1907-1990 FR
Yves Brayer (18 November 1907 – 29 May 1990) was a French painter known for his paintings of everyday life.He was born in Versailles and became prominent in the years between World War I and World War II. He studied in Paris at the academies in Montparnasse starting in 1924, and then at the École des Beaux-Arts.Although he was independent and never belonged to a school, he was friends with Francis Gruber, the founder of the Nouveau Réalisme school.He settled back in Paris in 1934, organizing his first solo exhibition. He remained in occupied Paris during World War II.He died in Paris.