vyapti CLXXVI Saint Gangolf d'Avallon (2012) Painting by Artvrai
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- Dimensions Height 35.4in, Width 35.4in
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Saint Gangolf d'Avallon or Gangulphus, who died in 760, was a Burgundian soldier venerated in the Roman Catholic Church as a martyr of the conjugal faith.
Gangolf around the age of 20 married Ganéa a young girl of high lineage, but she was very fickle: “she didn't suit him. He was pious, and she was a libertine; he loved prayer, and she only loved play and worldly pleasures; he shunned luxury and vanity, and she always wanted to be adorned in order to attract the eyes of lascivious men; finally, he was chaste, and she was immodest...”.
In the South of Morvan, a legend tells that the wife of Saint Guengoult, while she was pregnant with her lover, would have lent herself to an ordeal supposed to prove her fidelity. While bathing in a fountain, she declares: "I swear that I have remained faithful to my oaths and, if I have lied, that my arm remains in the water". The arm would have immediately come off.
Gangolf received the last rites and died on May 11, 760. His assassin and his adulterous wife died after him.
He is invoked in difficult marital situations. He is indeed the patron saint of deceived husbands, but also of glovemakers, shoemakers, tanners, hunters and hunters.
I learned my job as a visual artist at the Beaux Arts in Quimper and worked with very talented artists, Danièle MADEC (painting with a knife), Jean Jacques QUINQUIS (watercolor), Yves DOARE (engraving), Louis DERBRE (sculpture).
For 10 years, my work has focused on 2 subjects: the human body and the contemporary vision of Breton heritage (31 award-winning works). Many local but also international exhibitions (Tunisia, Japan) have hosted my paintings.
In 2004, I had the chance to meet an extraordinary painter, Jean TIRILLY. Since then we have been working together. By his side, I learned to paint what I saw in myself. He allowed me to dare.
Spirituality and the human being nourish my inspiration.
In addition, holder of an art therapist diploma from the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Poitiers, I specialized in helping and caring for drug addicts.
Art therapy is a therapeutic means of fighting addiction. I developed this subject in the book "Discover Art Therapy - Words on pain - Colors on pain" published by Larousse, Paris 2010.
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Nationality:
FRANCE
- Date of birth : 1951
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- Groups: Contemporary French Artists
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