Yolande Ardissone (6 June 1927 - 28 December 2024) was a French painter. Born in Bueil (Normandy),Akoun 2004, page 45. she studied at the Beaux-Arts and at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris.Ardissone, Terre des peintres Collection, 1988She met Jaques Eitel - who was going to become her husband - during a trip in Italy in 1949. Yolande Ardissone and Jacques Eitel had a daughter, who also became a painter known under the name of Florence Arven. Yolande Ardissone exhibited her works in many salons, including the Salon des artistes français.Ardissone, Terre des peintres Collection, 1988
She was discovered by the art merchant Wally Findlay in 1957 and started exhibiting her works in New York City, Beverly Hills, Palm Beach and other US-based galleries that same year. Yolande Ardissone has gained a considerable reputation. Yolande Ardissone loves to paint Provence, Paris and the French countryside. But her favorite topic is the region of Brittany in western France.Ardissone, Terre des peintres Collection, 1988
Exhibitions Galerie Framond, Paris, 1957, 1959, 1961 and 1966 Galerie Moyon-Avenart, Nantes, 1970 Galerie Makovski, Frankfurt, 1955 Galerie Burrell, New York City, 1963 Wally Findlay Gallery, New York City, 1966, 1968, 1975 and 1977 Wally Findlay Gallery, Beverly Hills, 1976 and 1978 Wally Findlay Gallery, Palm Beach, 1962 and 1978 Wally Findlay Gallery, Chicago, 1962, 1971,1974, 1976, 1977 and 1978 Wally Findlay Gallery, Paris, 1973 and 1975 Galerie Artenoo, Paris, 2006 and 2007
Salons Salon d'Automne Salon des Indépendants Salon des artistes français Salon de la Jeune Peinture Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts Salon de la Marine Salon du dessin et de la peinture à l'eau Greenshields Prize
Awards Salon des Artistes Francais, honorary mention, 1949 Award of the City of Fontainebleau, 1967 The City of Paris has awarded Yolande Ardissone the Medaille d'Argent.
Notes and references
Bibliography Lydia Harambourg, Dictionnaire des peintres, Ides et Calendes, L'École de Paris (School of Paris) 1945-1965 Akoun, 2004 Ardissone, Terre des peintres Collection, 1988 Bénézit Dictionary of Painters, Gründ, 1999 Ardissone, Terre des Peintres Collection, 1988 Ardissone, Arts Graphiques d'Aquitaine publishing, 1979 L'Encyclopédie Poétique (the Poetry Encyclopedia), Jean Grassin Publishing La Jeune Peinture (the Young Painting School), collection Terre des Peintres Ardissone, Arts-Documents, Genève, 1969 La famille autour du monde (the family around the world): Yolande Ardissone, Florence Arven, Jacques Eitel, Ariane Trip, by Ellen D. Strady, 50 pages, Terre des peintres Collection, 2000 Collector's Guild (lithographies of the artist), New York
External links Yolande Ardisson's page on Artnet Pictures of Yolande Ardissone's artworks, Artnet Yolande Ardissone Bio - Findlay Galleries Arcade database Yolande Ardissone works purchased by public collections in 1957.