Lithograph "Saint Denis", Hervé di Rosa, 1990s

Lithograph printed on paper

Anagraphis Publishing.

Signed and dated in pencil at the bottom right, numbered 158/160.

Dimensions: 70*50 cm

Hervé Di Rosa is a French painter born in 1959 in Sète. His works are characterized by a colorful and expressive figurative style, blending pop art and naive art influences.

After studying at the Beaux-Arts in Montpellier, Di Rosa began to make a name for himself in the 1980s with his paintings depicting characters and scenes from everyday life.

His unique style, with its vibrant colors and simplified forms, quickly earned him international recognition. Along with Richard Di Rosa, François Boisrond, Rémi Blanchard, and Robert Combas, Di Rosa became one of the leading figures of the "Figuration Libre" art movement, which revived narrative and humorous painting in reaction to the dominant abstraction of the time. His works offer a quirky and joyful perspective on the contemporary world.

Alongside his career as a painter, Di Rosa is involved in the creation of museum displays and installations. In 1982 he founded the International Museum of Modest Arts, which brings together works of outsider and folk art.

Exhibited in numerous countries, the artist has received several awards, including the City of Paris Painting Prize in 1986. His canvases are now featured in the most prestigious public and private collections of contemporary French art, notably that of the Centre Pompidou, which dedicated an exhibition to him in 2024, "Hervé di Rosa, the World-Passer." Recognized for his original and accessible style, Hervé Di Rosa remains one of the most influential figurative painters of his generation in France.