Born in Saint-Mandé (Seine, France), she studied in Paris and received a Fine Arts degree with qualifications to teach in secondary schools. After teaching one year at Lycee de Jeunes Filles in Strasbourg, she resigned from her position and decided to come back to Paris in 1964 where she now lives and continues to paint.
She is known for her paintings of young women with dreaming attitudes. Her graphic and pictorial techniques are reminiscent of Italian Renaissance painters and Flemish painters of the 16th and 17th centuries. Her work now counts more than 400 paintings, all privately owned, as well as numerous drawings and pastels.
In 2014, Alain Blondel, her historic art dealer, retired after having promoted her work for 32 years. Since then, Francine Van Hove is represented by Jean-Marie Oger, former assistant at galerie Alain Blondel.
Francine van hove paintings
Family
Bernar, born Bernard Boulitreau,(1957-2006) cartoonist at Charlie Hebdo, her brother
Paul Boulitreau French painter born in 1967, her nephew
Main exhibitions
1978, Morantin-Nouvion Gallery, Paris
1982, Comparaisons, Paris
1982, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
1982, International Fair of Chicago
1983-84, International Art Expo, Stockholm
1984, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
1985, Paul Valéry Museum, Les Pouvoirs du Réel, Sète
1986, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
1986, Arte Fiera, Bologna
1986, ICAF, Los Angeles
1986, Hartcourts Contemporary Gallery, San Francisco
1987, Alain Blondel Gallery at FIAC, Paris
1988, IGI 88, New York
1989, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
1989, Le Patio en Septembre, Anglet
1989, Lineart, Gand
1989-90, Exhibition France-Japan, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka
1990, Salon de Mars, Paris
1990, Lineart, Gand
1991, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
1991 à 1994, Salon de Mars (Mars Fair), Paris
1993, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
1993, Art Miami, Miami
1994, Jardins d’Été, Gallery Alain Blondel, Paris
1994, Les Nouveaux Pastellistes, Paris
1995, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
1996, Salon du Printemps, Le Poiré-sur-Vie, Visions Poétiques
1997, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
1998, Art Chicago, Chicago
1999, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
2000, Villa Beatrix Enea, Anglet
2000, Pavillon des Antiquaires et des Beaux-Arts
2001, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
2003, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
2005, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
2007, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
2009, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
2010, De Bellefeuille Gallery, Montréal
2011, Galerie Alain Blondel, Paris
2012, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
2012, Arts Elysées, Paris
2016, Still life - Style of life, Jean-Marie Oger, Paris
