Connection to Françoise (a tribute to Françoise Dorléac) (2020) Painting by Christian Girault
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Sold by Christian Girault
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Original Artwork (One Of A Kind)
Painting,
Oil
on Linen Canvas
- Dimensions Height 23.6in, Width 31.9in
- Framing This artwork is not framed
Au moment de la réalisation du tableau, je fus frappé, lors d’un documentaire télévisé récent la concernant, combien Michel Legrand ou Philippe Labro avait pu être charmés, voire même amoureux : cela se lisait dans leurs yeux, cinquante ans après sa disparition.
Sa sœur, Catherine (Dorléac) Deneuve disait d’elle en 2017 : "J'ai l'impression que depuis, ma sœur est bien présente dans notre époque, on parle d'elle, on la connaît, c'est très étonnant ! Et pas tant que cela au fond : elle ne peut pas être démodée, il suffit de la voir dans ses interviews ou ses films. Sa façon de se coiffer, de s'habiller, de vivre, son extravagance font d'elle une femme très contemporaine."
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- For those who wish to discover oil painting, I open a workshop during the lunch break, once a week, on the sidelines of school lessons.
When a drawing teacher makes such a proposal and you are already motivated by the artistic thing, there is no hesitation. Christian responded to the opportunity and discovered the smoothness and reactivity of the material, its sensuality too: pleasure. This happened in 1974, at the age of fourteen. And quickly, gouache, pencil or pastels were practically forgotten.
A few years later, a solid technique had already asserted itself, through, most often, work inspired by photographic favorites. Christian will notably have the freedom to produce color paintings, from black and white photos.
His works still lacked a certain essence, that of conceptual elaboration, which will appear in the 1980s and will continue thereafter. This indefinable work, probably invisible, which allows an idea to mature for six months to progress, improve, or even vanish. Christian has an expression for this: 'cinema on canvas', because like the seventh art, he creates a real scenario of his work before using his brushes. There is no doubt that many of these ideas come from her passion for travel, such a passion that she stopped her production for a while. Prize-winning exhibitions have awarded Christian six times.
Christian is a multiple artist, in the sense that he is master of the freedom of his ideas; thus his subjects are diversity. If he is comfortable with his time, he does not lock himself in his fashions. And to extend the notion of multiplicity, he is also a photographer and writer-traveler. Open to the surprise of the future, he will gladly tell you that he is not yet... a sculptor.
"Art is an adventure; it continues, for a long time…"
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Nationality:
FRANCE
- Date of birth : 1960
- Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
- Groups: Professional Artist Contemporary French Artists
A work, a story: Christian Girault, "The only difference between me and the surrealists is that I am a surrealist"
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