Mélou

I was born in 1947 in Argenteuil near Paris in France.
Argenteuil was a high place of Impressionist painting. Claude Monet in particular painted the banks of the Seine some seventy years before I was born.
The landscapes of my childhood, the banks of the Seine, the hillsides at the foot of the Moulin de la Galette, were traversed by the greatest names of Impressionism.
Perhaps even -less than a century after Monet - did I run through the famous fields of poppies he so often immortalized on the canvas? Who knows?
Often, the child that I was, dreamt by browsing the pages to admiring the images of some art books we had at home.
At the age of 11, I took part to a painting contest organized by the city of Argenteuil.
For the occasion I painted a watercolor and I had the immense joy of winning the first prize! An exhibition of all the works of the contest was held at the Town Hall. My first collective exhibition!
Since then, I have not stopped drawing and painting. Sixty years of indefectible passion!
In the year 2005, by joining the House of Artists, I decided to opt for the status of Artist Professional Author and in 2012 I participated in my first International Fair, "Les Hivernales" in Paris-Montreuil.
Since then, I have not stopped to present my works around the world: Europe, USA, Asia particularly.
What is this motivation, since childhood, led me to devote myself to my art every day a little more?
The wonder! I think this is the best term to characterize this passion.
From childhood, flipping through the art books of the modest family library until today, everything is a pretext for me to contemplate and wonder. I can stop in front of a landscape, a simple meadow of wild flowers, or even an old abandoned barn at the bend of a path. For me, everything is inspiring.
Nature is my favorite theme. I am sensitive to the beauty of the world around us. For my part I do not get tired of marveling. So many people do not see anymore the beauty sometimes very simple of that nature they rubs.
I am sensitive to the beauty of trees. With time it has become the recurring topic in my creative approach.
I'm sensitive to their beauty, and their symbolism, as these trees are anchored in our Earth with their summit in the clouds. In the image of the man.
To rejoice every day to be alive and to marvel more and express it through my work of creation and to try to share even a parcel of emotion: Such is my definition of the life!
Lucien Mélou

I was born in 1947 in Argenteuil near Paris in France.
Argenteuil was a high place of Impressionist painting. Claude Monet in particular painted the banks of the Seine some seventy years before I was born.
The landscapes of my childhood, the banks of the Seine, the hillsides at the foot of the Moulin de la Galette, were traversed by the greatest names of Impressionism.
Perhaps even -less than a century after Monet - did I run through the famous fields of poppies he so often immortalized on the canvas? Who knows?
Often, the child that I was, dreamt by browsing the pages to admiring the images of some art books we had at home.
At the age of 11, I took part to a painting contest organized by the city of Argenteuil.
For the occasion I painted a watercolor and I had the immense joy of winning the first prize! An exhibition of all the works of the contest was held at the Town Hall. My first collective exhibition!
Since then, I have not stopped drawing and painting. Sixty years of indefectible passion!
In the year 2005, by joining the House of Artists, I decided to opt for the status of Artist Professional Author and in 2012 I participated in my first International Fair, "Les Hivernales" in Paris-Montreuil.
Since then, I have not stopped to present my works around the world: Europe, USA, Asia particularly.
What is this motivation, since childhood, led me to devote myself to my art every day a little more?
The wonder! I think this is the best term to characterize this passion.
From childhood, flipping through the art books of the modest family library until today, everything is a pretext for me to contemplate and wonder. I can stop in front of a landscape, a simple meadow of wild flowers, or even an old abandoned barn at the bend of a path. For me, everything is inspiring.
Nature is my favorite theme. I am sensitive to the beauty of the world around us. For my part I do not get tired of marveling. So many people do not see anymore the beauty sometimes very simple of that nature they rubs.
I am sensitive to the beauty of trees. With time it has become the recurring topic in my creative approach.
I'm sensitive to their beauty, and their symbolism, as these trees are anchored in our Earth with their summit in the clouds. In the image of the man.
To rejoice every day to be alive and to marvel more and express it through my work of creation and to try to share even a parcel of emotion: Such is my definition of the life!
Lucien Mélou

J'ai le plaisir de vous annoncer ma cotation agréée dont vous pouvez prendre connaissance sur mon site personnel http://www.melou.com/index7.html

Vous pouvez suivre mon actualité : expos, salons etc... sur  : https://www.facebook.com/lucien.melou.artiste.peintre.painter

Mes oeuvres sont désormais présentées à Paris et à l'étranger par deux galeries parisiennes :

