Francine Van Hove

Francine Van Hove (5 May 1942 – 5 August 2025) was a French contemporary painter.

Life and career Born in Saint-Mandé (Seine, France), Van Hove 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 lived and continued to paint.

She was 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 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. From then on, Van Hove was represented by Jean-Marie Oger, former assistant at galerie Alain Blondel.

Van Hove died on 5 August 2025, at the age of 83.

Main exhibitions 2000: Villa Beatrix Enea, Anglet 2000: Pavilion of Antiques and Fine 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: Bellefeuille Gallery, Montreal 2011: Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris 2012: Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris 2012: Arts Elysees, Paris 2014: Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris 2016: The Prince's Eye Gallery, Paris 2016: Still Life - Style of Life, Jean-Marie Oger Gallery, Paris 2016: Bellefeuille Gallery, Montreal 2019: Florilège, Galerie JR in collaboration with Jean-Marie Oger, Arles 2021: On the side of home, Galerie Jean-Marie Oger, Paris 2023: Drawings & Paintings, Galerie Jean-Marie Oger, Paris

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