Mixed technique (collages with oil & gouache) on canvas applied on hardboard signed “B&M” on bottom right part and dated 15.1.57. Provenance : Private collection Toulouse & Bordeaux. Abstract painter, born in Vienna (Austria) in 1929, Franz Beer followed the artistic studies of the Academy of Arts and Painting in Vienna from
1944 to 1950 and graduated in 1950. From 1950 to 1966 he travelled through Europe and visited Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and France. Arrived in Paris in 1957, he was part of the team of the Bing gallery in Paris from 1959 to 1965 with which he had an exclusive contract.