20th Century French oil on board painting, 'L'Averse' (The Downpour) in a gilt frame.

Charming painting of a young stylish Parisienne woman with open umbrella on a rainy day in Paris. Signed to the lower right by the artist Pierre Grisot. Annotated to the back with the title. 

Pierre Grisot [1911-1995]

Pierre Grisot was a French post-Impressionist artist who was a member of the Parisian School of Art. He painted in a unique lighthearted style. 

Whether he was painting fashionable ladies of the day, nudes or flowers, his work was always full of colour and life and was very different from the styles of his contempories. His paintings serve as vintage reminders of the style of the mid-20th Century. One of the most enduring features of Grisot's work was his brilliant use of colour and his evocative renditions of the female face.

At the suggestion of his family, he was trained as an engineer and took a job as one in Besancon, France. However, Pierre Grisot's love of the arts eventually led to his enrolment at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs in Paris where he studied for one year before studying at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Here he received a diploma as a drawing instructor. Grisot initially taught painting and drawing but left to focus on his own art. He is also known for his hat and perfume advertisements for Christian Dior, and as a fashion illustrator for the journal 'L'Officiel de la Mode et de la Couture'.

His first official exhibition was in Paris in 1942 and he travelled the world exhibiting his work in Germany, Belgium, Sweden and the United States.