Jean-François Leroy
Art is the spice of life
After training as an architect and drawing lessons at the drawing academy in Toulouse, sculpture appeared as a revelation, the work of a soloist more than that of a conductor...independence and freedom.
>“At the origins of my work, nature, in particular animals, is my source of inspiration, inexhaustible and fascinatingly diverse. I am a Figurative but not a Naturalist, which allows me to nuance the details, erase them or accentuate them according to the subject and the material. »
It is essentially from the earth that the sculptures of Jean-François Leroy are born. A bit of straight cutting at times, but time is no match for that. It is therefore most often the clay that is modeled then chiseled, sanded and smoothed according to its hygrometry and the progress of the work. Precarious balance, fragility of matter. When it comes to making a bronze, many technical steps that he masters will follow one another in his workshop. Apart from the casting entrusted to his founder, he makes moulds, waxes, welds, carvings, polishings, patinas.
Designer for the Baccarat and Daum crystal works and the Odiot goldsmith house.
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Exercises the profession of artist as a main activity
Exercises the profession of artist as a main activity
Biography
After training as an architect and drawing lessons at the drawing academy in Toulouse, sculpture appeared as a revelation, the work of a soloist more than that of a conductor...independence and freedom.
>“At the origins of my work, nature, in particular animals, is my source of inspiration, inexhaustible and fascinatingly diverse. I am a Figurative but not a Naturalist, which allows me to nuance the details, erase them or accentuate them according to the subject and the material. »
It is essentially from the earth that the sculptures of Jean-François Leroy are born. A bit of straight cutting at times, but time is no match for that. It is therefore most often the clay that is modeled then chiseled, sanded and smoothed according to its hygrometry and the progress of the work. Precarious balance, fragility of matter. When it comes to making a bronze, many technical steps that he masters will follow one another in his workshop. Apart from the casting entrusted to his founder, he makes moulds, waxes, welds, carvings, polishings, patinas.
Designer for the Baccarat and Daum crystal works and the Odiot goldsmith house.
- Nationality: FRANCE
- Date of birth : 1964
- Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
- Groups: Professional Artist Contemporary French Artists
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Education
1986 - 1988
Académie de dessin Luc Peltriaux
Toulouse,
France
1981 - 1986
Architecte dplg
Toulouse,
France
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What an excellent work!
merci beaucoup pour tous vos jolis commentaires !
c'est du bronze poli et patine noire pour les rayures. Merci pour votre avis et vive la Belgique!!!! (j'ai découvert Bruxelles cet été....inoubliable)
Superbe!mais c'est fait en quoi?
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