"Viola" (Violin) is an oil on canvas still life by Guy Bardone depicting a violin, a stringed instrument, sheet music, and a bouquet of flowers arranged on a draped table. The composition combines musical and floral elements against a dark background and is presented in a decorative painted frame. Signed and dated (text unclear) on the top left.
Guy Bardone (1927–2015) was a French Neo Figurative painter known for still lifes and landscapes. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Lyon and the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris under Maurice Brianchon and Francois Desnoyer. In 1952, he received the Prix Felix Feneon, followed by the Greenshields Prize in 1957, establishing his reputation within post-war French figurative painting.
