Geneviève Asse
Geneviève Asse (Vannes, France, 24 January 1923 – 11 August 2021) was a French painter. She died in August 2021 at the age of 98. She was awarded the Grand-Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour. Geneviève Asse is one of the most notable abstract French painters of the post-war era. The characteristic shade of blue she created had been called "le bleu Asse". Collections Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours, Horizons, oil on canvas musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper, Vertical Collage I, oil on canvas Musée d'Arts de Nantes Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris Musée National d'Art Moderne Centre Pompidou Menil Collection Houston Bibliography Christian Briend, Isabelle Ewig, Silvia Baron-Supervielle, Camille Morando, Geneviève Asse : Peintures, Paris, Somogy, 2013 Élisabeth Védrenne et Valérie de Maulmin, Les Pionnières : dans les ateliers des femmes artistes du 20eme siecle, photographies de Catherine Panchout, Paris, Somogy éditions d'art, 2018 References External links Geneviève Asse at AWARE 1923 births 2021 deaths Artists from Vannes 20th-century French women artists 21st-century French women artists French women painters 20th-century French painters 21st-century French painters Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour