Lucien Beyer (1908-1983) - Menace sur le temple

Lucien BEYER (1908-1983) Threat to the Temple Oil on canvas Format: 65 x 81 cm Signed at the bottom right Provenance : - Galerie Yves Jaubert, Paris - Private collection, Paris Painting in perfect condition. No frame Original work delivered with invoice and certificate of authenticity. Fast, careful, and insured shipping. Buy with complete confidence ! Born in 1908 in Lutry, Switzerland, Lucien Beyer grew up in an artistic environment shaped by his father, the ceramist Paul Beyer. Initially a designer for silk weaving, he soon turned to painting and, in the early 1930s, joined the Lyon circle animated by Marcel Michaud. He became one of the active members of the group Témoignage, an avant-garde movement that brought together painters, sculptors, artisans and poets around a deeply humanist and spiritual vision of art. Beyer participated in the group’s major exhibitions, notably the Salon d’Automne in Lyon in 1937 and the Paris presentations of 1938 and 1939, where his work was noticed for its sensibility, its sense of material, and its distinctive plastic language. His career is set against the artistic effervescence of the interwar period, alongside figures such as Étienne-Martin, Manessier, or Le Moal. Beyer’s compositions captivate with their subtle balance between emerging abstraction and intimate resonances. His palette, often warm, reveals a search for inner light, while his structured forms testify to a great mastery of drawing. Regularly appearing on the French market, his works have constant interest from collectors, sensitive to the rarity and quality of his production. Some images are generated by AI to show what the object may look like in context. Please refer to the original photos and the product description for exact details. #AIContextView

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