Andre Minaux French (1923 - 1986) beach scene with boat lithograph Pencil signed lower left, numbered 15/160 lower left. Biography from Christie's London, South Kensington: Andre Minaux studied at the Ecole des Arts D?coratifs, Paris from 1941-5 and had his first one-man exhibition at the Galerie des Impressions d'Art, Paris in 1946. Minaux was a great draughtsman and his time at the Ecole des Arts D?coratifs mixed with his interest in lithographs meant that he found a strong and bold simplicity in his depiction of form. Figures, particularly women in interior settings, became a key theme in his work. Indeed there is a sculptural quality to the way in which he depicts the female figure showing the growing influence of Fernand Leger on his work as he moved away from naturalism and became ever more figurative and stylized in his artistic output. 26 1/2"H x 18 1/4"W (sight), 35"H x 26 3/8"W (frame)