Post Impressionism Oil on Canvas – ‘Les Ballerines’ by Antonio Gonzalez Collado (b. 1930)

A lovely post impressionist oil painting on canvas of young ballerinas with a soft colour pallet of blues and white, in a gilt wood frame by artist Antonio Gonzalez Collado (b. 1930). Collado was born in Spain but studied in France.

Comes with original purchase of sale (provenance) from a gallery in Paris (Galerie Roussard) in 2005 – purchased for 1250 Euros.
Titled “Les Ballerines” on sales receipt.

Signed bottom left.

Antonio Gonzalez Collado was born in 1930 in Spain.   He went to Paris for a competition in 1955,  fell in love with the city and captivated by the discovery of the Louvre, he promised to return to live there. First pupil at Montparnasse 80 and at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, he made his debut as a painter in Montmartre, place du Tertre, in 1957. At the time, there were no places reserved, nor of territorial delimitation, each one came to lay his easel with the greatest freedom. During his years in Montmartre, Collado knew all the microcosm of the Butte.  In 1961, he won his first prize, the Prix de Deauville. In 1968, he was one of the painters exhibited at the Salon de Toile. The following year, it was found in the exhibition on the theme of circus at the Museum of Montmartre. Then he exhibited a lot in France, Belgium, Chicago and Canada.

Measures: 12 inches x 16 inches (canvas)  with Frame measures: 19 inches high x 22 inches wide.