Paintings of Marc Chapaud

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Biography

(Translated via Babelfish from French and edited by ArtFinders.)

Marc CHAPAUD was born in Paris in 1941. He studied at the Ecole Nationale Superieure de Beaux Artes of Paris in 1958-59 Architecture section and 1960-61 Peinture section, which he left in 1962 after having completed several studio courses.

Solo exhibitions:

- 1958 first exhibition - Gallery of Colisée, Paris

- 1960: Gallery of the Harmony, Paris 1961 Gallery of Colisée, Paris

- 1963: Gallery d' Art, Castrate

- 1963: Hotel Alexandra, Touquet

- 1966 to 1969: 4 annual exhibits, W & J. SLOANE, Beverly-Hills (California, U.S.A.)

- 1969 Gallery Montparnasse 47, Paris

- 1973: International Fuji Art Gallery, Tokyo (Japan)

- 1994: Gallery Léadouze Paris 1996: Hénot gallery the Small rock 1998: Hénot gallery, Enghien-the-Baths 2003: Hénot gallery, Enghien-the-Baths

- From 1970 to 1988 he was an exclusive artist of Galerie Laurens, avenue Matignon in Paris, a themed exhibition, was carried out each year:

- 1973: Venice

- 1974: Bruges

- 1975: Paris

- 1976: Corsica

- 1977: The Sologne

- 1978 Amsterdam

- 1979: Brittany

- 1980: Villages of Provence

- 1981 Landscapes

- 1982: Japan

-1983: The Road Jacques-Heart

- 1984: Flowers and Gardens

- 1985 Streets of Paris with l' time of Victor-Hugo

- 1986: Rome and landscapes d' Italy

- 1987: Delft.

He has participated in many group exhibitions in various galleries in France and abroad: Paris, Brussels, San Francisco, Tokyo, Osaka, Los Angeles, Atlanta, in Louisiana, Ivory Coast, Enghien Bains, and with the principal Parisian salons. In addition to the Léadouze galleries of Cannes and Paris and Hénot d' Enghien les Bains where his works are presented permanently, Chapaud is also exhibited in Metz, Luxembourg, Brussels and Chicago.

What surprises when one discovers the works of Chapaud, is their simultaneous power, sensitivity and their technical virtuosity. Marc Chapaud became one of the leaders of the French realism school, thanks to his exceptional pictorial technique related to very beautiful “glacis” (French term meaning “smoothness” or “glossiness.”) The juxtaposition of architecture with water as one finds in Bruges, Prague, Saint Pétersburg, and especially Venice, evokes certain atmospheric memories within us that magnifies the dramatic effect and immanent emotions. The subtle colors, flood of silver-plated light, and his signature colors such as the translucent blues engage the eye and demand admiration. Chapaud conveys in his landscapes a calm power with the sensitivity of a romantic poet. He captivates us because his art engages us to divine the sublime and transcendent from an otherwise mundane and realistically portrayed scene. Marc Chapaud involves us in his vision of the world filled with softness and serenity.

Technical Virtuosity and the Profound Landscape. The love of architecture conveyed in his work is seen in the multitude of variations of light of the sun on stone. Witness of his time like the masters of the past, this Canaletto of the 20^th and 21st centuries is a favorite of collectors. --Arts Magazine Monte Carlo 2000

Landscapes of light. It is undoubtedly initially the light which holds the attention of those who discover a work by Chapaud. A very particular luminosity made perceptible by a perfect pictorial technique.

Born in Paris in 1941 and educated at the l’Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Marc Chapaud is regarded as one of the leaders of the French Figurative School. Tireless traveller, he is unceasingly discovering new landscapes (Venice, Rome, Paris, Loire chateau…) But the sights that he chooses and immortalises on the canvas are never limited to a simple representation of reality. They are rather a significant and romantic interpretation. Facades, arches and other monuments collect the silver plated light and the subtle colors of his palette.

-L’Evènement des Arts de Bruxelles 2000

Instead of promoting only his homeland of France, this great painter made every land his fatherland. He is constantly studying nature and humanity, which he will only represent through our Creations--through the castles, the monuments, the streets and the canals. In times when society is immersed in tragedy, a song of love could be also a cry of despair projected upon viewing the beauties of the past. Civilization always obliges art to follow its decline. Only the best artists can escape from it not only under the terms of their genius, but also because their force and their gift enable them to dominate the world which surrounds them, and thus to rise above the unrest. Marc Chapaud testifies to the passage of time leaving a legacy to our children of peaceful landscapes.

-Arts Monte Carlo Magazine

Marc Chapaud, Poetic Technician. The reality of the things is never really real when it is about painting… If the work of Marc Chapaud, can be described as realism, he expresses all qualities of it, without being ensnared in the traps with which it can bind him. What surprises, when one discovers his landscapes of Tuscany or Venice, is the extreme precision with which he portrays the places that he paints, while preserving the smoothness and the softness which they conceal. To describe you do not want to “say” everything. The artist is someone who chooses, his subject, his composition, his light, his colors. It is in that by which an artist is recognized. However, something poetic always emerges through these formal contrivances to reveal his style. Chapaud can free himself with ease, with all of his emotions and set free his sensitivity. Thanks to his technique, Marc’s impulses are merely tempered and controlled never stifled. He is its master. To have the possibility of forgetting the constraints of an art allows him to devote himself entirely to its power of evocation, and to have free reign with his enthusiasms and his whims. It is the ability of having a sure footing, without thinking of it, in order to devote himself to transpose the poetry contained in each nuance, each light, each detail. Our contemplation of the work of the painter can then find all its pleasure there, without having recourse to an analytical or intellectual observation. Only the best can do that with such pure grace. The work of Marc Chapaud is a living testimony. Internationally recognized, he is obviously placed as one of the leaders of the French realism school. His landscapes will be cherished by art enthusiasts and collectors alike for centuries, a timeless pictorial heritage, because his vision is timeless.

-Patrice de la Perriere, Editor in Chief of l’Univers des Arts, October 2004, at the time of the Gallery Hénot d' Enghien les Bains Exhibition.