Alfred Manessier (1911 - 1993)

Alfred Manessier

Alfred Manessier was a French painter and graphic artist, a representative of the New Paris School and the Salon de May.

He was educated at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was fascinated by Cubism, Surrealism, Fauvism, like many artists of that generation. But at the same time he studied with the old masters and with the coryphaei of Impressionism. In the middle of his life, Manassier reconsidered his views and turned to religious subjects and landscapes with sea views. He became involved in stained glass and tapestry art.