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Provenance: Gallery AUX ARTS, A. PERRIER, GENEVE.
Adrien was the son of the artist Jules Holy. He studied at the art schools in Bern (Switzerland) from 1915 until 1916, at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts La Chaux-de-Fonds and the Ecole de Beaux-Arts in Geneva. He travelled in Italy, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Sweden and Norway. Lived from 1920 until 1939 in Paris and was married with the artist Ellisif Björset.
Between 1922 until 1958 his works been represented in many exhibitions including Salon de Indépendants, Paris 1922-39; Salon Automne de Paris 1922-39; Gallery Chéron 1928; Gallery Blomquist, Oslo 1931; Gallery Marseille, Paris 1936; Collective exhibition 1938 in the gallery Aktuaryus in Zurich; Musée DE L'Athenée, Genéve 1940, 47 and 1958; Musée de St.Imier 1942 and 1948; Gallery Beaux-Arts, Zurich 1943; Galerie du Capitole, Lausanne 1944 and 1949; Gallery Wolfsberg, Zurich 1946, 49, 52, 1955 , and 1957; Gallery Véandre, Payerne 1949 and 1953; Gallery Motte, Genéve 1950 and 1953; Gallery Bettie Thommen, Bàle 1951; Galerie La Vieille Fontaine, Lausanne 1951; Exposure à St.Imier, 1957; Gallery ABC In Winterthur 1957.
His works can be found in many European museuns and galleries including Museum Jeu de Paume and Musée du Petit Palais in Paris as in Neuchàtel, Glaris, Luzern, Bern, St.Imier, Aarau, St.Gallen, Geneva, Rohrschach, Thoune, Lausanne, Chicago, Straßburg, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, in the Zurich Art Society and the Foundation Oskar Reinhart in Winterthur.
Literature: Vollmer, vol 2, p. 478; Benezit, vol 5, p. 598-99; Künstlerlexikon der Schweiz XX. Jahrhundert (Artists of Switzerland in the 20th Century), p. 458; Gallery Motte, Adrien Holy, exposure Genéve 1950; Pierre Bouffard, Adrien Holy, Griffon/Neuchatel 1952; Pierre Bouffard, Adrien Holy, catalog Musée Rath, 1968; Nane Bettex-Cailler, Art Documents, Adrien Holy, 1898, Genéve 1958
We are grateful to Mr E. Gasser, Musée Petit Palais, Paris and Mrs Isabelle Payot Wunderli, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Genéve for the assistant informations.
A fine and characteristical work by the artist depicting a busy park in the city, presumably „Promenade St. Antoine in Geneva“. Beautiful original condition. Further details and price on request.
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