#sophie grandval

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sophie grandval -- dandelions

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"Dandelions" (1990) by French artist, SOPHIE GRANDVAL, (b.1936).

Sophie Grandval started her career as a textile designer, working for names such as Givenchy, Dior, Balanciaga, Balmain, and Deusse.

In 1958 she exhibited at the Galerie des Beaux Arts in Paris fabric designs.

She started painting in oil and watercolour, and in 1961 had her first one-woman exhibition at the Galerie Durand, followed by another one ten years later at the Galerie Delpire, both in Paris. At both shows, all paintings were completely sold out during the preview evening.

An account of her told by renowned art dealer, Oliver Hoare:

"I first met Sophie Grandval in Paris in the mid-1960s, when I was a student and she was already a legend. Her first exhibition had caused a sensation, and every painting sold on the opening night. They have a powerful, naïve magic about them that seems to enchant all who look at them. She worked mainly in oils, but when Rachel 'Bunny' Mellon, the American horticulturalist, gardener, philanthropist, and art collector commissioned her to paint all the vegetables and plants in the King’s Vegetable Garden at Versailles in the early 1970s, she turned to watercolour.

In 1973 she moved to Bath. Her rooms there were extraordinarily atmospheric, festooned with dried flowers, strange gee-gaws, illustrations from magazines and books, and perfumed with the pungent aroma of hashish. On one visit she informed me that the previous evening she had been drinking in a pub when she realized that the Devil was sitting on the bar-stool next to her. This news was so surprising that I missed the opportunity to ask her what he was drinking."

Her work is to be found in prestigious collections such as those of Mrs Mellon, Givenchy, Dior, Cacharel, President Mitterand, and King Charles.

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Sophie Grandval - Dandelions, 1990

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Sophie Grandval (b 1936), after completing her art training, started her career as a textile designer, working for such famous names as Givenchy, Dior, Balanciaga, Balmain and Deusse.

In 1958, she exhibited at the Galerie des Beaux Arts in Paris fabric designs. At the suggestion of Lucien Durand, she started painting in oil and watercolour, and in 1961 had her first one-man exhibition at the Galerie Durand, followed by another one ten years later at the Galerie Delpire, both in Paris. At both shows, all paintings were completely sold-out during the preview evening.

She was then approached to do illustration work for Peter Knapp, the well-known art director for “ELLE” magazine, and in 1973 she moved to Bath to execute a series of botanical illustrations for the renowned American collector Mrs Paul Mellon.

https://www.chauchet.com/artists/sophie-grandval/

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Sophie Grandval

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Sophie Grandval (Paris, 1936)

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Dandelions (1990) painting by French artist, Sophie Grandval, born in 1936, who started her career as a textile designer.

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"Thousands of candles

can be lighted

from a single candle,

and the life of the candle

will not be shortened.

Happiness never decreases

by being shared."

~Buddha

#compassion #WeAreOne #thousands #candles #life #happiness #shared #Increase #love #hope

Artist: Sophie Grandval, France

Source: A Celebration of Female Artists

https://charterforcompassion.org

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Dandelion - Sophie Grandval , 1990 .

French, b. 1936 -

Oil on canvas

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Sophie Grandval

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Sophie Grandval

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Dandelions by Sophie Grandval

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Sophie Grandval

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Sophie Grandval, Dandelions, 1990

#Art #Flowers

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Sophie Grandval - Dandelions, 1990.

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Sophie Grandval for night owls

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