Painting titled "An American House,…" by Jacques Rouveyrol, Original Artwork, Oil

An American House, Venice Canals, Los Angeles Painting by Jacques Rouveyrol

Original

Not For Sale

Seller Jacques Rouveyrol

Certificate of Authenticity included

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Original Artwork Painting, Oil on Canvas

Artworks classification

Original Artwork

Original Artwork refers to any work that is considered authentic and not a copy or imitation of the original works of an artist. Original artwork can be any type of painting, sculpture, performance, or other media. There are many types of original media. Mixed media includes oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings. For workshop paintings that bear evidence of master craftsmanship, this attribution must be further qualified. While they may be less valuable for different reasons, reproductions and copies have had a tremendous impact on our experience. They reach a greater audience than originals and act as a tonic against commodification. Original Artwork could also refer to the first work, which is always preceding all others. It could also refer to a prototype or a model from which other works can be made. Each work bears great similarities to the original.
Dimensions Height 23.4in, Width 28.5in
Categories Paintings under $5,000 Figurative

A typical house on the edge of a canal in Venice, Los Angeles, CA About this artwork: Classification, Techniques & Styles Oil Paint consisting of pigments[...]

Jacques Rouveyrol

France

Je n’ai pas « fait » les Beaux-Arts. J’ai appris à peindre en peignant et ce n’est pas venu tout seul …
Très tôt, vers 14 ans, je peins. Je m’attaque à des reproductions. Pour apprendre. J’ai assez rapidement une prédilection pour Matisse et plus encore pour Hopper que je reproduis allègrement (au sens strict : avec allégresse), pas trop mal.
Le temps vient de se lancer dans des originaux : nus et portraits. Apprendre à peindre les corps et la chair, les expressions.
Mais je ne découvre que fort tard (n’oublions pas toutefois qu’il ne l’est jamais … trop tard) ce que j’ai envie de peindre.
La littérature, le cinéma puis les voyages me forment une passion véritable pour l’Amérique et spécialement pour la ville américaine donc pour Los Angeles (et San Francisco). A ce moment là, j’ai 65 ans et … l’avenir devant moi !

I didn't go to an art school. I learned by myself, by painting and it was not easy.
Born in 1947, after the chaos of the Second World War, I followed studies in Clermont-Ferrand, until 1971, the year I was qualified philosophy teacher. Therefore I start a happy career of teacher that not leads me in Los Angeles or New York or San Francisco, but in Angoulême, then Reims and finally Bordeaux where I teach also the History of Art.
Very early, when I was 14, I am painting. At the beginning, I practice copies. To learn. I have a predilection for Matisse and even more for Hopper of whom I reproduce with a lot of fun (and not bad) the paintings.
Then, the time comes to make original painting : nude, portrait. To learn how to paint bodies and flesh and expressions.
But I discover very late (however we know that it is never too late to do the right thing ...) what I really want to paint. The literature, the movies, the journeys give me a real passion for America and specially for the American city, therefore for Los Angeles (and San Francisco). At that time, I am 65. I have a future before me.