Yolande Ardissone

Yolande Ardissone (born June 6, 1927) is a French painter. Born in Bueil (Normandy), she studied at the Beaux-Arts and at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris.

Contents

• Exhibitions
• Salons
• Awards
• References

She met Jaques Eitel - who was going to become her husband - during a trip in Italy in 1949. Yolande Ardissone and Jacques Eitel had a daughter, who also became a painter known under the name of Florence Arven. Yolande Ardissone exhibited her works in many salons, including the Salon des artistes français.

She was discovered by the art merchant Wally Findlay in 1957 and started exhibiting her works in New York City, Beverly Hills, Palm Beach and other US-based galleries that same year. Yolande Ardissone has gained a considerable reputation. Yolande Ardissone loves to paint Provence, Paris and the French countryside. But her favorite topic is the region of Brittany in western France.

Exhibitions

Galerie Framond, Paris, 1957, 1959, 1961 and 1966

Galerie Moyon-Avenart, Nantes, 1970

Galerie Makovski, Frankfurt, 1955

Galerie Burrell, New York City, 1963

Wally Findlay Gallery, New York City, 1966, 1968, 1975 and 1977

Wally Findlay Gallery, Beverly Hills, 1976 and 1978

Wally Findlay Gallery, Palm Beach, 1962 and 1978

Wally Findlay Gallery, Chicago, 1962, 1971,1974, 1976, 1977 and 1978

Wally Findlay Gallery, Paris, 1973 and 1975

Galerie Artenoo, Paris, 2006 and 2007

Salons

Salon d'Automne

Salon des Indépendants

Salon des artistes français

Salon de la Jeune Peinture

Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts

Salon de la Marine

Salon du dessin et de la peinture à l'eau

Greenshields Prize

Awards

Salon des Artistes Francais, honorary mention, 1949

Award of the City of Fontainebleau, 1967

The City of Paris has awarded Yolande Ardissone the Medaille d'Argent.