There, the cliffs of Varengeville, sometimes white as alabaster, sometimes dark, revealing a sea with changing reflections in the distance. Here, a pristine sandy beach on the edge of the Mediterranean, with rocks emerging from the middle of the water. Here again, other seascapes, where red, ocher and yellow minerals, like an incandescent planet, contrast with a dazzling blue. And this light, seeping through the skylight of a rock, so well sketched by the painter that it seems to dazzle us.
These are some of the paintings that were exhibited throughout the month of March at the La Forest Divonne gallery, rue des Beaux-Arts, in Paris. This is where we meet Guy de Malherbe. With a Hollington jacket and scarf around his neck - a somewhat caricatured uniform for the artist - he presents his exhibition called “Rivages”, a recurring theme in his work since the start of his career, almost forty years ago.
“I feel first”
“I always do it the same way. I'm wondering a few...
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