Exhibitions/News
Yves Brayer (1907 - 1990)
October 18th - November 18th 2024
Oils - Watercolours - Inks
Publication of a book at Editions des Falaises - Volume 3
" YVES BRAYER -VOYAGES"
Préface by Jean-Louis Etienne..
This new exhibition dedicated to Travels at Galerie 26 will introduce you to other facets of the artist. It will be accompanied by the publication of the book “Yves Brayer – Voyages”, prefaced by Jean-Louis Etienne and published by Editions des Falaises. This last volume closes the trilogy “Yves Brayer – Un nouveau regard”, prefaced by Dominique Bona (2020) and “Yves Brayer - Provence, Camargue, Côte d'Azur, Cordes-sur-Ciel” prefaced by Patrick de Carolis (2022).
Yves Brayer, painter fascinated by Mediterranean light, great traveler, teaches us to look at the world and to preserve it in our memory. His thirst for discovery and travel leads him to visit Greece, Egypt, Iran, Israel as well as Mexico, United States, Japan and Russia. As a tireless draftsman, he never leaves his sketch pads of different sizes and witnesses the landscapes and atmospheres he passes through.
The famous painter Maurice Denis will say of him “the indisputable gifts of this artist, the sense of color and rare effect hardly agree with classical discipline and he does not seem concerned about it”. ../.. His travels are both an escape and a quest, he will explore, go back to the source of his inspirations. He had a fascination with Spain and then with Italy, which he discovered from the prestigious “base camp” that was the Villa Medici, the springboard to his fame (Extract from the preface by Jean-Louis Etienne).
Julian TAYLOR
January 8th - February 26th 2025
Recent works - Acrylics on canvas
Publication of the book “Julian TAYLOR” – Inventory à la Prévert” (Editions des Falaises)
On the occasion of the artist's 50 years of painting and the 40 years of GALERIE 26.