Press release

Mai 36 Galerie is pleased to present paintings by Aimée Moreau (1926-2023) in an exhibition curated by artist, friend and collector Ian Anüll.

In her long life, Aimée Moreau created a small body of work characterised by an impressive attention to detail. In the style of Neue Sachlichkeit, she captured objects from her immediate everyday life where the seemingly banal is given a special appreciation through her precise, painterly realisation.

Aimée Moreau grew up in Paris. At the age of 16, she attended the Académie de Montmartre and the Grande Chaumière. From 1945-1948, she studied painting at the École Paul Colin. During these years, Aimée Moreau worked with a palette knife, creating paintings that range between figuration and abstraction. After her studies, she spent some time in Switzerland. In 1956 she moved to Boston with her husband and two daughters and continued living in New York from 1959 to 1971. It was there that her style changed and she turned entirely to painting almost inanimate nature.