Francine Van Hove

Francine Van Hove (born May 5, 1942) is a contemporary French painter.

Born in Saint-Mandé (Seine, France), she studied in Paris and received a Fine Arts degree with qualifications to teach in secondary schools. After teaching 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 of Italian Renaissance painters and Flemish painters of the 16th and 17th centuries. Her work now counts more than 400 paintings, all privately owned, as well as numerous drawings and pastels.
In 2014, Alain Blondel, her historic art dealer, retired after having promoted her work for 32 years. Since then, Francine Van Hove is represented by Jean-Marie Oger, former assistant at galerie Alain Blondel.

Family

• Bernar, born Bernard Boulitreau,(1957-2006) cartoonist at Charlie Hebdo, her brother
• Paul Boulitreau French painter born in 1967, her nephew

Main exhibitions

• 1978, Morantin-Nouvion Gallery, Paris
• 1982, Comparaisons, Paris
• 1982, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
• 1982, International Fair of Chicago
• 1983-84, International Art Expo, Stockholm
• 1984, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
• 1985, Paul Valéry Museum, Les Pouvoirs du Réel, Sète
• 1986, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
• 1986, Arte Fiera, Bologna
• 1986, ICAF, Los Angeles
• 1986, Hartcourts Contemporary Gallery, San Francisco
• 1987, Alain Blondel Gallery at FIAC, Paris
• 1988, IGI 88, New York
• 1989, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
• 1989, Le Patio en Septembre, Anglet
• 1989, Lineart, Gand
• 1989-90, Exhibition France-Japan, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka
• 1990, Salon de Mars, Paris
• 1990, Lineart, Gand
• 1991, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
• 1991 à 1994, Salon de Mars (Mars Fair), Paris
• 1993, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
• 1993, Art Miami, Miami
• 1994, Jardins d’Été, Gallery Alain Blondel, Paris
• 1994, Les Nouveaux Pastellistes, Paris
• 1995, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
• 1996, Salon du Printemps, Le Poiré-sur-Vie, Visions Poétiques
• 1997, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
• 1998, Art Chicago, Chicago
• 1999, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
• 2000, Villa Beatrix Enea, Anglet
• 2000, Pavillon des Antiquaires et des Beaux-Arts
• 2001, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
• 2003, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
• 2005, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
• 2007, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
• 2009, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
• 2010, De Bellefeuille Gallery, Montréal
• 2011, Galerie Alain Blondel, Paris
• 2012, Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris
• 2012, Arts Elysées, Paris
• 2016, Still life - Style of life, Jean-Marie Oger, Paris