Jacques Peyrelevade is a contemporary French expressionist painter known for his expertise in oil, pastel, ink, and charcoal. His artistic canvas spans the vibrant landscapes of Marseille, the Mediterranean, Provence, and the East. Yet, in his creations, the ground serves merely as a backdrop, a support for the interplay of color and light, akin to a symphony of visual music. The palette knife emerges as his chosen technical instrument, orchestrating the dance of vivid hues across his canvases.
Born in Marseille, Peyrelevade's upbringing carried the echoes of his familial roots, hailing from a lineage of farmers in Corrèze and Dordogne. At the tender age of ten, he found himself among the last visitors to the prehistoric marvel of Lascaux, where he experienced his inaugural artistic epiphany, setting him on a path toward painting. It wasn't until retirement beckoned that Peyrelevade could wholly devote himself to his passion for art.
During his formative years, the young Peyrelevade found himself mesmerized by the luminosity emanating from Van Gogh's room at the Musée d'Orsay. Later, he delved into the extensive correspondence between Vincent and Theo, extracting invaluable insights into the nuances of color and line. While acknowledging the influence of esteemed artists such as Claude Monet and Nicolas de Staël, Peyrelevade attributes much of his artistic ethos to the Provençal school. Exhibitions featuring luminaries like Monticelli, Jean-Baptiste Olive, Marquet, Camoin, Verdilhan, Seyssaud, Ambrogiani, and Toncini left an indelible mark on his artistic sensibilities, shaping his distinctive expressionist style.
With each stroke of his brush, Jacques Peyrelevade breathes life into his canvases, capturing the essence of the world around him in a mesmerizing symphony of color and light, perpetuating the legacy of his artistic lineage while carving out a unique narrative of his own.
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Artist Value 2016 | €1,000.00 ($1,067.80)
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Peyrelevade is a Provençal, expressionist painter and contemporary. It uses oil, pastel, ink, charcoal. In his oils on Marseille, the Mediterranean, Provence, the East, the ground (landscapes or portraits) has no importance, is support for colour and light music. The knife is the technical means to allow the place to the coloured ranges.
Born in Marseille, from father of a family of farmers in Corrèze and Dordogne, at the age of ten he is one of the last visitors to the prehistoric cave of Lascaux; He had his first artistic emotion that led him to painting.
In high school, with complementary courses he learned drawing and painting databases. Adult, he practised medicine for forty years; He continues painting in oil and then learned the technique of pastel that best fits his working time. At this time, he befriended Louis Toncini, provencal painter who provides advice. Finally the retirement allows activity devoted to painting.
There is no artist without the influence of the great masters. Peyrelevade, teenager, is amazed by the light of the room Van Gogh of the Musée d'Orsay; later he is interested in the correspondence of Vincent and Theo and removes a knowledge of color lines. Obviously all the painters are a source of knowledge, he can cite Claude Monet, Nicolas de Staël among the biggest, but considers that he was influenced by the Provençal school where he saw several exhibitions: Monticelli, Jean-Baptiste Olive, Marquet, Camoin, Verdilhan, Seyssaud, Ambrogiani, Toncini...
