Bernard Taurelle (1931- )
NAME: Avant le bain de soleil
ENGLISH NAME: Before Sunbathing
MEDIUM: Original Oil on canvas
SIGNATURE: Signed lower right by artist, titled
DATE: Dated on the back 1988
SIZE: 35 x 46 inches (89 x 116 cm)
FRAMED: Gilded Wood Frame (small issues on frame only)
IMAGE is ACTUAL ARTWORK
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Bernard Taurelle graduated college at 19 with a degree in philosophy. He is also an accomplished musician and worked briefly as an architect and film set designer.
He exhibited at Galerie Felix Vercel in Paris (Avenue Matignon) and New York (Madison Avenue) alongside such artists as Pablo Picasso, Fernand Leger, Armand Guillaumin, Maurice Utrillo and Claude Venard
Bernard Taurelle paintings are part of the permanent collections of the following French museums:
- Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris
- Musee de Toulouse
- Musee de Bordeaux
- Musee de Nice
- Musee de Grenoble
- Musee de Rouen
- Ville de Paris.