JEAN CHEVOLLEAU (1924-1996) Circus horse Canvas Signed lower left "J.Chevolleau", titled and signed on the back. Slightly missing Height 38 cm - Width 46 cm A painter from La Roche sur Yon, Jean Chevolleau was a pupil of Jean Souverbie, and during his early years also frequented Othon Friesz's studio at La Grande Chaumière, as well as that of Jacques Villon, who wrote of him in the preface to the catalog of the Chevolleau exhibition in Los Angeles in 1957: "Jean Chevolleau's canvases are beautifully ordered, with a beautiful rhythm sustained by very assertive layers of color. They are strong works, yet at the same time very sensitive, where nothing is left to chance. This is the work of a fine artist.