A French Modernist mixed media painting by Etienne Ret, depicting a sad clown figure in a tall hat, 1961. Signed Etienne Ret, Paris, 61 upper right. Framed. Etienne Ret, 1900 to 1989, French and American artist known for Portrait, figure and genre painting, and monotypes. Etienne Ret graduated from the College of Mesnieres and completed military service in 1924. He then began formal art training in Paris in the ateliers of Maurice Denis and Georges Desvallieres and at Ecole des Beaux Arts and Ecole des Arts Decoratifs. Collectible Mid Century Figurative Fine Art, Portraiture.
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