Phillipe Marchand -Surrealist Portrait of a Man Kissing a Woman-Oil Painting

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Phillipe Marchand -Surrealist Portrait of a Man Kissing a Woman-Oil painting
French Cubist - Expressionist - Oil painting on canvas … Read more Phillipe Marchand -Surrealist Portrait of a Man Kissing a Woman-Oil painting
French Cubist - Expressionist - Oil painting on canvas - Signed -circa 1960s
Canvas size : 16x12" - Richard Tobey Frame size : 23x19x3"
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Artist Biography
In the early 1950's Phillipe Marchand attended the Acaemie des Beaux Arts in Paris where he spent countless hours in the Louvre Museum studying and gaining inspiration from the masters. Unsatisfied with the limits of a singular artistic style or pursuit, Marchand broke barriers from classicism to total abstraction. Gradually, he combined influences ranging from the impressionists to the more outstanding styles of his contemporaries, collecting motivation and creative insight along the way. His abstract figurative work gives a glimpse of his influence from such greats as Soutine, Cezanne, Modigliani and Picasso. After showings in Nancy, then Paris, New York and beyond, Marchand's success was almost instantaneous. In 1965, Fine Arts Press published a major book entitled Phillipe Marchand featuring forty color plates, all tipped-in by hand. His latest paintings have evolved from the spontaneous sketch-in paintings to a more studied process. Marchand says "the more one can create design's essential elements, the longer the eye will be fascinated with the work".Philippe Marchand was best known as a still-life painter in a post Cubist style but he also produced street scenes - particularly in the Montmartre district in Paris - and portraits. His influences were diverse so apart from the homage to Picasso in his still-life work, Impressionism and even a bit of Surrealism can be discerned and he greatly admired Modigliani, Braque and Cézanne.He was a student at L'Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the 1950's and augmented his formal training with spending long periods of time in the Louvre where he studied the techniques of the great masters and made copies of their works to understand the process involved.He would often combine elements of different periods and styles in one work and was adept in both classical and more abstract styles. He became popular in his native France as the latter part of the 20th century unfolded, exhibiting regularly in Paris and subsequently in New York, but he continued to show his work in French exhibitions throughout his life.In 1965, Philippe Marchand, a book containing forty coloured plates with text in English, French and Italian, was published by Fine Arts Press See less