JEAN CHEVOLLEAU (1924-1996) Circus horse Canvas Signed lower left "J.Chevolleau", titled and signed on the back. Small missing parts Height 38 cm - Width 46 cm Painter from La Roche sur Yon, Jean Chevolleau was a student of Jean Souverbie and also frequented during his youth the studio of Othon Friesz at the Grande Chaumière but also that of Jacques Villon who said of him in the preface of the catalog of the Chevolleau exhibition in Los Angeles in 1957: "Of a beautiful order, of a beautiful rhythm supported by layers of very assertive colors, the paintings of Jean Chevolleau are strong works and despite everything of a very great sensitivity where nothing is left to chance. It is the work of a beautiful artist.