Daniel Sénélar

Daniel Sénélar studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Maurice Brianchon is recorded. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is painting and art of sculpture. Employment is recorded with École des Beaux-Arts. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome and resident at the Villa Medici.

• Name — Daniel Sénélar • Born — 24 June 1925 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Place of death — Paris, France • Movement — Cubism • Training — Nicolas Untersteller • Field — Painting, drawing • Works — Le Cheval compagnon de l'Homme Grand prix de Rome • Spouse — Mara Rumbold

Presented by Nicolas Untersteller (1900–1967) at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris on 30 October 1947. He first worked under the supervision of Nicolas Untersteller and later under Maurice Brianchon (1899–1979) in 1949. In 1951 he received the Grand Prix de Rome. He took up residence from 1952 till 1955 at the Villa Medici. under the direction of Jacques Ibert. He became professor at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lille in 1967, a post he held for thirty years.

His extensive work includes drawings, paintings and graphics. One of his most famous works is the painting "The Horse, Companion of Man" (1951), for which he received the Prix de Rome 1951. Daniel Sénélar has participated in the restoration works of the Palace of Versailles. • 1950 – Figure peinte (Painted figure) • 1950 – Entraînement des chevaux de course en hiver (Training of the race horses in winter); • 1951 – Le Cheval compagnon de l'homme (The Horse, Companion of Man) • Fresco at the "Bibliothèque Municipale de Neuilly", now House of Youth at the Place Parmentier in Neuilly • 1952 – Joueurs de cartes dans un salon ou un café (card player in a tearoom or cafe) • 1955 – Le poisson (The Fish), private ownership.

• 1977 – Picasso Museum at Antibes: the 50 last Grands Prix de Rome

• École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts 4 Works. • Villa Medici in Rome