Project Description

Watercolor and felt

Dimensions : 36 cm x 46 cm

Signed lower right Y.Latil

Fisherman nets

Yvonne Latil (1909 – 2000)

expose since 1947 Salon d'Automne Paris alongside Bernard Buffet, National BA, French and independent artists.
Associate of the National Society of Fine Arts. Press the Marais Group of Painters.
Watercolorist Dessinatrice Writer Illustrator ceramist. Portraits, scenery, genre scenes, religious subjects, animal painter (with a predilection for cats), Illustrations of art magazines and creating greeting cards, caricatures, comical series.

Copying an article entitled “Let's meet… Yvonne Latil, watercolourist” written by Aline Lacoume. Excerpt from the magazine “Art and meets”, autumn 1974 :

“Yvonne Latil, born in 1906, Parisian, single, big, White hair, mischievous blue eyes and tender, especially radiates serenity. She admits that her dream has always been to draw and paint, and she has tried to meet the. At school, she had the chance to enjoy a remarkable teaching drawing and watercolor 4 or 5 hours per week. The teacher, she piously keeps the memory, is a woman "lovely", competent, who knows very well guide his students. Yvonne, which is very gifted, made rapid progress. Unfortunately his family can not consider letting him make long studies, and must agree to work with P and T. However, its role as operator allows it to have hours of freedom she uses to perfect.

After following the course of the ABC School, she enrolled in the Grande Chaumiere, attends the Yves Brayer workshop. From 1940 at 1945, she finds a nice heated haven and an artist who enchants middle. Weekly reviews made by the Master of the work done by the students for her fruitful lessons. Fontana Rosa, Mac-sent, Reynolds, also his teachers. Cependant, she teaches herself to paint landscapes. It was in Britain, during his holidays with his grandparents in the south of Ille-et-Vilaine, it was conquered and inspired by the sight of "apple blossoms".

For five years she is free, she frequently visits the South, Grasse and its surroundings, where it enters the joy that represents the harmony of colors in this region. Freedom loving, not minding the passing time, Yvonne likes in nature, but not constantly. She needs the atmosphere of the city. She especially likes to be in the metro in order to observe "faces". She says : « d’instinct, it is the head that excites me. Every child I was heads by making my problems. Then I made portraits. That's what made me want to learn more. "When can supplement his knowledge by some studies of anatomy, on earthenware pieces, she feels enriched and able to overcome many difficulties.
After the war, Yvonne landscape workshop on the 6th floor of its building. She works a lot, expose, made portraits. Her works, very appreciated by his entourage, often find takers. His first participation in an exhibition 1946 Salon d'Automne is marked by a proposal from the Commission for Purchase of Cultural Affairs for a composition (50 x 65) representing "Circus Parade", which is now at the University of Nancy. On receipt of the letter requesting the prize, Yvonne does not realize immediately the homage to him. It is simply flattered, and includes only later the importance of this selection. She also exhibited at the Salon des Tuileries, the Society of Fine Arts, which the association is, in St-Placide galleries, Welter, Raspail, the different exhibition Marais Painters, at the Amiens museum. Abstract painting tent, but do not hold. First of all, Yvonne is expressionistic. She beautifully draws and paints watercolors full of freshness and tenderness whose subjects are not forgotten. Among these :

– Young Woman in cat mask,
– Young Naked women at the laundry,
– Sea side,
– Two women on deckchair
– Breton landscapes,
– Around Grasse,
– Cannes,
– Old houses of Saint-Julien-le-poor,
– Green gallant Paris-etc…
Everything is nice.

His record is as follows:
– Silver Medal of the European Academy of Arts,
– Officer of the Cultural Society and Philanthropy,
– Diploma of Science Arts and Humanities,
– 1First prize in the contest of cartoons of Gauloise Academy,
– Table selected ORTF's Painting Competition in May 1970.
– Silver Medal of the City of Paris, awarded the 26 February 1972.

Yvonne Latil, watercolor artist of great talent, thank you for the great pleasure you provide to those who can glancing on what you do so perfect. Yvonne Latil was dedicated with passion to his art but
also devoted himself to the animation and promotion of the Marais Group of Painters, association founded in 1965 which was intended to expose painters. To this end, the group was making available for temporary exhibits his workshop, "The Workshop Painters Marais-72 rue François Miron" and organizing "Days of Painting" where artists could exhibit their creations – Outside – Free – no jury – In all places. These were the arcades of the Place des Vosges who inaugurated the event.

Une autre gouache de l’artiste vous est proposée.