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 - river, countryside, or urban motifs - passing through the Oise valley, this tireless worker conveys to his canvases a balance achieved between vision, emotion, and the vibrations of light. His painting is thus akin - much to the chagrin of purists - to the Impressionist movement, particularly to the "style" of Camille Pissarro.

This member of the French artists, Grand Prix de Rome, holder of numerous international awards: Rome, Deauville, attended the Grande Chaumière Academy in Paris in his early days and was exhibited in many regional, Parisian, and international salons where he accumulated awards. Although he did not share the fate of Van Gogh, who was unnoticed during his lifetime, the radiance of his works has somewhat faded; to this, of course, there is no certainty, except for his stubbornness to remain his own master, not to identify with any movement, to stay on the sidelines. His work, indeed, resembles no other; one immediately recognizes a painting by this artist, and in each piece, one finds this sensitivity, this richness, this mobility, this sobriety that is uniquely his. For all these reasons, and of course, the dazzling beauty of his painting, we have no doubt that soon, the recognition he deserves - let’s not speak of value - will impose itself naturally among lovers of BEAUTY! Jean-Paul Ulysse passed away in 2011, at the age of 86, leaving an invaluable legacy to posterity.