- Galerie ARTITUDE   http://www.artitudeparis.com

et

- Galerie BDMC   http://www.galerie.bdmc.fr

Mon atelier est situé à Amiens, dans le quartier Henriville.
Cet atelier est également le lieu où je donne des cours à un petit groupe d'élèves (aquarelle, acrylique et huile tous niveaux- Demandez les renseignements par mail à partir de la page d'accueil (Coordonnées de l'artiste)

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- Invitations d'artistes - Conseil régional de Picardie 2011-2012-2013
- L' Espace Pictural -12/2013 1 page avec photos
- Agenda culturel de la ville d'Albert - mai 2014
- Courrier Picard - juin 2014
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Salons /Expositions (extrait)
 Né à Argenteuil en 1947
 1985 1ère exposition personnelle à l'Office de Tourisme de Beauvais (60)
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 2012- Paris , Montreuil – Palais des Congrès – Salon International les Hivernales
 2013 Exposition personnelle- Amiens (80) Galerie de la Dodane
 2013 Exposition personnelle Le Carlton Amiens (80)
 2013 – New York , Montserrat Gallery - Chelsea
 2013-2014 Séoul Corée du Sud – Palais de l’Assemblée Nationale
 2013-2014 – Paris, Business Art –Espace Cardin
 2014 – Londres, 5th Base Gallery
 2014 – Exposition personnelle – Albert (80) Théâtre du Jeu de Paume
 2014 – Bruxelles Galerie Bog’Art
 2015 – Festival Culturel Franco Chinois – Aulnay-sous-Bois
 2015 – Cologne, Galerie Kunstraub
 2015 – Chine, Pékin –Yang Hong Art Space Center
 2015 – Expo collective Galerie Artitude Paris
 2015 – Expo collective Galerie BdMC Paris
 2015 – New York Space in Art - New York
 2015 – City Hall à Séoul- Corée du Sud
 2016 – Art Shopping Paris Carrousel du Louvre
 2016 – 2017 SMART Aix en Provence
 2017 – “Milan Biennal of Art” MAD gallery –Milan
 2017 - Salon annuel des Amis des Arts de la Somme - Château de Bertangles (80)
 2017 - Salon du Grand Format à Boves (80)
 2017 - Salon d’automne des Amis des Arts de la Somme à Boves
 2018 - Exposition à Nagoya-Japon
 2018 – Château de Flesselles -expo collective (80)

Lucien Mélou est un enchanteur, qui transfigure à coups de pinceau la nature autour de lui en objet de rêve, en création merveilleuse baignée de lumière comme d’autres le feraient de leur baguette magique. Chaque toile – huile ou aquarelle – semble sortir d’un conte de fées.
            Enfant doué, il a participé à sa première exposition à l’âge de 11 ans à Argenteuil, haut-lieu de la peinture s’il en est puisque consacré par les Impressionnistes. Il a depuis exposé ses œuvres non seulement à Paris – notamment au salon Business’Art ou aux galeries Artitude et BMC en tant qu’artiste permanent – mais encore à New York, Séoul, Londres, Cologne, avec un projet de présentation à Pékin en 2015, et remporté de nombreux prix
            Si une toile telle qu’Event  frise l’abstraction lyrique, l’œuvre de Lucien Mélou reste néanmoins très figurative par le choix de ses sujets : arbres, jardins ou champs de fleurs. Comme un Monet enregistrant les nuances des changements de lumière sur des meules ou le porche de la cathédrale de Rouen, Lucien Mélou aime décliner un sujet au travers de variations chromatiques, ainsi qu’en témoignent les arbres de sa série Magic Dream, les éclairages divers de son Jardin de Paradis ou encore ceux du Secret Garden.
            Sa peinture est vive et enjouée. À la luminosité fraîche de ses aquarelles répond la vigueur de ses huiles, aux couleurs hardies et presque brutales que n’auraient pas reniées un Van Gogh ou un Derain. Si les cadrages rappellent ceux des Impressionnistes, comme la pente du champ de coquelicots de la série Jardin du paradis, ils ne sont pas non plus sans évoquer ceux de la peinture traditionnelle japonaise ou chinoise.
Le sens de la transmission et la pédagogie l'ont naturellement conduit à créer une école d'art « côté aquarelle » à Amiens où il vit et travaille aujourd'hui.
            Lucien Mélou a en tout cas trouvé un secret : celui de la peinture qui rend heureux.


MaDéco Magazine – décembre 2014

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