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Jean Isy de Botton  "The Elements," Signed, inscribed and dated 1957-1964 by Jean Isy de Botton French/ American, (1898-1978). Born in Salonika, Greece, Jean de Botton is best known for his pleasing colorful post-cubist modern paintings. Between 1926 and 1931, he exhibited in France at the Salon of the Independents and at the Tuileries in 1932 and 1933. Official painter of the British Court, de Botton painted the Coronation ceremony of George VI inside Westminster Abbey in 1937. Yet by that time the artist had abandoned his realist story-telling style in favor of abstraction. He moved to New York City where he pursued his modern art. During his lifetime, he exhibited widely in France, the U.S. and elsewhere throughout Europe. Works Held in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, the Albertine of Vienna, and the Museums of Cologne. Previous • Back to List • Next |