Year2004

Hand SignedOn Verso 

Condition Excellent 

Not FramedCanvas on Stretcher Bars 

Purchased fromPrivate Collector 2004 

Provenance / HistoryCommissioned art. Recalls -Leonardo da Vinci, Vitruvian Man- the ideal man 

Story / Additional InfoAfter an initial career as an illustrator and photographer in advertising, she turned to painting to reinvent portraiture.-She reproduces the human face with a razor-sharp, slashed knife. The bursts of life that emerge from her paintings are born of hand-to-hand combat with the canvas.Color is hurled like a projectile. Its energy gives each stroke the intensity of a sonic vibration. The splashes of paint are musical touches, as dissonant and noisy as life itself. But in the space of the painting, they harmonize into a single timbre that gives each face its soul.Noted for her incredible dexterity in handling knives and oil paint, Françoise Nielly’s portraits, each from a different angle, but repeated over and over again, expose the violent face of life. 

Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage 

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