DESNOYER François

François DESNOYER (1894-1972): He studied at the National School of Decorative Arts in Paris starting in 1913. At the beginning of the hostilities of the First World War, he was mobilized and injured. He resumed his studies after the war. He became a professor at the Decorative Arts shortly before the Second World War. In 1948, following the death of Albert Marquet's widow, a friend of his, he traveled to Algeria. He made numerous other trips, especially after being appointed as a painter of the Navy in 1949. From 1922, he exhibited in Parisian and foreign salons. His work shows the influence of the Fauvists and the Cubists.