Roland Chanco (1924-2017), friend of Picasso - Oil on canvas, Barbara

Roland chanconnier known as chanco (1924-2017), friend of picasso oil on canvas barbara 2012 signed top right, countersigned, dated and titled on the back bibliography: catalogue raisonné, volume v, no. 167 dimensions: 92x73cm very good condition shipping possible by carrier (given the dimensions) pick-up possible on site (37) many works for sale by this iconic artist *for more than 80 years, roland chanconnier, known as chanco (1914-2017) invented a style halfway between cubism and expressionism, populating his paintings with carnivalesque characters inspired by his peer and friend, pablo picasso. Born in reignac, in indre-et-loire, roland chanco tried his hand at drawing and painting very early on. At 16, he already moved to the capital, first training in sculpture, before finally returning to painting and settling in the montmartre district. There, he worked on location, painting le moulin de la galette, la rue de l'abreuvoir, borrowing a naive style. "during these years, he met the painters of the butte, notably utrillo, gen paul, heuzé and picasso." in 1942, deeply affected by the war, chanco began a "dark" period, through dark works evoking the world of georges rouault. In the aftermath of the war, he returned to the côte d'azur and settled in antibes where he began a career in medical electronics, while continuing to paint. "he continued his figurative work with pencil drawings in which the influence of picasso is clearly perceptible in the distortion of female nudes, before directing his research towards abstraction for a time. » but it was from the 1960s that chanco truly imposed his style. In 1958, he retired to roquefort-les-pins, where he would end his days and burn almost all of his production there in 1960. "it was a way for him to renew himself. He then developed a completely personal style that makes his paintings now identifiable at first glance.