Geneviève Asse

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Geneviève Asse (Vannes, France, 24 January 1923 – 11 August 2021)^[1] was a French painter.^[2] She died in August 2021 at the age of 98.^[3] She was awarded the Grand-Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour.

Geneviève Asse is one of the most notable abstract French painters of the post-war era. The characteristic shade of blue she created had been called "le bleu Asse".

Collections

• Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours, Horizons, oil on canvas^[4]
• musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper, Vertical Collage I, oil on canvas^[5]
• Musée d'Arts de Nantes^[6]
• Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris^[7]

Musée National d'Art Moderne Centre Pompidou

Menil Collection Houston

Bibliography

• Christian Briend, Isabelle Ewig, Silvia Baron-Supervielle, Camille Morando, Geneviève Asse : Peintures, Paris, Somogy, 2013 ISBN 978-2-7572-0668-3
• Élisabeth Védrenne et Valérie de Maulmin, Les Pionnières : dans les ateliers des femmes artistes du 20eme siecle, photographies de Catherine Panchout, Paris, Somogy éditions d'art, 2018 ISBN 978-2-7572-1305-6

References

External links

• Geneviève Asse at AWARE

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