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Fleury Linossier was a water color painter born in 1902 near Paris. He entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Toulon, graduated as an Architect and then returned to Lyon from where his family originated. He started designing parks and gardens of the area. He inherited from his father and grandfather both landscape architects the passion and sense of nature. Later he moved to Bandol in the French Riviera, created his firm of architecture and earned a reputation in the construction of mansions for celebrities such as Gregory Peck, Raimu, Maurice Chevalier, Mistinguett.[1]
During World War II, he joined the French resistance and led a very active network of information. Acting for the liberation of the port of Toulon, he was decorated with the Médaille Militaire, the Croix de guerre 1939–1945 and the Croix du combattant volontaire de la Résistance.
His career as a painter really started in the sixties. In Paris, he exhibited in the Salon des Artistes Français , the Salon of the Surindependants, Salon of the Beaux Art. He showed also in the Salon de Bollene, in Monaco at the International Salon of the Contemporary Painting and numerous galleries. Rainier III, Prince of Monaco bought three of his works. He received plenty awards, gold medals and first prices. Specialized press praised him as one of the best landscape water color artists of his time and compared him to J. M. W. Turner and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. Some of the press extract below give a good idea of Fleury Linossier’s impact. He produced an exceptional and sizable work until his late eighties. At this time, he started losing his sight and chose to give up painting afraid of not being able to master his production. He disappeared soon after, leaving unique works now considered as an essential contribution to his century.
Fleury Linossier has been described as a fiercely independent artist working on the margins of prevailing aesthetic trends, with continuity and sincerity as defining qualities. Critics have highlighted his sensitivity to light and his ability to create graceful, refined works, noting his technical virtuosity and reputation as a notable watercolorist (Denise David, L'Amateur d'Art, October 1977). René Nicolas portrayed him as “a poet of the nineteenth century lost in our time,” emphasizing the vaporous luminosity of his work, comparable to that of Jongkind, Corot, and Turner, and noting that his paintings are immediately recognizable for their distinctive beauty (La Cote des Arts, January 1981). Georges Gustavo observed the difficulty of categorizing Linossier’s style, placing it between Romanticism and Impressionism, and drew comparisons to Corot’s landscapes around Rome, particularly in the subtle harmonies of light at sunrise and sunset (Le Provençal, October 1971).
| Some of Fleury Linossier’s main exhibitions: | ||
|---|---|---|
| City | Exhibition | Date |
| Paris | Salon des Surindependants- Musee d’Art Moderne. | 1971,72. |
| Paris | Salon des Artistes Français- Grand Palais. | 1973, 74, 75, 76. |
| Paris | Salon des Artistes Français- Grand Palais. | 1980, 81, 82. |
| Bollene | Salon de la peinture- Bollene | 1974, 1980, 81. |
| Toulon | Musée d’Art et d’Archéologie | 1971, 72, 73 |
| Toulon | Galerie Franklin Roosevelt | 1978, 79, 82 |
| Marseille | Galerie Jouvene | 1971 to 1982 |
| Lyon | Galerie Bellecour | 1973, 74, 77, 78 |
| Monaco | Salon International de la Peinture Contemporaine | 1972 |
| Avignon | Salon des Papes | 1979, 81 |
| Miami | Art Miami | 2003 |
| Bexley | Hammond Harkins Galleries | 2004 |