Impressionist painting by Jean-Paul Ulysse, Rome Prize, View of Hérouville (95)

  
Jean-Paul Ulysse 1925 - 2011 Prix de Rome - View of Hérouville-en-Vexin (Val d'Oise) Oil on canvas 2003. Provenance: Artist's studio fund. Expertise by Maître Martinot in Cergy (95). Signed at the bottom right. Titled and dated on the back.

From Auvers-sur-Oise to Pontoise - with river, rural, or urban motifs - passing through the Oise Valley, this tireless worker conveys in his canvases a balance achieved between vision, emotion, and the vibrations of light. His painting is akin to - much to the displeasure of purists - the Impressionist movement, particularly reminiscent of Camille Pissarro's "style.

" This member of the French artists' society, Grand Prix de Rome, graduated from major international awards: Rome, Deauville. He attended the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris in his early days and has been exhibited in numerous regional, Parisian, and international salons where he accumulated awards.

While he did not experience the fate of Van Gogh, who was unknown during his lifetime, the radiance of his works has indeed faded; to this, of course, there is no certainty, other than his stubbornness to remain his own master, to not identify with any movement, to stay on the margins. His work, in fact, is unlike any other; one immediately recognizes a painting by this artist, finding in each work that sensitivity, richness, mobility, and sobriety unique to him. For all these reasons and, of course, the striking beauty of his painting, we have no doubt that soon, the recognition he deserves - not to mention any value - will assert itself among lovers of BEAUTY! Jean-Paul Ulysse passed away in 2011, at the age of 86, leaving an invaluable legacy for posterity.