SUMMER REVERIES June 4 to August 30th, 2013
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Foreword Anderson Galleries first introduced our clients to the paintings of Do Fournier in 2007. The response was overwhelmingly positive and we are very pleased to revisit her work now in a more comprehensive exhibition that reveals the many facets of this talented artist. Fournier creates fantastic, colorful and intimate works drawn from the environs of her home in France that overlooks the sea. Her daughters, grandchildren, pets and fascinating collection of rugs, textiles and objects are her primary subjects and inspiration. The figures are often in repose or engaged in the simple pleasures of everyday life. In the tradition the Nabis artists Maurice Denis, Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard she transforms these domestic interiors into paintings that are truly extraordinary; an eccentric yet beguiling world of her own imagination. As the noted French critic Gerard Xuriguera has observed: “Her approach in an uneasy society is not to describe it’s pain but the potential it still has for joy, it’s fragile moments of charm and peacefulness stolen from a routine existence. To do this she expresses reality in its most intimate, sensual, peaceful and carnal form. Not as imitation but as a vision filtered through her observations and cast in the exuberance of her blazing colours. What she is trying to capture is fleeting emotion, to immobilize it and express it as simply as possible. Here, as Pierre Bonnard puts it, “emotion springs up in its time. The shock is instantaneous, often unexpected”. Above all a painter of atmospheres, the art of Do Fournier occasionally takes on a baroque air laden with mixtures of color, graphical convolutions, objects negligently arranged, bodies in a state of abandonment that take us to the heart of a universe half way between dreams and the familiar. In filigree we find traces of the Nabis in the stylization of form and movement, surfaces of contrasting colours and the kitschy surroundings. We are not looking here at some melancholy representation but one that is refreshing and greedy for life.” We invite you to view Do Fournier, Summer Reveries from June 4th ~ August 30th, 2013. Summer hours are Monday-‐Friday, 11-‐5 or by appointment. Joyce and Kevin Anderson
Do Fournier was born in the ancient town of Guerande, Brittany, France. She began her career as a successful illustrator and turned easel paintings of her own subjects in 1984. Fournier has exhibited in numerous prestigious international exhibitions and has been featured at the Salon d’Automne, Paris. Select exhibitions:
1984-‐85-‐86: Exhibition of gouaches and acrylics Guérande 1988: Exhibitions: Galerie Ariane La Baule -‐ Galerie de l’Atelier Toulouse – Galerie Antarès Nantes 1989: Galerie Esclarmonde La Baule -‐ Galerie Septentrion Marcq en Bareul 1990: Mai des Avens Quimperlé -‐ Festival de l’art in Tolosie 1991: Galerie Esclarmonde La Baule 1992: Exhibition Galerie CCC Paris 1993: Galerie Norina Nori Toulouse 1994: Galerie Esclarmonde La Baule 1995: Exhibitions Nantes et Pont-‐Aven -‐ Biennale “Classic V” in Belgium 1996: SIAC ART Strasbourg 96 with Galerie M.C. Goinard – Exhibition Hôtel Royal-‐Thalasso La Baule with Galerie M.C. Goinard 1997: Exhibitions in Belgium -‐ Salon Classic, Biennale internationale of Courtrai -‐ Salon ‘’Itinéraires’’ à Paris 1998: Exhibition Gand (Belgium) -‐ Décoration Paquebot ‘’Le Ponant’’ 1999: Exhibition Galerie M.C. Goinard La Baule – Salon d'Automne Paris 2000: Exhibition Galerie M.C. Goinard Paris -‐ Salon d'Automne Paris where she received the Fondation Taylor’s award 2001: Participation at the Biennale of 109 and Salon d'Automne Paris – Honor’s guest at Salon d'Art of Le Chesnay (France) 2002:Salon d'Automne Paris -‐ Salon of 109 Béziers 2003 : Exhibition : Salon d'Automne Paris 2004: Salon d'Automne Paris,Espace Culturel Croix Baragnon Toulouse 2005 : Salon Viroflay -‐ Salon d'Automne Paris 2006 : Salon de Metz -‐ International Art Fair of Shanghai and International Art Fair of Canton(Chine),Salon d'Automne Paris 2007-‐2012 : Centre Culturel Athanor Guérande, Arténim Grenoble, Lille Art Fair, Hôtel Marceau Bastille Paris
1.
Devant la maison (At the Front Door) Oil on canvas, 45 x 47 inches $12,500.00
2.
Livre ouvert (The Open Book) Oil on canvas, 23 x 23 inches $6,200.00
3.
Brise du Soir (Evening Breeze) Oil on canvas, 40 x 40 inches $9,850.00
4.
Le Hamac (The Hammock) Oil on canvas, 40 x 40 inches $9,850.00
5.
Le Phare (The Lighthouse) Oil on canvas, 40 x 40 inches $9,850.00
6 a.
Ouverture sur la terrasse , diptych (left) (Opening on the Terrace) Oil on canvas, 51 x 38 inches
6 b. Ouverture sur la terrasse, diptych (right) (Opening on the Terrace) Oil on canvas, 51 x 38 inches (51 x 78 inches combined) $24,000.00, the pair
7. Salon et terrasse (Lounge and Terrace) Oil on canvas, 38 x 64 inches $12,500.00
8.
Les Pintades The Hens Oil on canvas, 57 x 45 inches $12,500.00
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Le gouter sur l’herbe (Picnic on the Grass) Oil on canvas, 40 x 40 inches $9,850.00
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La boite a bijoux (The Jewelry Box) Oil on canvas, 40 x 40 inches $9,850.00
11.
Paysage (The Landscape) Oil on canvas, 31 x 31 inches $7,500.00
12.
Les Mouettes (The Seagulls) Oil on canvas, 51 x 37 inches $11,500.00
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Sieste (The Nap) Oil on canvas, 31 x 31 inches $7500.00
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Terrasse au bord du fleuve (River Terrace) Oil on canvas, 38 x 51 inches $11,500.00
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