Robert Bodson
"I want my colors and shapes to be free and in movement. Let them merge, part,fight or unite, but let them stay free"
There goes Bodson's artistic philosophy. His unique touch could be affiliated to the post-war modernist "lyrical abstraction" movement. De Staël, Riopelle, Poliakoff, Hartung, Mathieu, Soulages were a few among the artists representing that trend. It is still alive and kicking in Bodson's work.
Bodson is a french painter born in a small town in Belgium, at the dawn of WW II. He joined the creative world after studying literature and philosophy, to become one of the pioneers of modern times advertising, designing award-winning campains for international customers, in the north of Europe, then in Paris.
He found his true creative calling when he settled in Picardie and start a second life as a painter, not far from Auvers-sur- Oise, at the beginning of the 90's.
Bodson was soon invited to display his early figurative works in local townhouses and exhibition rooms. His lines and strokes were already revealing an urge to break free from the constraints that he felt were hindering his creativity. Although his initial paintings were positively received by the public, Bodson stayed dissatisfied with the formality of his shapes.
Then came the creative epiphany. Whilst he was pacing the Halatte forest trails on an early spring day, he started to mentally picture a whole new world of abstract forms and colors, swirling and twisting and escaping and coming back to picture the fundamental forces that he had been trying to express. He then locked himself up in his workshop and gave way to a creative frenzy that led to the production of some of his most remarkable canvases.
Bodson then started to hit the road, sharing his works with ever more enthusiastic aficionados. This journey took him to Clermont, then Chantilly, Honfleur and finally Montpellier in the south of France.
Going down south made him realize that he was missing the golden light of the Mediterranean to illuminate his compositions. He decided to settle on the Costa Blanca and moved his workshop by the sea...together with a good hundred canvases, his beloved wife and partner in crime, a few books and jazz records, and a grumpy cat.
Bodson's work was soon noticed by the Mayor of Benissa, also in charge of culture for the Deputation of Alicante, who encouraged him to exhibit a selection of his paintings at the "Aula del Mar" in 2015.
His latest canvases can now be seen at the Art Gallery of Altea, or on appointment, at his studio overlooking the Marina Alta Hills.
Contact : Anne-Marie Bodson
annemarie.bodson14@gmail.com
0034 634 871 557
www.robertbodson.com
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Les Impromptus • 3 artworks
View allPeinture lyrique abstraite
Les déstructurés • 3 artworks
View allHors Série • 2 artworks
View allStructures polychromes • 10 artworks
View allStructures chromatiques • 12 artworks
View allToiles lyriques • 22 artworks
View allLes toiles lyriques de Robert Bodson sont à aborder en suivant scrupuleusement cette recommandation d'Antoni Tapiès.
Enigmes • 21 artworks
View allAbstraction libre • 24 artworks
View allLes euphoriques • 24 artworks
View allEugène Fromentin
Toiles volcaniques • 20 artworks
View allCri primal plutôt, chaos, effervescence, bouillonnement. Rien vu de pareil depuis longtemps. Et ses couleurs!
Un déferlement, un orage, une tempête de couleurs. On dirait qu’il peint avec les deux mains à la fois.
(Anne Scherechevsky, journaliste)
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"I want my colors and shapes to be free and in movement. Let them merge, part,fight or unite, but let them stay free"
There goes Bodson's artistic philosophy. His unique touch could be affiliated to the post-war modernist "lyrical abstraction" movement. De Staël, Riopelle, Poliakoff, Hartung, Mathieu, Soulages were a few among the artists representing that trend. It is still alive and kicking in Bodson's work.
Bodson is a french painter born in a small town in Belgium, at the dawn of WW II. He joined the creative world after studying literature and philosophy, to become one of the pioneers of modern times advertising, designing award-winning campains for international customers, in the north of Europe, then in Paris.
He found his true creative calling when he settled in Picardie and start a second life as a painter, not far from Auvers-sur- Oise, at the beginning of the 90's.
Bodson was soon invited to display his early figurative works in local townhouses and exhibition rooms. His lines and strokes were already revealing an urge to break free from the constraints that he felt were hindering his creativity. Although his initial paintings were positively received by the public, Bodson stayed dissatisfied with the formality of his shapes.
Then came the creative epiphany. Whilst he was pacing the Halatte forest trails on an early spring day, he started to mentally picture a whole new world of abstract forms and colors, swirling and twisting and escaping and coming back to picture the fundamental forces that he had been trying to express. He then locked himself up in his workshop and gave way to a creative frenzy that led to the production of some of his most remarkable canvases.
Bodson then started to hit the road, sharing his works with ever more enthusiastic aficionados. This journey took him to Clermont, then Chantilly, Honfleur and finally Montpellier in the south of France.
Going down south made him realize that he was missing the golden light of the Mediterranean to illuminate his compositions. He decided to settle on the Costa Blanca and moved his workshop by the sea...together with a good hundred canvases, his beloved wife and partner in crime, a few books and jazz records, and a grumpy cat.
Bodson's work was soon noticed by the Mayor of Benissa, also in charge of culture for the Deputation of Alicante, who encouraged him to exhibit a selection of his paintings at the "Aula del Mar" in 2015.
His latest canvases can now be seen at the Art Gallery of Altea, or on appointment, at his studio overlooking the Marina Alta Hills.
Contact : Anne-Marie Bodson
annemarie.bodson14@gmail.com
0034 634 871 557
www.robertbodson.com
- Nationality: FRANCE
- Date of birth : 1937
- Artistic domains: Works by artists with a certified artist value,
- Groups: Certified Artists Contemporary French Artists
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Artist Value 2016 | €1,000.00 ($1,073.30)
Certification has been established by Jacques-Armand Akoun on Oct 21, 2016.
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ART GALLERY ALTEA
Sant Pere, 37 03590 Altea (Alicante) Tel : 965 673 344 [email protected]
Exposition permanente des toiles de Robert Bodson dans la ville des peintres, sur la Costa Blanca, à 50 km au nord d'Alicante.
Située en bord de mer, l'Art Gallery Altea est animée par Sigrid Landwehr et son équipe. Elle accueille de nombreux artistes contemporains, tout au long de l'année. Un but de promenade idéal.
Abstracción Lírica
Aula del Mar Edificio Tourist Info, Playa de Benissa Prov. Alicante
Première exposition de Robert Bodson sur la Costa Blanca
Robert Bodson
La Cave - 2, route de Lunel Viel
Grande exposition personnelle dans la salle principale de La Cave.
Un jaillissement de couleurs et de lumière
« Mes couleurs et mes formes, je les veux libres,
en mouvement. Qu’elles s’enlacent, se séparent,
se combattent où s’unissent, mais qu’elles restent
en liberté. »
Robert Bodson ne s’en cache pas : il est entré par effraction dans le monde de la peinture, en 1996, avec une première grande exposition à la mairie de Clermont de l’Oise. Jusqu’alors, ce publicitaire s’était contenté de peindre pour lui. Le succès rencontré l’encourage à persévérer.
Au bout de quelques années de travail acharné, il trouve enfin sa vérité, son nombre d’or : libéré des entraves du figuratif, débarrassé des normes académiques, il rejoint la grande famille des peintres abstraits.
Sa peinture puise à la source de l’inconscient, laissant au pinceau ou au couteau le soin d’exprimer cet inconscient sans passer par la censure de la raison, dans un jaillissement de couleurs et de lumière. Une peinture qui évoque la puissance d’un volcan, selon Anne Scherechevsky, journaliste : « Comme un volcan, Bodson a tout craché sur la toile : le feu, la lave, la terre, la mer et les cailloux, dans un grondement sourd, inquiétant et joyeux à la fois, où l’énergie l’emporte sur la colère et le feu d’artifice sur la désolation. Diantre! On est content que cet homme-là ait choisi le couteau à peindre plutôt que le couteau entre les dents! »
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