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OLIVIER DEBRÉ (1920-1999) Blanche de Loire au trait bleu sombre, Touraine, 1984 Oil on canvas, signed, dated and titled on back 100 x 100 cm - 39 23/64 x 39 23/64 in. Oil on canvas, signed, dated and titled on reverse A certificate of authenticity from the Comité Olivier Debré will be given to the buyer. PROVENANCE Galerie Convergence, Nantes, 1999 Private collection, Nantes Olivier Debré is one of the leading exponents of lyrical abstraction in France. Grandson of the painter Edouard Debat-Ponsan, he received a real artistic shock in 1937 when he saw Picasso's Guernica. This influence was to prove decisive for the artist, who abandoned figurative painting to devote himself to abstract expression of the sign as a vector of emotion and thought. After graduating from the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1938, he seemed destined for a career in architecture. Yet it was in painting that he would express his plastic genius. His artistic culture led him to explore the field of Impressionism, while his style evolved into the elaboration of larger colored surfaces, making him the first representative of gestural abstraction. The poetry of his work lies in an immersion lulled by the colors of his peregrinations. A skilful blend of space and light, Olivier Debré's style is the expression of a feeling, an emotion, that he associates with a particular moment. In this way, the horizon of his works extends beyond the chromatic range he embodies in each of his paintings. Here, the two works presented reveal the virtually monochromatic nuances chosen by the artist to explore the space of the canvas. Through the cool nuances of Olivier Debré's palette, the viewer is plunged into contemplation of the immense detail before him. The painter's style is a synthesis of his mastery of color, supported by the oscillation of the thicknesses laid down on the canvas, multiplied tenfold by the format of his works. As a "European Rothko", Olivier Debré cannot leave the discerning eye unmoved, arousing emotion through gesture. Representative of lyrical abstraction, Olivier Debré is a major French painter. Grandson of the painter Edouard Debat-Ponsan, he received in 1937, a real artistic shock in front of the Guernica of Picasso's Guernica. This influence will be decisive for the artist, who will abandon figuration, to devote himself to the abstract expression of the sign, vector of emotions and thought. Graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 1938, he seemed to be promised to a career as architect. However, it is in painting that he will express his plastic genius. His artistic culture makes him explore the field of impressionism while his style evolves in the elaboration of the elaboration of larger colored surfaces, making him the first representative of the gestural abstraction gestural. The poetry of his work resides in an immersion rocked by the colors of his peregrinations. A clever mixture of space and light, Olivier Debré's style is the expression of a feeling, an emotion an emotion, which he associates with a particular moment. Thus, the horizon of his works beyond the chromatic range that he embodies in each of his paintings. Here, the two works presented reveal the practically monochromatic shades chosen by the artist to explore the the artist to explore the space of the canvas. Through the cold shades of Olivier Debré's palette, the viewer is the viewer is immersed in the contemplation of the immense detail before him. The style of the style is a synthesis of his mastery of colors, supported by the oscillation of the thicknesses on the canvas, which increases tenfold the format of his works. As a "European Rothko" Olivier Debré would not leave an informed eye unmoved, arousing emotion through gesture.
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