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Yolande Ardissone was born in
Normandy in 1927, of an Italian father and a Ukrainian mother.
At the age of seventeen, she left for Paris to study at
the Ecole des Arts Appliques and the Academie de la Grande
Chaumiere. Two years later, she transfers to Ecole des
Beaux-Arts. Soon after that, she traveled to Italy, Spain,
Algeria, Holland, Indonesia, Egypt, Haiti, China, Thailand,
Russia etc. She was fascinated by the kaleidoscope of different
region with different climate and culture. She absorbed like a
sponge the beauties and feelings and these emancipate on her
canvas forcefully with matured technique influenced by Van Gogh.
Her works have been acquired by the museums:
Ville de Paris
The Musée de l'Ile de France
The Musée de la Marine
L'Etat
The City of Paris has awarded her:
The Médaille d'Argent.
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