René GENIS French, 1922-2004

Rene Genis was a 20th century French painter renowned for his landscapes and still lifes and for his palette of very transparent blues and greens. Genis studied at the Ecole des Beaux- Arts in Bordeaux, then at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs in Paris. Starting in 1959 he had numerous one-man exhibitions in Paris and New York. He was honored in 1989 by being selected to have a solo exhibition at Chateau de Chenonceau. His work can be seen in museums in Aix-en-Provence, Bordeaux, Lyon, Abbey Museum of Saint-Claude and...