FABIENNE DELACROIX
FABIENNE DELACROIX
R êves de P r i nt emps
axelle.com cover: Marché aux fleurs place de la Madeleine 21½” x 15” | opposite: French Riviera 18” x 15” | above: La barque bleue 5½” x 7” © 2015 Fabienne Delacroix
2 | L’heure bleue 5½” x 7”
La maison de campagne 5½” x 7” | 3
4 | Champ de fleurs à grasse 5½” x 7”
L’amandier en fleurs 19½” x 11”
6 | Ah la Provence! 8½” x 6½”
Bord de Marne 8½” x 10½” | 7
8 | Les Bostoniennes 7½” x 9½”
Les fleurs 6” x 8½” | 9
10 | Au jardin du Luxembourg 10½” x 13¾”
Notre-Dame depuis la place Saint-Michel 19½” x 25½” | 11
FA B IEN N E D EL A C RO IX Fabienne Delacroix, the youngest daughter of naïf master painter Michel Delacroix, is internationally celebrated for her charming and nostalgic depictions of the French country and seaside. Although her work can be linked stylistically to her father’s, she has certainly distinguished herself as a unique and talented artist in her own right. She has a mastery of light and color that is similar to that of French Impressionists. Until recently, Fabienne was known mainly for her seascapes and pastoral landscapes while her father was renowned for his Parisian cityscapes. However, at the end of 2014, Michel retired from painting and passed his legacy on to Fabienne who has now expanded her lists of subjects to include the streets of Paris. Like her father’s, Fabienne’s Paris is an older, simpler one with horse-drawn carriages filling the streets. Although she is now carrying on her father’s work, Fabienne continues to paint the French countryside, seaside and sometimes even Boston with her signature flair. She currently lives and works in Paris, France. Fabienne Delacroix’s subjects range from quiet, domestic interiors to convivial park scenes and serene rainy days to luminous seascapes and harbors; she offers views of the open-air market in France, New York’s own Central Park in autumn and children playing in the snow. Although the content varies greatly, all her works capture the spirit of the changing seasons in a simpler, quieter France of the past. Her pieces are at once playful, joyous and lyrical and her works are saturated with an undeniable love and admiration for the seasons she depicts and the people and families living in her little worlds. Born in 1972 to a family of artists, Fabienne was first exposed to art by her father, Michel Delacroix. At just ten years old, she exhibited her paintings for the first time at a gallery in Carmel, California; the show completely sold out. Since 1996 she has devoted herself entirely to painting. Since that time, she has had numerous successful exhibitions across the US and abroad.
12 | 14 Juillet 9½” x 7½”
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14 | Bastille day, vive la fête 18” x 18”
Sous la Tour Eiffel 5½” x 7” | 15
16 | Petit métier 8½” x 6½”
Après l’averse à la Concorde 8½” x 10½” | 17
18 | Soir tranquille sur les Champs Elysées 8½” x 10½”
Au Café de la paix 10½” x 13¾” | 19
20 | Les copains d’abord 18” x 15”
Place du Tertre après l’averse 15” x 18” | 21
22 | Premièrs jours du printemps 10½” x 13¾”
La grande famille 8½” x 10½” | 23
24 | Bords de Seine 10½” x 13¾”
Première neige aux Tuileries 10½” x 13¾” | 25
above: Premièr neige place de l’Etoile 15” x 18” 26 | Les vacances d’hiver 6½” x 8½”
back cover: Minuit à Montmartre 10½” x 8½”
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