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
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
Abstract Composition - 1956
Oil on Canvas
12 x 16 inches (30cm x 40cm)
Signed and Dated 1956
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
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
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
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
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
La Soufre de Source - 1955
Oil on Canvas
36 x 29 inches (91cm x 74cm)
Signed and Dated 1955
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
Les Champs Essentiels XII - 1962
Oil on Canvas
21 x 32 inches (53cm x 81cm)
Signed and Dated 1962
Francois Arnal - Les Piranias
Les Piranias - 1955
Oil on Canvas
57.5 x 34 inches (146cm x 86cm)
Signed and Dated 1955