Galerie Faidherbe
Olivier Debré , France
"Laisser couler la couleur"
DEBRE Olivier (1920-1999) (Détail) Ocre rose rayé du printemps, 1990 Huile sur toile Signée, titrée et dédicacée au dos 100 X 100cm
Olivier Debré’s work is part of the beautiful adventure of 20th-century Abstraction, of which he is one of the main figures. We present about fifteen works by Debré, titled ‘Letting the Color Flow’ is the title of the exhibition. The artist delivers the message himself: ‘Letting the color flow is the natural gesture that joins that of the Loire.’ Not only the Loire, the river of his origins, but also wherever he stays, in France (Cachan, Royan, Saint-Georges de Divonne, Toulouse) or abroad, traveling across the world. From his first drawings made in 1945 to his latest almost monochrome abstract landscapes enhanced with quite generous impastos returned to the margins, Debré has created an original pictorial language to translate nature, its beauty, its connection with man. Debré emphasizes, ‘I do not claim to be a landscapist… I translate the emotion that is in me when faced with the landscape.’
Solo show of Olivier Debré
From March 14th to June 1st, 2024
The gallery
Established in late 2019 by Pierre and Isabelle Darras in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, a bit off the usual art circuits, Galerie Faidherbe showcases the greatest names in French and European painting from the post-war period to the present day, such as Alechinsky, Asse, Debré, Lanskoy, Leroy, Manessier, Poliakoff, Schneider, Tal Coat.
Gallery artists
Pierre Alechinsky, Angel Alonso, Huguette Arthur Bertrand, Geneviève Asse, Jean-Michel Atlan, Jean Bazaine, Roger Bissière, Jean-Charles Blais, Anselme Boix-Vives, Camille Bryen, Serge Charchoune, Olivier Debré, Jun Dobachi, Eugène Dodeigne, Jacques Doucet, Pierre Fichet, Hans Hartung, Robert Helman, Toshimitsu Imaï, Elvire Jan, Ladislas Kijno, André Lanskoy, Eugène Leroy, Alfred Manessier, Henri Michaux, Jean Miotte, Max Neumann, Serge Polikoff, Reinhoud, Key Sato, Gérard Schneider, T'ang Haywen, Pierre Tal Coat, Léon Zack
