Yolande Ardissone was born in Normandy in 1927. She painted her first painting at the age of 14. At the age of seventeen, she left for Paris to begin her art studies at the Ecole des Arts Appliques and the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere. Two years later, she transferred to Ecole des Beaux-Arts and studied in the atelier of Unterstellar.

Though she has traveled throughout the world, Ardissone is primarily a painter of Brittany. Her vivid, impressionistic style was strongly influenced by Renoir, Gaugin and especially Van Gogh. She is a true colorist who captures the life, movement and excitement of her subjects.

Today, Ardissone enjoys an international reputation and her paintings are included in private collections around the world. In addition to exhibitions in her native France, her works are displayed in the United States, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, England and South America.

Awards
Priox Greenshields, Paris
Societe des Amateurs d’Art, Paris
La Peinture Francais, Vichy
La Vigne et le Vin, Chateau Lascombe
Silver Medal - City of Paris

Museums & Public Collections Ile-de-France Museum
Marine Museum
Saint-Cyprien Museum
Sain-Maur Museum
The French Government
The City of Paris    

Exhibitions
Salon des Artistes Francais
Grand et Jeunes d’Aujord’huid
Salon de la Jeune Peinture
Salon du Dessin et de la Peinture a L’leau
Salon de la Society Nationale des Beaux-Arts
Les Peintres les Temoins de leue Temps
Salon des Independants
Salon de la Marine
Salon Comparaisons
Terres Latines
Salon d’Automne