The Blue of Pages-Abstract Books, Contemporary, French Artist, Framed by Sophie Dumont

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About the artist
Sophie Dumont is a French contemporary painter whose work reflects a deep engagement with memory, cultural heritage, … Read more About the artist
Sophie Dumont is a French contemporary painter whose work reflects a deep engagement with memory, cultural heritage, and poetic abstraction. Born in Paris in 1964, she spent time living in the Caribbean, Spain, and Morocco before settling in Normandy, where she now works. Her oil paintings—richly layered, often using a palette knife—feature recurring themes such as stylized libraries, abstracted landscapes, and contemplative interiors. Dumont’s works are part of private and museum collections and have been shown in solo and group exhibitions across France, Belgium, Germany, and Canada.

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Presented in a black floater frame
Year: 2025 – Signed lower right

In The Blue of Pages, French artist Sophie Dumont offers a poetic exploration of knowledge and silence through the recurring motif of the abstracted bookshelf. Books are stacked, tilted, and balanced, evoking both a structured rhythm and a subtle fragility — as if thought itself were quietly in motion.

The painting is composed in rich, layered oil, with dominant tones of deep blue ranging from ultramarine to indigo, punctuated by blacks, warm ochres, and off-whites. Applied with a palette knife, the pigment creates sculptural depth, transforming each volume into a presence rather than a form.

This contemplative composition evokes a mental space shaped by memory and language. The Blue of Pages is not just a depiction of books; it is a meditation on what they represent — silent companions, containers of thought, carriers of time.

Sophie Dumont’s work is included in numerous private and institutional collections and has been exhibited in museums and galleries across France, Canada, Germany, and Belgium. This piece is part of her ongoing series exploring the poetic tension between structure and emotion, knowledge and abstraction. See less