Eugène Leroy

Eugène Leroy (1910-2000) was a French artist who is known for his distinctive style of painting that combines elements of abstraction and representation. He was born in Tourcoing, France and spent most of his life in the northern region of the country. Leroy's early work was influenced by the French Fauvist movement, but he later developed a more mature style characterized by thickly layered, impasto paint and a somber palette.

Throughout his career, Leroy worked in relative obscurity, and it wasn't until the 1980s that his work began to gain wider recognition. He exhibited his paintings in several major exhibitions in France and abroad, including the Venice Biennale and the Documenta in Kassel, Germany.