A selection of André Brasilier`s most iconic paintings on view at Opera Gallery
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Opera Gallery is presenting André Brasilier, a selection of André Brasilier’s most iconic paintings from the past sixty years. Aged 89 the French artist is one of the worlds’ most acclaimed living fauvist painters. Celebrated for his palette of vivid primary colours, and his iconic paintings of horses, in his lifetime Brasilier has been the subject of over 100 solo exhibitions across 20 countries. Brasilier has been the recipient of several awards including the 1952 Prix Florence Blumenthal and the 1953 Prix de Rome. Along with Picasso, Brasilier is the only artist to have been the subject of a retrospective at Russia’s Saint Petersburg’s Hermitage Museum during his lifetime, in 2005. A second retrospective followed in 2007, at the Museum Haus Ludwig für Kunstausstellungen Saarlouis in Germany. Brasilier’s output to-date has been diverse,