Jeanne Portenart - Chairières

Intact work by Brussels Jeanne Portenart (1911 - 1991). Soberly framed (light traces of use on the frame) behind glass. Signed at the bottom left, titled "Chairières" on the back. It is a view of an Ardennes village, near Vresse-Sur-Semois. The work is otherwise in excellent condition!
Jeanne Portenart was a Belgian artist born in 1911 in Brussels and died there in 1991. She was a painter. Educated at the Institute for Arts and Crafts in Etterbeek under the supervision of Philippot (1939-1943) and at the Academy in Brussels under the supervision of H. Van Haelen (1941-1943). She leaned towards numerous movements from the 20th century. Initially worked in a surrealistic way, evolved towards lyrical abstraction, had a neo-symbolist period, leaned towards Fantasmagie and also produced poetic figurative work, including circus scenes. From the press about her lyrical abstract work: 'JP shows us a lively and living painting in which the impressions of nature (and preferably those of a paradisiacal spring) are transformed into lyrical expressions of an optimistic philosophy of life. The pleasure, yes the enjoyment of painting, just glides over it. We see a world of metamorphosis, transposition, transcendence, a world seen by a painting poet or a poet painter.' (1967). Work to be found in the museums of Brussels, Ghent, Leuven, Ostend, in the Print Room in Brussels. Mentioned in BAS I and Two centuries of signatures of Belgian artists. (Piron)