Flore Bruic-Depes, Riflesso, 1994, Oil on Canvas

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Oil on canvas “Riflesso” Flore Bruic-Depes, Contemporary Art, 1994 – France

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Oil on canvas “Riflesso” was created by the French artist Flore Bruic-Depes in 1994. As its title suggests, the work is based on an abstract yet deliberate composition, reflecting reality through various elements. This composition is articulated through a geometric framework of planes and lines—vertical and horizontal—that create transparencies and ambiguous depths, placing the viewer in a space halfway between reality and mental evocation. Within this geometric framework emerges a recognizable figurative motif—a sculpted head—which acts as a focal point and visual anchor. The insertion of this figurative fragment within an abstract context reinforces the dialogue between representation and structure, between the tangible and the spiritual. Furthermore, the painting framed within the scene itself introduces a reflection on the act of looking and the self-referential nature of art.

For its part, color plays an essential role in the composition, with muted pinks, yellows, greens, and violets predominating. The brushstrokes are soft yet expressive, with impasto that reveals the texture of the materials and the artist's hand.

The result is a work that combines compositional rigor and chromatic lyricism, akin to a constructive abstraction rooted in lyricism, where geometry does not suppress emotion but rather channels it. Its visual language shows affinities with the explorations of the Post-Cubist school and with the luminous sensitivity of mid-20th-century French painting, a movement that developed in Europe in the mid-20th century, where artists trained in the wake of Cubism and the School of Paris sought to reconcile emotion, light, and geometry.

Flore Bruic-Depes

Flore Bruic-Depes, born in Aquitaine, is a retired teacher and self-taught painter who has been passionate about drawing and painting since her youth. In 1962, while working as a teacher in Bretoncelles (Orne), she began her artistic training in a workshop with painters from Paris. After a hiatus, she returned to painting in 1980, studying for four years with Jac Belaubre and Anne d’Aressy. Later, in 1985, she met Michel Fontannaz, who exerted a decisive influence on her artistic development.

Bruic-Depes has held solo exhibitions in Lacanau, Bordeaux, Pauillac, Cordes, Mérignac, Château Lescombes, and Andernos-les-Bains, and has participated in numerous art fairs in France, Portugal, Canada, Belgium, and Spain. She is a member of several artistic associations, including Artistes Canaulais, Arts et Lettres de France, and Patrimoine des villes d’Eysines et Saint-Médard, and has served as A.L.F.'s delegate for Aquitaine. Her career has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Silver Medal from the cities of Bordeaux and Quebec. In addition to her painting, the artist writes illustrated stories with her own watercolors and continues to explore the constant search for light and emotion in her paintings.

Category: Painting
Technique/Support: Oil on canvas
Title: Riflesso
Artist: Flore Bruic-Depes
Signed: Signed lower right corner
Style: Figurative Abstraction
Period: 1994
Country of Origin: France
Overall Dimensions: 93 x 66 x 2.5 cm
Dimensions without frame: 92 x 65 cm
Condition: Good condition for its age and use
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