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Jean Arcelin

Jean Arcelin is a Swiss and French painter, born in Paris in 1962.

He began to paint oils at the age of eight. Later, he studied at the Académie Charpentier and continued his studies at the Institut d’Art et d’Archéologie on rue Michelet in Paris.

In 1980s, he has exhibitions in France and Switzerland. In the 1990s, he participates in several cultural programs organized by the EBEL Foundation in Basel and at Le Corbusier’s Villa Turque in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.

His works were presented at FIAC in 1993, 1994, and 1995. His exhibitions subsequently multiplied in Europe and the United States. In 2007, the city of Bergerac dedicated a retrospective to him, featuring some fifty large paintings.

He is listed in various catalogues and dictionaries, including the Benezit and the Delarge.

Jean Arcelin lives and works in Paris. His paintings, present in numerous public and private collections in Europe and North America, captivate with their subtle balance of realism and illusion, memory and invention, firm drawing and sweeping brushstrokes, vibrant colors and muted tones, bold impasto and refined gradations, sharpness and evanescence, modernity and classicism.

Using all the pictorial references, like the Baroque masters, employing every possible effect, he transports the viewer to majestic, time-worn landscapes (rocky inlets, Alpine snows, libraries and dens, seaside towns, Italian villas, etc.).

Space and light are the key elements of this vibrant painting, executed with a confident and spontaneous hand.

Vibrantes illusions

01/05/2020

Article : Arts et Décoration N° 550 - Mai/juin 2020

Editor Anne prud'homme-Béné

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Landscapes & interiors

08/05/2018

Article : Pratique des Arts - Special Edition Oil

Editor : David Gauduchon

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La Gazette de l'Hôtel Drouot

11/07/2014

Article : Jean ARCELIN, "Oeuvres récentes"

Editor Lydia Harambourg

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La Gazette de l'Hôtel Drouot

03/07/2009

Article : Jean ARCELIN, "impression d'Italie

Editor Lydia Harambourg

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Courrier Français

03/07/2007

Article : A la découverte de Jean ARCELIN

Editor : Jean-François Bel

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La Gazette de l'Hôtel Drouot

08/06/2007

Article : Jean ARCELIN, "Mirage et Illusionnisme"

Editor Lydia Harambourg

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Les Affiches de Grenoble et du Dauphiné

22/12/2006

Article : Jean ARCELIN, Peintures Récentes

Editor : Jean-Louis Roux

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La Gazette de l'Hôtel Drouot

30/06/2006

Article : Jean ARCELIN, "Capriccio"

Editor Lydia Harambourg

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Interview Jean Arcelin at Galerie 26, Paris - May 2023

Jean Arcelin

Extract from the preface written by Séverine Plat-Monin: Jean Arcelin is a Franco-Swiss painter born in Paris in 1962. Following his degree in Art History at the Sorbonne, he worked in a studio with masters who developed his taste for 17th and 18th century painting. He paints as an autodidact and exhibits since 1988 in many galleries in Paris, Switzerland and United States. Jean Arcelin considers painting as a dialogue with his contemporaries. Using all the references, not depriving himself, like the Baroques, of any effect, he makes the spectator travel in majestic or outdated places (creeks, alpine snows, libraries, crimson sofas …) Space and light are the keywords of this living painting executed with a rapid and spontaneous gesture. Figurative without complex, he defines himself as a painter of the imagination.

Editions des Falaises 2023

80 pages - 21 x 21 cm

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