896 – Cagnes-sur-Mer, 1982). The One Who Thinks of Everything – 1933. Oil on canvas, signed, titled, and marked “Cagnes” on the back. H_100 cm W_81 cm In a frame with wooden moldings. Note: Born in Liguria, Giovanni Domenico Villeri grew up in Cannes. A self-taught painter, he began exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1912. He associated with Soutine and Bonnard, then joined the Abstraction-Création movement in 1934. Initially a figurative artist, he became one of the leading figures of the new École de Paris, close to the poet René Char. The Château-Musée Grimaldi in Cagnes houses a Villeri collection, expanded by a bequest from his wife.
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