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deux copines. huile sur bois. (2024) Painting by Olivier Blondeau
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Original Artwork (One Of A Kind)
Painting,
Oil
on Wood
- Dimensions Height 16.1in, Width 10.6in
- Artwork's condition The artwork is in perfect condition
- Framing This artwork is not framed
- Categories Paintings under $500 Impressionism Female nudes
I could have titled this series "Sublimation of the Real Woman."
It is intended as an ode to generous, natural, and real femininity, as well as to the transfiguration of humanity through the nourishing breast;
It aims to magnify the arrogance of the voluptuous, fulfilled, and captivating woman;
It is true that true feminine beauty is a million miles from the standards of thinness imposed by current media trends.
Following in the footsteps of the Paleolithic sculptors of Willendorf and Lespugue, the painters Peter Paul Rubens, Viktor Alexandrovich Lyapkalo, and Duane Bryers, I wanted to title this series "Sublimation of the Real Woman." But it's a bit bombastic, and I was afraid I'd be labeled a body-positive feminist activist...
I thought about calling it BBW, for Big Beautiful Women, but I only speak French...
I could have also called it "Steatopygia and Macromastia," but that's pompous and reductive...
So I decided to call it "Beautiful Curves." It's the same thing, but less wordy...
But whatever the title, this series questions the viewer about contemporary taboos surrounding nudity. Edouard Manet's "Luncheon on the Grass" (1863) was deemed indecent because it depicted a naked, plump woman in a realistic, not mythological, scene. Has the notion of indecency really changed? Didn't Facebook censor Gustave Courbet's "The Origin of the World"?
This series also aims to challenge today's artificial feminine ideal by highlighting the beauty of curvy figures.
Beautiful Curves: Completely nude and curvy women, often alone but sometimes accompanied, in natural poses, in bed, in their private spaces, or even by the water, as if recounting their carefree vacations, happy to be who they are.
This is the artist's choice to express her sensitivity regarding the relationship with the body and femininity.
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Principalement autodidacte, Olivier Blondeau a d’abord été initié à la peinture à l’huile par son père Joël Blondeau, artiste peintre amateur et peintre-en-lettres décorateur de métier formé à l’école Blot de Reims dans les années 1950. Olivier a ensuite suivi avec lui le cours de Roger Clavequin à son école de Montbéliard, dès l’âge de 11 ans. Il a par la suite été formé au pastel académique auprès de Jean François Brivois, peintre à Chalaines, tout en prenant des cours d’aquarelle aux Amis des Arts de Commercy, sous la férule du professeur Jean Forget. Il enfin a suivi une formation soutenue et classique de dessin avec Charlotte Salvanes et Laurent Bailly et a perfectionné son approche du portrait classique à l’huile avec Filip Mirazovic et Charlotte Salvanes, en leur école d’Ivry sur Seine.
Mais son principal apprentissage est personnel et expérimental. Après avoir goûté l’aquarelle très jeune, olivier s’est orienté vers le dessin plus académique, par le nu et le portrait aux techniques sèches : crayons graphite, fusain, sanguine, ainsi que la technique dite « des trois crayons », très prisée au XVIIIe siècle. La craie blanche sur papier noir offre également des effets photographiques qu’il affectionne particulièrement. Enfin, Il a ouvert son horizon en revenant aux techniques classiques de peinture réaliste à l’huile ou à l’acrylique, expérimentées dans son enfance avec son père et le peintre franc-comtois Roger Clavequin.
C’est donc tout naturellement qu’il s’est lancé dans le portrait humain et animalier, sans jamais abandonner, pour le plaisir, le paysage ainsi que le nu artistique, inépuisable source d’inspiration.
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Nationality:
FRANCE
- Date of birth : 1970
- Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
- Groups: Professional Artist Contemporary French Artists
