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| “ Madame la Loire ” © Yves Garandel |
Name: Yves Garandel
Bio:
Born in 1943 in Paris, Yves Garandel started to draw and paint as a child
and his first exhibition (at the age of
12) was organised jointly by his teacher and the local mayor at Collonge, Burgundy.
After school he worked in horticulture at Versailles, taking evening courses at
the Grande-Chaumière for two
years, followed by two more at the Atelier, impasse Bellefeuille (both in
Paris).
In 1966 he started to work abroad for a large
telecommunications company, visiting Tunisia, Ivory
Coast, Senegal, Spain, Réunion and Mauritius. His evenings were spent painting
in his hotel, exhibiting in various towns and galleries meanwhile.
He
settled in Calais in 1974 and met with a group of painters who painted and
exhibited together at the Maison de la Culture. Encouraged by his
colleagues, he started showing at regional, national and international
exhibitions. He moved to Rouen in 1976 .
At first, his style is figurative, poetic and fantastic, with vegetation, sea
beds and moon landscapes. In 1980 he had his cubist-naïve period and in the
1990s, his style veered towards Expressionism and Abstract.
In
1993 he moved to Réunion to paint its
riotous colours. 1997 and 1998 are spent in Cuba and Mexico. His current work is
inspired by the Loire in autumn, and the vineyards of Sancerre and Bordeaux.
Garandel
has been winning awards for his work since 1976. His exhibitions are too
numerous to list.
Medium:
Pastel; acrylic; oil.
Subjects: Landscape
Style:
Garandel says “My style mixes constructions in time, wavy rhythms and cyclonic
turbulence : a perpetual motion of the world and nature. I am an atypical painter and work
according to my desires and inspiration.”
« J'aime les couleurs qui
"flashent", et pour moi, la vie est synonyme de rouge, de vert, de
jaune... Me remettre en question, oser, étonner, amuser, c'est mon pain
quotidien ! »
Navigation: This
website provides both French and English language versions. They are not
duplicates and there is an additional gallery of five paintings of Mexique in
the French version that are not in the English version. Main menu remains
available at all times at side of page.
Gallery: Paysages (Landscape); Abstrait
(Abstract) ; Cuba; Reunion; Mexique (Mexico - French version only)
Image View: Thumbnails are labelled with medium and
dimension and enlarge in a pop-up window whence they may be saved. Madame la
Loire is 40 x 50 cm, 550 x 408, 324 KB.
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