Red Flowers with Black Background

Description

Red Flowers with Black Background, 2011 by Gerard Economos is an original oil on board painting. This still life painting features red flowers in a jar with heavy brush work and expressional style. The color palette is pure and strong. Signed at the lower right corner by the artist.

Of Greek ancestry, Gérard
 Economos was born in Paris in 
1935. Since 1978, Economos resided in Guadalajara, Mexico, a city 
that became his refuge from a very
 busy world traveling schedule. He
 studied Architecture and Urbanism at the 
Fine Arts School in Paris and launched 
his career as a painter in 1953. In time he
 established close relationships with many artistic and literary icons, among them 
Jean Cocteau, Michel del Castillo,
Lawrence Durrell and Jean Giono.
In 2005, the French Government awarded him the highest distinction in France, the “Legion d’Honeur” medal.