Yolande Ardissone Explained

Yolande Ardissone (born 6 June 1927) is a French painter. Born in Bueil (Normandy),^[1] she studied at the Beaux-Arts and at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Yolande Ardissone
Birth Date:	6 June 1927
Nationality:	French
Occupation:	Painter

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

Exhibitions

• 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

Awards

• Salon des Artistes Francais, honorary mention, 1949
• Award of the City of Fontainebleau, 1967
• The City of Paris has awarded Yolande Ardissone the Medaille d'Argent.

Notes and references

Bibliography

• Lydia Harambourg, Dictionnaire des peintres, Ides et Calendes, L'École de Paris (School of Paris) 1945-1965
• Akoun, 2004
• Ardissone, Terre des peintres Collection, 1988
• Bénézit Dictionary of Painters, Gründ, 1999
• Ardissone, Terre des Peintres Collection, 1988
• Ardissone, Arts Graphiques d'Aquitaine publishing, 1979
• L'Encyclopédie Poétique (the Poetry Encyclopedia), Jean Grassin Publishing
• La Jeune Peinture (the Young Painting School), collection Terre des Peintres
• Ardissone, Arts-Documents, Genève, 1969
• La famille autour du monde (the family around the world): Yolande Ardissone, Florence Arven, Jacques Eitel, Ariane Trip, by Ellen D. Strady, 50 pages, Terre des peintres Collection, 2000
• Collector's Guild (lithographies of the artist), New York

External links

• Yolande Ardisson's page on Artnet Pictures of Yolande Ardissone's artworks, Artnet
• Yolande Ardissone Bio - Findlay Galleries
• Arcade database Yolande Ardissone works purchased by public collections in 1957.

Notes and References

1. Akoun 2004, page 45.
2. Ardissone, Terre des peintres Collection, 1988
3. News: This week at the galleries. April 17, 1977. Palm Beach Daily News. 16 August 2011.
4. http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00006660 Benezit
5. Ardissone, Terre des peintres Collection, 1988
6. Ardissone, Terre des peintres Collection, 1988