Artist: Roger Chapelain Midy (French, 1904-1992)
Title: Untitled 4
Year: Circa 1975
Medium:Color lithograph
Edition:Unknown
Paper:Silk paper
Image size: 18 x 25.25 inches
paper size: 20.5 x 28.5 inches
Signature: Hand signed in pencil
Condition: Excellent

About the artist.

Roger Chapelain-Midy, born August 24, 1904 in Paris, died in that city on 30 March 1992 was a painter, lithographer, illustrator and stage designer in France.
Roger Chapelain-Midy studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and studied art in paintings academies of Montparnasse district. He later became head teacher Workshop 1955 to 1974.
He exhibited in 1927 at the Salon d'Automne and from 1929 in the Salon of Independent and the Salon des Tuileries.
Armand Drouant in 1930 organized his first exhibition in his gallery rue de Rennes in Paris.
He received the Carnegie Prize (in) in 1938.
He creates murals for mayor of the 4th arrondissement of Paris, the home of the Chaillot National Theatre, the Agronomic Institute of Paris, as well as decorations for cruise ships, whose France.
Decorator and theater costume, from 1942, he worked for The gallant Indies Rameau in 1952, and Mozart's Magic Flute at the Paris Opera in 1954 [Link to correct]. The success of his work allows him to work at the opera in Cologne. He will receive as such the grand prize of the theater at the International Biennial of Sao Paulo 19624.
He also wrote illustrations for texts by Jean Giraudoux, Gide, Charles Baudelaire, Fontenelle (Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds), Jean de La Fontaine, Charles Vildrac, Georges Simenon (The Window Rouet, 1945), etc. He illustrated the cover of The Song of Maguelonne Michel Mourlet for the Round Table (1973).
Roger Chapelain-Midy is buried in Nancray-sur-Rimarde (Loiret).
Chapelain Midy's works are held in numerous collections and museums in France and worldwide, including:
Musee national d'art moderne - Musee d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, musees d'Albi, Angers museum, Bordeaux museum, Cambrai museum, Dijon museum, Dreux museum, Epinal museum, Fontainebleau museum, La Rochelle museum, La Tronche museum, Le Mans museum, Lyon museum, Menton museum, Remiremont museum, Rouen museum, Saintes museum, Saint-Etienne museum
Musees d'Alger, Amsterdam museum, Netherlands, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Birmingham, England, Brussels, Belgium, Cairo Egypt, London England, San Francisco, U.S.A, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sofia, bulgaria.


Condition:
Alterations: Unknown
Imperfections: Some Imperfections
Condition Notes: Excellent

Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph

Details:
Frame Type: Unframed
What type of item is it? Vintage / Antique / Used
Art Subjects: Figure

Unknown; Some Imperfections; Excellent