FRANCINE VAN HOVE | My BODY | Contemporary French Artist with Dreaming Attitudes

Francine Van Hove (born May 5, 1942) in Paris. She is a contemporary French Francine Van Hove completed her studies in 1963 at the Lycée Claude Bernard (Paris). Her meticulously painted oils have always been well received since her first solo exhibition in 1971 and can be found in collections in Europe, America, and Japan. Known and appreciated for the refined details of her subjects, Francine Van Hove is particularly noted for the transparent skin tones of her nudes, which she always paints from life. The expression of beauty, sensuality, meditation, and freedom is the philosophy behind this artist’s work. After graduating Fine Arts degree with qualifications to teach in secondary schools. After teaching for one year at Lycee de Jeunes Filles in Strasbourg, she resigned from her position and decided to come back to Paris in 1964 where she now lives and continues to paint. She is known for her paintings of young women with dreaming attitudes. Her graphic and pictorial techniques are reminiscent