Jean-Pierre Rives

Oxydation II

2021

Born 1952, Saint Simon, France Jean-Pierre Rives is an internationally renowned sculptor, and painter, as well as a Hall of Fame rugby player. After retiring from rugby in the early 1980s, he discovered the work of sculptor Albert Feraud. Discussions with the artist inspired him to pursue his own art practice, working scraps of abandoned steel into fluid, curvaceous forms. In his frequently monumental work, the softness of the curve is juxtaposed against the hardness of the material. Rives says about his practice, "I always seek to bring 'lightness' to the ‘heavy'; romanticism and poetry to the rigid; and sculpt an industrial masterpiece that harnesses innovation with energy. My sculptures are pieces of reality: their rust marks a measure of time, honouring the past while celebrating the future." Rives has exhibited his work in galleries, museums, and public spaces around the world including the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris (an honour previously held exclusively by Rodin), Sculpture by the Sea (a renowned international public sculpture...

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Polymer and acrylic spray on canvas Unique & hand signed work Gérard Pairé is a French autodidact artist born in 1950 who lives & works in Saint Martin-aux-Buneaux, Seine-Maritime ...

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Artist: Laszlo Dus – Hungarian/American (1941- ) Title: Repules XVI Year: 1988 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 16 x 12 inches Framed size: 24 x 20 inches Signature: Signed lower right Condition: Very good. Frame in fair/poor condition This abstract oil on canvas painting is by the well-known Hungarian/ American artist Laszlo Dus (1941-). The painting is in very good condition. The frame is in fair/poor condition. The linen inner mat is stained and should be replaced. The very nice silver wooden frame has a chip on the right bar near the bottom. There is also a tiny chip in the lower left corner. Please see pictures. The painting is signed in the lower right. On the reverse is information about this painting and some biographical information about Dus. Laszlo Dus (Born 1941) Laszlo Dus was considered a brilliant young artist behind the Iron Curtain before moving to the United States at the age of thirty-three, having already exhibited in France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Holland. Dus' achievements and abilities have been recognized across the U.S., where his works have found a place in many major collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY), The National Gallery of Fine Arts (Washington, D.C.), the Chicago Art Institute and the Detroit Institute of Arts. 1941 Born in Zalaegerszeg on July 15th 1956-60 Attended the Fine Art High School, Budapest 1962-67 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, pupil of Aurel Bernath, Budapest 1967 Director of the Town Art Program at the Town Council, Zalaegerszeg 1968 Founder of the Egervár Artists’ Colony 1971 Study trip to the USA 1974 Emigration to the USA 1976 Artist–in–Residence at Clarion State College 1977-92 Association with Park West Galleries, Detroit 1992 Organization of the Kunst Atelier International, Cleveland 1993-99 Association with AL Galerie, Stuttgart 1999 Settled in Los Angeles as well as in Budapest, Százados út Artist Colony Collections (selected) Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (USA) Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit (USA) Flint Institute of Arts, Flint (USA) Library of Congress, Washington D. C. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NASA Space...