A consummate artist and prolific painter, draughtsman and engraver, Gérard de Palézieux was born in Vevey in 1919. After studying in Florence he settled in Valais, leaving the region only occasionally to spend time in Morocco and Italy. Initially influenced by the stringency of Morandi, his art progressively opens up to embrace space, thanks to his deployment of watercolour and discovery of Chinese painting. A highly reclusive figure, Palézieux now forms the subject of a presentation featuring more than two hundred works on paper. It revolves around the three techniques he practised throughout his artistic career – printmaking, drawing and watercolour – and illustrates his favourite subjects of landscape and still life, accompanied by a selection of paintings. The retrospective also focuses on some extremely rare engravings collected by Palézieux, by artists including Piranesi, Canaletto, Goya, Manet, Degas, Bonnard and Picasso.
Palézieux 1919-2012
Nature morte aux citrons, non daté, monotype. Collection particulière, Suisse
Publication
Ouvrage de référence pour l’œuvre gravé et dessiné de l’artiste, la publication permet de découvrir l’univers intime de l’artiste, faisant état de 60 ans de création. Conçu comme un objet d’étude et de délectation, le présent coffret comprend quatre carnets, comme autant de chapitres qui invitent le lecteur à savourer les thèmes de prédilection de l’artiste – la nature morte, le portrait et le paysage – selon les différentes techniques favorisées par Palézieux : l’estampe, le dessin, les lavis et aquarelles. Le quatrième carnet comprend des essais et des témoignages inédits signés Ger Luijten, Florian Rodari, Alain Madeleine-Perdrillat, Christophe Carraud, Peter Schatborn, Catherine McCready et Pierre Vogt.
Palézieux. Œuvres sur papier
Auteurs : Florian Rodari et Ger Luijten
Fondation William Cuendet & Atelier de Saint-Prex et Fondation Custodia – Collection Frits Lugt, Paris, 5 Continents, Milan, 320 pages
CHF 55.–
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