Bidspirit auction | Alain Bonnefoit (born 1937)

Alain Bonnefoit (born 1937) - Nude 6, 1988. Technique: Color lithography on paper Braiding: No Signature: Handwritten in pencil: A. Bonnefoit Dimensions: 36 x 54 cm (sheet) Additional fees: +5% / 3% Droit de suite Born in Montmartre, Paris, in 1937, Bonnefoit is one of the most acclaimed contemporary nude painters. Bonnefoit entered the Ecole des Arts Appliqué and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1953, and later the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Brussels to study graphic arts and sculpture. In 1962, he returned to Paris, where he studied with the renowned sculptor Antoniucci Volti. It was under Volti's influence that Bonnefoit began devoting himself to drawing and painting the female nude. Bonnefoit is a master of the art of Sumi-e: an East Asian form of ink painting. The practice of Sumi-e, notoriously difficult to master and remarkable for its sinuous and fluid use of line, gave Bonnefoit a unique understanding of the expression of the female nude. This skill and understanding are evident throughout his work. Bonnefoit's distinctive style, with its characteristically sensual and elegant depiction of the female body, encompasses the use of oils, watercolors, colored pencil, ink, and pencil. Major retrospectives of Bonnefoit's work have been held at the Marino Marini Museum in Florence and in museums in Korea and Germany. His work can be found in the art collections of the French government and the city of Paris, the Boccaccio Museum in Certaldo, and the Kwan Ju Museum in Korea.