le violoniste joyeux (2014) Painting by Henry Prost

Henry PROST painter

Born December 22, 1939 in Bourg en Bresse Sold his first painting at the age of 14, a portrait of a naked African woman. continued on his way by taking lessons at the school of fine arts in Mâcon where he graduated. His first exhibition took place in Echirolle in 1971, suburb of Grenoble, Léo Lagrange room, exhibition made with children's drawings to whom he gave lessons. Adores the works of the great masters like Le Titien, Jean Léon Gérôme, Leonard de Vinci, Murillo, Velasquez, Dali etc. He found his way by making copies of old paintings more or less modified. The painting has l oil on canvas, panels or paper and his domain. At the same time, he directed a painting company in France specializing in the decoration and restoration of ancient monuments (convent, church, castle, theater etc.). He has produced several exhibitions around forty in France and about ten in Spain.

It has its prize list of distinctions in competitions made in Nîmes, Grasse, Saint Génis Des Fontaines, Chevry-Cossigny.
Has sold more than fifty paintings and has private collectors in Spain, France, England, Romania but especially in Germany and Russia.

He also has works in the Town Halls of Felix, Roquetas de Mar, Cartagena and at the Provencial Diputación of Almeria.

Confirmed painter and listed on Akoun since 2019

• Nationality: FRANCE
• Date of birth : 1939
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Contemporary French Artists