Lelia Pissarro
dal 6/12/2004 al 8/1/2005
Segnalato da
6/12/2004
Lelia Pissarro
Stern Pissarro Gallery, London
Four Seasons of the Mind. A Series of Snow Paintings. In contrast to the Impressionists who were mainly concerned with capturing one subject in changing atmospheres and lights, something that could only be achieved by painting outdoors, Lelia has created all the variations of the one subject in her studio and through her own imagination.
'Four Seasons of the Mind
A Series of Snow Paintings'
Painted since the age of 4.
Educated by her grandfather Paulémile and her father H.Claude Pissarro (both artists), nothing in Lélia’s life could prepare her for a fight against breast cancer last year.
After an 18 month break from painting, one simple image captured her imagination; a photograph taken in the 1950’s by her grand-father, Paulémile Pissarro, of two houses on a road under snow at Clécy in Suisse Normandy, France. Lelia started to paint this scene over and over, exploring the almost endless possibilities of variation in colour and light. Painting in a much looser manner than she had adopted in the past, and using a variety of formats and media, the results are quite surprising.
Quoting Lélia:
Today I feel free enough to dare painting an orange or red snow, and it is a revolution.
However, the “atmosphere†that the difference in colours may create is absolutely NOT of interest to me.
My concern actually lies in discovering freedom as well as pleasure in art.
Nature is like a human being with a personality that changes his mood
In contrast to the Impressionists who were mainly concerned with capturing one subject in changing atmospheres and lights, something that could only be achieved by painting outdoors, Lélia, who has an extreme dislike of painting outside and in public, has created all the variations of the one subject in her studio and through her own imagination.
This powerful series, which will include some loaned works, will be on show for the first time at Stern Pissarro Gallery at 46 Ledbury Road, Notting Hill.
In the image: 'Kalia's series - Summer: Elise's Phoenix'.
Stern Pissarro Gallery
46 Ledbury Road London W11 2AB
Gallery Hours: 10.00-18.00 (Monday-Saturday)