BIOGRAPHY

Né In 1955 At The Foot Of The Montagne Sainte Victoire, Louis Magre Took Drawing And Art Lessons. Architecture And Launched Himself With Passion Into The World Of Art. After Studying The Nude And Carried Out Painting A Good Number Of Charcoal Portraits, He Let Himself Be Imbued With The Impressionist Trend And Followed The Path Of His Masters Such As Sisley, Pissaro, Monet.

After Having Worked A Lot; Light, Magre Focuses More Today On Matter And Reliefs,

The Atmospheres Of Touraine And Normandy Are Its Main Centers Of Interest. There He Discovers The Dance Of Lights Through The Foliage And Is Particularly Fond Of The Depths Of The Aquatic Reflections.

Parallel To; This Impressionist Technique, Louis Magre Quickly Let Himself Be Attracted By The Light Of Provence In The Footsteps Of Yves Brayer. He Soaks Up This Atmosphere, These Warm Tones Dear To His Heart. C&eac;zanne, Van Gogh…

He Organizes Numerous Exhibitions, From Baux De Provence To; Saint Paul De Vence, Where The Variety Landscapes And Vegetation Inspire Him: The Red Earth, The Mistral Blowing On The Olive Trees, The Overwhelming Heat That It Reveals Through The Use Of Bright Tones To Paint The Brooms, Lavender , Sunflowers…

Similarly, His Love Of Brittany Allows Him To Capture The Atmosphere And Smell Of A Beach Nearby. Low Tide, Flight

Seagulls On A Heavy Sky , Nature So Wild With Astonishing Contrasts. He Knows How To Compose His Palette In Gradients; , With Unique Tones This Region.

With Sensitivity à On Top Of Our Skin, Magre Does Better Than Painting A Landscape For Us, He Makes Us Breathe The Air Of The Sea, Smell The Kelp In The Air, And Smell The Sea Kelp. Low Tide, Contemplate This Very Particular Light In The Rolling Waves, This Unique And Mysterious Transparency.

Slowly But Surely, He Was Able To Build The Loyalty Of A Cosmopolitan Clientele, Seduced More Recently By His Paintings In Paris, Always At Home. Oil, Because He Knows How To Surprise With Unusual Angles At The Bend Of An Alley On The Ile Saint Louis,

By A Barge Under The Snow Moored At The Pont Neuf, Or Within The Arènes De Lutece Or The Stairs Of The Butte Montmartre

In His Incessant Hunt For Luminous Images, Magre Always Feels Fulfilled. By What He Sees And Is Inspired By What He Sees By What He Discovers, Eternally In Love With His Land. He Roams The Scrubland Of Châteauneuf Le Rouge

At Puyloubier Then Goes Around The Sainte Victoire Mountain To Return To The Village. Vauvenargues In The Footsteps Of Picasso... The Red Earth That He Delicately Collects On The Tholonet Road, At Two Steps From Château Noir (last Resting Place Of Cézanne) Is Very Useful For Him To Create His Unique Reliefs Composed Of Natural Materials …

His Daily World Is Well Organized; Thanks To The Complicity Of Of His Wife In Their

« Bastide Du Gendarme «  Well Hidden In The Scrubland Outside Out Of Sight. In His Workshop, Certain Souvenirs That Belonged To His Father,  Sculptor: A Moving Way To Stay In Communication With Those Who Have Left Him .

Through His Paintings, The Viewer First Perceives The Smell Of Provence, Its Unique Essences, This Overwhelming Heat. Each  But, Each Olive Tree Transports Us Into This Universe Dear To Us; Marcel Pagnol, And Make Us Relive «  The Puisatier’s Daughter «  « Manon Des Sources«  And “  Jean De Florette «  The Only Thing Missing Is The Southern Accent …

Magre Is A Very Demanding Artist, Of Himself As Of Others, And Has Been Able To Surround Himself With An Efficient Team. For The Distribution Of His Paintings  And Their Protection.

Regularly He Makes Short Trips Outside France, Not Too Far, To Capture In His Palette Other  Lights, Other Reflections. He Likes Rugged And Inaccessible Terrain (Capri, Procida…) Or The Customs Trails On The Breton Coast (Ile De Bréhat).

He Likes To Have Fun With Nature, So Varied In Provence, And Knows How To Highlight The Charm And Nbsp; The Essence Of Each: The Fig Tree With Its Very Particular Foliage, , The Cypress, Which Often Bends But Always Resists The Mistral, The Broom With Its Unique Sparkling Yellow, The Thyme And Rosemary, With Which He Sometimes Sprinkles His Canvases, For The Final Touch... The Beaches Also Inspire Him, In Particular The Coves Of Cassis, The Island Of Embiez, And The Tip Of Cap Nègre, Whose Secrets Are Reserved For Visitors. Those Who Know How To Access It By Sea!

He Never Ceases To Amaze Us, Playing With His Palette, Brushes And Knives, And  His Little Personal Recipes.

Louis Magre Discovered New York Quite Late, Around The Age Of 50.

Under The Spell, He Moved There For 3 Years To Soak It Up.

Louis MAGRE