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Marcel Dyf    (French, 1899-1985)

 Marcel Dyf - Sailboats in a Harbor (Paintings)
Marcel Dyf
Sailboats in a Harbor
 
  

Biography
1899 Born: Paris, FRANCE
1922 Moved to Arles (Provence) and set up painting studio
1935 Returned to Paris, where he took over Maximilien Luce’s old studio
1940 - 1949 Joined the French Résistance in Corrèze and Dordogne during WWII
1949 Returned again to Paris, studio in Saint Paul-de-Vence, Provence, FRANCE
1950 Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
Established studio in Cannes, FRANCE
1956 Moved to Bois d’Arcy, near Versailles
1960 - 1969 Summers in Arzon, Bretagne, FRANCE
1985 Died: Paris, FRANCE
Collections:
Smith College Museum of Art, Northhampton, MA
Musée Arlaten, Arles, FRANCE
Commissioned Murals:
Saint Martin-de-Crau (Town Hall)
Les Saintes Maries-de-la-Mer(Town Hall)
Collège Ampère (Dining Room)

Exhibitions
1990 Retrospective Exhibition, Frost and Reed, London, ENGLAND
1987 Frost and Reed, London, ENGLAND (solo exhibition)
1955 Frost and Reed, London, ENGLAND (solo exhibition)
1953 Galerie Petrides, Paris, FRANCE (solo exhibition)
1951 Galerie Petrides, Paris, FRANCE (solo exhibition)
1949 Galerie Petrides, Paris, FRANCE (solo exhibition)

Literature
E. Benezit ‘Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs’
‘Dictionnaire des Petits Maitres de la Peinture’
Dyf’ by Michel Gay; Galleries, 19th and 20th Century Masters
‘Marcel Dyf’, Frost and Reed Galleries, London
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