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CAFÉ XV (Le Hibou à Paris) (2019) Painting by Jean-Paul Schmitt
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Original Artwork (One Of A Kind)
Painting,
Oil
on Canvas
- Dimensions Height 45.7in, Width 35in
- Framing This artwork is not framed
- Categories Paintings under $20,000 Figurative
Le temps était à la bise. J’avais traversé le jardin du Luxembourg en cherchant le regard des passantes pour l’accrocher aux banches frigorifiées des hauts arbres. Les statues de pierre étaient nues et moi j’avais noué à triple tour une écharpe grise comme le temps.
Je suis entré au Hibou où m’attirait la lumière des lampes claires. Leur halo dessinait des mondes. J’allais pouvoir jouer les badauds dans la tiédeur douce et le parfum du café.
Soudain je l’ai vue.
Ma vie passée s’est éteinte. J’ai commandé deux cafés en bégayant et en rêvant, muet, de lui offrir d’en boire un à ma table.
Au passage elle m’a souri. Son sourire avait la couleur de tous les soleils.
En moi les statues du Luxembourg se sont couvertes d’or. J’étais à Petrodvorets dans le jardin des tsars. J’étais un roi.
Le mouchoir de batiste qu’elle tenait entre les mains était le plus fin et le seul digne de recevoir son portrait. J’aurais voulu brûler tous les pinceaux, jeter tous les couteaux, déchirer toutes les toiles et recommencer à peindre comme un enfant.
Elle est passée et j’en meurs.
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Ce texte a été écrit en rebond à partir de l'oeuvre peinte, à la façon d'une chanson où la peinture serait la musique et les mots seraient les paroles. Depuis plusieurs année, ces textes sont rassemblés et édités.
L'oeuvre fait partie d'une série "CAFÉS" qui compte 31 toiles au 28 décembre 2019. Il s'agit de scènes de genre avec échange entre plusieurs personnages.
Jean-Paul Schmitt is a contemporary award-winning French artist. Watercolors, inks, pencils, and acrylics are used to create a preliminary study in Schmitt's artistic process. He switches to the thick oil paste on canvas, once the dynamics of color have been established.
He participated in numerous personal and group exhibitions in France and abroad and is permanently present in galleries in Lyon. His works have been awarded many times: Special prize of the Rhône County Council in 2014; Boesner prize in 2014; International Art Award of Beijing in 2016; Gold medal of the jury and grand prize of the salon de Rive de Gier in 2017; Special prize of the Jury of the Winter Show of Lyon 2018; Great Trophy of the Arts Artists of Honor of the Year 2018 from the Editions of Museums and Culture; 2019 Silver Medal of the French Association of Arts, Sciences and Letters.
Jean-Paul Schmitt was born in 1947, in France. He is a member of the Lyons Academy of Painting (ALP), the Regional Association of Arts (ARA) and the Group of Twelve.
- Nationality: FRANCE
- Date of birth : 1947
- Artistic domains: Works by artists with a certified artist value, Works by professional artists,
- Groups: Certified Artists Professional Artist Contemporary French Artists