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Exhibition dedicated master overseoir paris:
We often tend. Meanwhile, a little easily, at REducing the work of Soulages to his paintings which he himself describes asOUSNOIR. Immense Flats of black paint reflecting light for bring out the color. However. Meanwhile, not only will he develop this technique that in the 1970s, either after more than 20 years of careerbut in addition the latter is much more diverse and rich that that. Consequently, Indeed. For example, if the painter leaves behind him More than 1,700 paintings on canvashe also offered us several hundreds of paper paintings (more than 800, to give you an idea), just as Amazing. And it is the latter that the Luxembourg puts in the spotlight from the start of the school year.

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Shadow and light – Exhibition dedicated master overseoir paris
Relief claimed it throughout his life: there is No hierarchy between the different techniques that he was able to use exhibition dedicated master overseoir paris during his career. Even more, if it is today Very well known for his paintingshe made his very first works on paperof the 1946. At the time. the painter used the nuts, A mixture normally dedicated to the wooden dyeing, for Draw his first features. Very quickly, doing play color and paperhe discovers a magical universe, made transparencies and opacities.
A revolutionary technique for the time, which allows him very quickly to distinguish themselves from his contemporariesand to set up among The greats of abstract art. If it evolves later. using the Gouache, ink or the charcoal, He does not stop nor of his love for paperthat he worked until the early 2000s, nor This exhibition dedicated master overseoir paris poetry of forms so characteristic of his work. Result from works to Subtle nuances, playing On reflections and materials.

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Black, it’s black
For the first timethese works on paper a rare intensity are honors in a Parisian museum, Excluding the canvases, sketches and other ceramics on which the artist may have leaning. The institution. located at 2 steps from the first Parisian workshop in Soulages (around Montparnasse), has chosen a simple, chronological scenography, To highlight these unique creations. On White walls, papers covered with black forms stand here and there as Music notes on a score.
Pierre Soulages, Brou de Noix Sur Papier, 1947 – Collection Domnick, Nürtingen Avec State Palaces and Gardens Baden -Württemberg © Adagp, Paris, 2025
In total, they are 130 works who await you here, including Almost thirty completely newto trace The whole life of this extraordinary artistwho exhibition dedicated master overseoir paris left us in 2024 At the age of 102 more than honorable. Punctuated by portraits and interviewsthe exhibition shows us to see Another side of Soulagesjust as important and whole. Over the rooms. it is all the graphic power of the master of the overseas exposed, for sublimate the work of the one who spent his life to Use darkness to magnify light.
Soulages, another light
Luxembourg
19, rue de Vaugirard – 6th
From September 17, 2025 to January 11, 2026
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Further reading: The genius of Cézanne and his big Jas de Bouffan workshop – Expo Anna Maria-Maiolino at the Picasso Museum | Ticket reservation – Tables by Bernard Buffet stolen in the Gers: how his clowns canvases made the painter so famous – Pepita, light of the Jura: a look of lynx, a lesson in peace – Info-chalon.com – At Arles meetings, increasing attendance and “unhealthy images”.
