SOPHIE FRANCOIS

Paintings

Acrylic on wooden blocks 30 x 25 x 20 cm / 11,8 x 9,8 x 7,8 in
Acrylic on wooden blocks 30 x 25 x 20 cm / 11,8 x 9,8 x 7,8 in





Acrylic on wooden blocks / 100 x 80 x 15 cm / 39,4 x 31,4 x 5,9 in





Acrylic on board / 60 x 40 cm / 23,6 x 15,7 in





Acrylic on wooden block / 65 x 65 x 65 cm / 25,5 x 25,5 x 25,5 in

“With a sensitive eye and a deep understanding of artistic expression, the work reflects a thoughtful dialogue between vision and emotion.”

Jane Miller

My Story

An art historian with a passion for architecture, art, and design from the second half of the 20th century, and a politician between 2005 and 2019, Sophie François began painting in September 2019. “I would never have allowed myself to paint if I hadn’t been confronted with the aging of furniture that I wanted to keep. I wanted to turn the crib from my childhood, which had become that of my children and grandchildren, into a silver and black-and-white object-painting that could be passed on. My experience with the brush is therefore directly linked to that of volume, each side of which reveals a surprise.

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Historienne de l’art passionnée d’architecture, d’art et de design de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle, et femme politique de 2005 à 2019, Sophie François s’est mise à la peinture en septembre 2019. « Jamais je ne me serais autorisée à peindre si je n’avais été confrontée au vieillissement de meubles que je souhaitais conserver. Je voulais transformer le lit à barreaux de mon enfance, devenu celui de mes enfants et petits-enfants, en une peinture-objet argentée et en noir et blanc, transmissible de génération en génération. Mon expérience du pinceau est donc directement liée à celle du volume, dont chaque face révèle une surprise.

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