Yolande Ardissone
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Yolande Ardissone | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 June 1927 |
| Died | 28 December 2024 (aged 97) |
| Occupation | Painter |
Yolande Ardissone (6 June 1927 - 28 December 2024[1]) was a French painter. Born in Bueil (Normandy),[2] she studied at the Beaux-Arts and at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris.[3][4][5]She met Jaques Eitel - who was going to become her husband - during a trip in Italy in 1949. Yolande Ardissone and Jacques Eitel had a daughter, who also became a painter known under the name of Florence Arven. Yolande Ardissone exhibited her works in many salons, including the Salon des artistes français.[6]
She was discovered by the art merchant Wally Findlay in 1957 and started exhibiting her works in New York City, Beverly Hills, Palm Beach and other US-based galleries that same year. Yolande Ardissone has gained a considerable reputation. Yolande Ardissone loves to paint Provence, Paris and the French countryside. But her favorite topic is the region of Brittany in western France.[7]
- Galerie Framond, Paris, 1957, 1959, 1961 and 1966
- Galerie Moyon-Avenart, Nantes, 1970
- Galerie Makovski, Frankfurt, 1955
- Galerie Burrell, New York City, 1963
- Wally Findlay Gallery, New York City, 1966, 1968, 1975 and 1977
- Wally Findlay Gallery, Beverly Hills, 1976 and 1978
- Wally Findlay Gallery, Palm Beach, 1962 and 1978
- Wally Findlay Gallery, Chicago, 1962, 1971,1974, 1976, 1977 and 1978
- Wally Findlay Gallery, Paris, 1973 and 1975
- Galerie Artenoo, Paris, 2006 and 2007
Salons
- Salon d'Automne
- Salon des Indépendants
- Salon des artistes français
- Salon de la Jeune Peinture
- Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts
- Salon de la Marine
- Salon du dessin et de la peinture à l'eau
- Greenshields Prize
