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Bathed
in Art and History |
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Jean Claude fondly recalls
giving castle tours with his Grandmother in the Loire Valley Castles
region of France. This
area happen to be famous for royal residence over the last four
centuries. Architecture, French history and great collections of
paintings became certainly an admirable source of inspiration. At age
ten he was selling his sketches and portraits to the tourists for one
dollar each. A
Jesuit priest recognized his artistic potential and decided to take
him under his wing. He taught him the academic religious art of
Giotto, Carravagio, Mantegna, Champaigne, The Titian, Fra Angelico,
Pacheco, Ribera and Raphael.
After finishing his studies
in philosophy he became a copyist at the Louvre Museum in Paris and
the Uffizi Museum in Florence to study the works of the masters and
to perfect himself by their example. There he had the great
opportunity to study extensively the master pieces of David, Gauguin
Gericault, Rubens, Courbet, Le Titian, Ingres, De la Tour, Monet and
other acknowledged artists. In Time, more and more collectors became
interested in commissioning his faithifully handpainted reproduc
tions of museum master pieces. Thus he gradually gained a greater
measure of social and intellectual recognition as well as financial
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Worlwide
Artistic curiousity |
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Curious
of other artistic cultures, Jean Claude took the time to travel
extensively all over the world with passion. That has given him a
chance to get acuainted with various art trends that reflected
different cultural values and improved his own artistic vision. In
Europe he walked on the steps of his prede cesors discovering the
old Rome, Florence, Athenes or Toledo and Sevilla in Spain. In the
Middle East he would sketch the biblical landscapes and pieces of
architecture that he has used in his religious pieces of art. In
Asia, Africa, North or South America as well as in the Pacific
Islands his inspiration was sparked by the beauty of the women,
children, historical scenes, architecture and exotic nature. Jean
Claude's paintings, created with an extraror dinary passion are alive
with a freedom of color and dreamy images that take us beyond first
aesthetic visuals into the deep territory of inner sensation. |
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Every piece is based on a
autobiographical perception and the particular light seems to be
charged by a mysterious spiritual energy that captures the viewer.
Jean Claude creates certain principal personnages with a sight filled
by love and compassion which seems to follow you to any place you
stand in a room.
capturing their tremendous inspiration and transmuting it into simply
breathtaking works of art..
Jean Claude creates certain
principal personnages with a sight filled by love and compassion
which seems to follow you to any place you stand in a room.
For a rare spiritual
and artistic experience, just look at it and become the central
figure, infused by attention and feel totally protected.
Jean Claude promotes his Art
body work on the art market through internet with two international
web sites, Artmuseo.com and TheVaticanArt..com.
Jean Claude de
Fougeres'Museum project pending to represent 200 of his original
paintings, a biographical art book and a one year tour exhibition of
his Religious Art collection will give him the possibility to create
more quietly the original series consecrating on the maturity of his art. |
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More
than 25 paintings series |
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Without doubt, every painting
is secretly autobiographical. Over the last twenty years, Jean Claude
has transmitted his love of art, history, and world culture with
students, museums, and galleries in many countries. Meanwhile, he has
continued to paint, attracting a large group of devoted collectors
with a large body of work, comprised of more than 25 series of
paintings. The continual attempt of Jean Claude to represent reality
coincide with his need to get to the heart of things, to paint
subjects as they appeeared, striving not for perfection but for truth. |
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The
Hudson River Art School |
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Invited by his biographer in
New York state Jean Claude was imme diately enchanted by the great
wilderness of this area. The Hudson River reminded him his native
French great river The Loire. Excited
by the prospect of reviving of the former 1850's Romantic Hudson
river school he founded The Hudson River Art School
(TheHudsonRiverArtSchool com coming soon on line. Attached to the
classical traditional technics he teach regularly Art Classes Weekend
and 7 Days workshops. Thus he extend the cultural and artistic
exchange between Ameri can and Europeans painters. |
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His
passion for the Religious Art |
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Jean Claude received his
first artistic education through Reli gious Art. This traditional
artistic base will stay present during all his life. Few years ago
receiving more commissions for altars and biblical scenes, he
developped extensively his production as well his passion and love
for the angelic paintings that reflect the mystery of christian faith
and spiritual truth. The personages are represented as living
characters, and the religious significance of the tragedy are
heightened by astute use of light. Besides
his various mode of expression, Jean Claude stays the last Classical
Religious Art Painter. His knowledge of the iconography, art history,
traditions and techniques of the old masters are the necessary
ingredients of his original creations. |
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