André Brasilier – Fruits and Flowers

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Andre Brasilier Original Lithograph – Des Fruits et des Fleurs

Another beautiful lithograph from Andre Brasilier portraying his wife and muse Chantal. She is carrying a bouquet of tulips. The soft and breezy pastel palette is typical of Brasilier’s style, blending abstraction and expressionism in a lyrical and dreamlike way. The magnificent bouquet of flowers, the graceful lines and the choice of colours make this composition stunningly elegant.

This Andre Brasilier original lithograph is  an edition of 150 and is printed on beautiful arches paper.

He is the only painter along with Picasso, to have benefited during his lifetime from a retrospective of his work on the prestigious picture rails of the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg in 2005. Brasilier declared himself ‘very satisfied’ with the presentation of his paintings in the old vermicellerie d’Albi.

Year : 1983

Dimensions : 29.53 x 21.26 inch | 75 x 54 cm

Edition : 150

Paper : Arches paper

Medium : Traditional stone lithograph

Printers : Mourlot

Reference : Pichon, page 197 Ref. #179

 

 

 

THE ARTIST

ANDRE BRASILIER

b.1929 in Saumur, France

 

André Brasilier is a French painter and printmaker whose work is typified by a blend of expressionism and abstraction. André Brasilier's lyrical, dreamlike paintings explore an intimate communion with nature. The artist's wife and muse, Chantal, is a favourite subject, often portrayed delicately arranging flowers or beautifully poised on benches surrounded by nature . Horses are also a recurring theme in the artist's work, described by Brasilier as "a superb creation...charged with symbolism, strength, dynamism and beauty". The majesty of these wonderful creatures feature prominently throughout Brasilier's career, their elegant forms cantering through serene seascapes, chilly winter woods and brilliant sunsets.

Surrounded by the idyllic French countryside, Brasilier’s artistic talents and appreciation for nature blossomed early on. Brasilier states that ‘painting must be alive’. The artist has spent his career trying to ‘capture emotions and share them,’ striving to create works that survive him. ‘Every masterpiece that has moved humanity throughout history was a testimony of life,’ he explains. Painting, he adds dramatically, is ‘a fight for life against death.’

Nature is a recurrent focus of his paintings, which frequently depict pastoral scenes, or the changing seasons. The focus, the artist explains, is instinctive: ‘I live in the countryside; I was practically born in the countryside.’ For Brasilier, ‘every window becomes a painting; I see trees as if they are drawings, their branches organised.’ Inspired by the work of the Fauves and Gauguin, who he describes as his père spirituel, Brasilier casts these landscapes in bright colour, working in a palette of vivid blue, pink, orange and yellow.

There has been a remarkable rise of André Brasilier works in the last 6 years and it shows no sign of slowing down. His work has risen in value of 557%, which is mirrored by the number of his pieces sold at auction.