Brianchon was one of the best known
painters of his generation in France. Winner of the Prix Blumenthal in
1924,
he was one of the most influential masters at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and
remains the only real successor in France to the tradition and intimacy
of
Bonnard and Vuillard.Theatre
scenes, still lifes, portraits and compositions form an ensemble varied in
subject but with a common technique. No surface is completely flat or inert,
no color
smooth.
In 1990, the Hermitage Foundation in Lausanne did a major retrospective exhibition accompanied by a catalogue, which remains available.
