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TALES OF MY VILLAGE An Exhibition of Drawings by

ANDRÉ MACK Saturday 18th ~ 31st October at

STUDIO 18 LTD 23a Beresford Street • St Helier • St Helier • JE2 4WN Tel: 01534-734920 website: www.studio18.co.uk

Tales of my Village ~ André Mack

André Mack is a well-known French artist whose links with Jersey began as a result of the illustration of a book of short stories by the French writer and historian Mathurin Monier (1901-1974). This book, a posthumous publication, was entitled “Contes de mon village” (Tales of my Village) and appeared in 1985 after the author’s daughter, Jersey-based Jenny Moore invited André Mack to illustrate her father’s work. The collaboration proved to be an instant success, and the book received high acclaim in France, and also enabled André Mack to further his career here in Jersey through multiple exhibitions on the island.

André Mack’s illustrations in “Contes de mon village” are all sanguine pastels which are entirely based upon the Breton countryside and village life of Yvignac, a quaint village situated a short drive away from Dinan. Each picture was produced in tandem with the themes of each story in the book of which only a handful of limited edition (individually numbered) copies now remain.

Tales of my Village ~ André Mack

Dovecote ~ Coëtcouvran Manor

The Old Granite Cottage

Tales of my Village ~ AndrĂŠ Mack

Waiting for Spring

Summer

Tales of my Village ~ AndrĂŠ Mack

Farmhouses ~ Yvignac

The Water Mill

Tales of my Village ~ AndrĂŠ Mack

The Pond

The Forge

Tales of my Village ~ André Mack

The Old Prison House ~ Yvignac

La Croix des Chats Bottés

Tales of my Village ~ AndrĂŠ Mack

Breton Hamlet

Breton Cider Cellar

Tales of my Village ~ André Mack

La Chapelle de Lannouée

Silence of the Forest

Tales of my Village ~ AndrĂŠ Mack

Cottage in the Hamlet

Interior of Yvignac Church

Tales of my Village ~ AndrĂŠ Mack

The Yew Tree ~ Yvignac

Sunday School

Studio 18 Ltd Forthcoming Exhibitions

1st ~ 15th November • Martin Bullivant • ‘Dreaming Shores’ 17th November ~ 24th December • Gallery Artists • Christmas Show