Skippings Fine Arts has dated this Japanese Garden Oil Painting to the 1960s.
During the Second World War, he joined the French Resistance, where he met painters, poets and intellectuals who introduced him to an artistic world far removed from his origins.
Entirely self-taught, Loirand devoted every spare moment to painting and soon began exhibiting alongside established artists. After moving to Paris in the 1950s, he continued to earn his living as a technician while painting through the night. In 1968, he finally became a full-time artist.
International travel and numerous exhibitions followed. He exhibited in Brazil, Argentina and New York, including with the Jean Tiroche Gallery. His work has been shown alongside paintings by Léger, Matisse and Picasso, and The Collector's Guild of New York commissioned him to produce a series of lithographs.
A visit to Japan transformed his life. Captivated by the country, he remained there for eighteen years and married the Japanese poet Kazué Shimotori. Only in 1993 did the couple return to France, where Loirand continued to paint until his death in 2008.
Today, his works are represented in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris, the Musée d'Art Naïf de Laval, the Musée d'Arts de Nantes, and the Musée International d'Art Naïf Anatole Jakovsky in Nice.
His paintings are also held in public collections in Argentina and Brazil, the National Gallery of Australia, and several Japanese museums, including the Setagaya Art Museum and the Edo-Tokyo Museum.
Measuring 60 x 73 cm, the painting is signed at the lower right and presented in a simple box frame.
Skippings Fine Arts has dated this Japanese Garden Oil Painting to the 1960s.
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Cherry Blossoms at the Tea House Garden, Japan Ca 1960 French Naive Outsider Artist Oil on Canvas
