Francine Holley

Belgian painter (1919-2020)

Francine Holley (23 November 1919 – 22 May 2020) was a Belgian painter. She was born in Liège, Belgium. Holley was an apprentice of painter Mathilde DuMonceau from 1937 to 1944. She gave her first exhibition in 1953 at the Galerie Arnaud in Paris. She created a wall decoration on the casino in Le Pouliguen.

Francine Holley in 1995

In 1962, Holley painted a mural at the entrance of the École Technique Aéronautique de Ville d'Avray. She then created a graphic design of the Dalle de Bobigny. In 1978, Holley painted a mural in entrance hall of the Tour Helsinki.

Holley died on 22 May 2020 in Paris, aged 100.[1]

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  1. "Décès de la peintre Francine Holley: la Liégeoise s'est éteinte à l'âge de 101 ans". SudInfo.be (in French). 23 May 2020.