Dominique LAGNEAUX (1952-2024) Untitled Oil on canvas Signed lower left H. 130 x L. 97 Cm Dominique LAGNEAUX, "La Ruche" artist born in 1952, draws his subjects from the environment that surrounds him, from Georges Brassens park to the photos he takes himself and those he recovers. He is a painter of light and everyday life, which he manages to transcribe simultaneously by doing two variations of the same subject until it is exhausted. The strength of his art lies in the contrast between bold flat colors and structured lines. His works offer an unprecedented rhythm of superimpositions, additions, interweavings and extractions of lines, tones and colors.

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