Jean Pierre DOLLA (1946) - Lot 321

Jean Pierre DOLLA (1946) Set of 4 abstract oil paintings on canvas Some signed lower right Some dated 75 on obverse or 76 on reverse Some titled La Camargue, some countersigned on the back 61x51cm Provenance: artist's studio collection Awarded the Prix de la Critique in 1971 (the youngest painter, after Bernard Buffet, to receive this distinction), Jean-Pierre Dolla, born in Flayosc in the Var region of France, followed the classic path of the Arts Décoratifs (Grenoble) and the Beaux Arts (Paris). Evolving from a figurative style strongly influenced by the 19th-century masters and their perfect compositions, to an abstract style strongly influenced by the 50s (De Staël, Jackson Pollock), he combines action painting and colorful figuration, both on landscapes and on female nudes.