MEASUREMENTS:12"WX15"H FRAMED, MINT CONDITION/"in the style of" Victor Brauner was a Romanian painter and sculptor of the surrealist movement. He painted Prelude to a civilization in 1954, now in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The painting is in encaustic on Masonite.After the war, he took part in the Venice Biennale, and traveled to Italy.In 1959, he settled in a studio at 72, rue Lepic, in Montmartre. In 1961, he traveled to Italy again. In the same year, New York City's Bodley Gallery mounted a solo exhibition of Brauner's work. He settled in Varengeville in Normandy, where he spent most of his time working.In 1965, he created an ensemble of object-paintings, grouped under the titles Mythologie and Fêtes des mères. These paintings were made in Varengeville and in Athanor in 1964, where Brauner retreated. His last painting, La fin et le debut (made in 1965), reminds us that "when the painter's life ends, his work starts living".In 1966, he was chosen to represent France at the Venice Biennale, where an entire hall was dedicated to him./Private collection, no documentation. We offer a 14day money back guarantee if you are not satisfied with your purchase send back for full refund within 14 days.