Claude Venard

(French, 1913–1999)

Claude Venard was a French post-Cubist and still life painter. Known for working in a distinctive angular style, he accentuated the chromatic qualities of his palette through thickly applied impasto paint. Born on March 21, 1913 in Paris, France the artist enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts, but abandoned his studies after only two days—instead, his arts education would come from his job repairing paintings with a master restorer at the Louvre Museum. In 1936, Venard participated in a group exhibition for a new art movement that derided the avant-garde in favor of a return to strict and traditional principles of craftsmanship: the Forces Nouvelles, a group which included the painters Pierre Tal-Coat and André Marchand. Eventually Venard would rebel against them, forging his own post-Cubist style utilizing a wide color palette applied roughly with a pallet knife, creating a visceral, “raw” strain of the geometric aesthetic. Throughout the 1950s, Venard’s paintings became more abstracted, as evidenced in Still Life (1955–1956). The artist’s works are included in the permanent collection of the Modern Art Museum in Paris, the Tate Gallery in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Tokyo Museum. He died in Savary, France in 1999.

Claude Venard Artworks

Claude Venard (2,258 results)

Nature morte à la lampe, c. 1960, 1960

Claude Venard

Nature morte à la lampe, c. 1960, 1960

Sale Date: July 25, 2023

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Portrait d’actrice, 1948

Claude Venard

Portrait d’actrice, 1948

Sale Date: July 1, 2023

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Nature morte aux lampes à l’huile, vers 1950, 1950

Claude Venard

Nature morte aux lampes à l’huile, vers 1950, 1950

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Still life with a rooster, 1945

Claude Venard

Still life with a rooster, 1945

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The plane

Claude Venard

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Still Life with Pears

Claude Venard

Still Life with Pears

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White sails and nets

Claude Venard

White sails and nets

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Composition of Two Fruits on a Blue and Green...

Claude Venard

Composition of Two Fruits on a Blue and Green...

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Paysage parisien

Claude Venard

Paysage parisien

Sale Date: June 21, 2023

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Untitled

Claude Venard

Sale Date: June 8, 2023

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COMPOSITION AU FOULARD PROVENÇAL ET AU BOUQUET

Claude Venard

COMPOSITION AU FOULARD PROVENÇAL ET AU BOUQUET

Sale Date: June 6, 2023

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Orientales

Claude Venard

Sale Date: May 27, 2023

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Ohne Titel

Claude Venard

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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Abstract

Claude Venard

Sale Date: May 20, 2023

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L'Atelier

Claude Venard

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The portrait of a friend of the artist in his...

Claude Venard

The portrait of a friend of the artist in his...

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In the artist's studio, 1950

Claude Venard

In the artist's studio, 1950

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Still Life, 1959–1960

Claude Venard

Still Life, 1959–1960

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Loco

Claude Venard

Sale Date: April 24, 2023

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L'Echiquier

Attributed to Claude Venard

Sale Date: April 21, 2023

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Nature morte à la clarinette et aux fruits, 1940

Claude Venard

Nature morte à la clarinette et aux fruits, 1940

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Still Life with Siphons

Claude Venard

Still Life with Siphons

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Nature morte aux deux corbeaux, 1949

Claude Venard

Nature morte aux deux corbeaux, 1949

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Fruits et fleurs, 1962

Claude Venard

Fruits et fleurs, 1962

Sale Date: April 18, 2023

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