Anne Francey Paintings
Swiss, b. 1956
Anne Francey returns to the gallery exhibiting selections from both past and current work. Trained as a painter, Francey added ceramic to her studio practice after developing a love and fascination for the ceramic tiles and infinite design that adorn houses and interiors in Tunisia, spending a year at the National Center of Ceramics of Tunis. Arabesques, this endless flow of lines inspired by vegetal forms typical of Islamic art, has translated onto her recent work in the form of simply choreographed lines resembling seed pods, bramble and flowering buds. In her 1988 Flower series, Francey captured the delicate essence of her natural model through vivid movements of paint and animated marks of red and black charcoal on paper and canvas. So simple in their approach, the seemingly effortless designs owe their appearance to the liberated approach Francey takes with the application of her medium. In more recent work, Francey continues the free-hand aesthetic with her work on paper series entitled, Seismography.
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Artist: Anne Francey
Instead (Colorful Gestural Geometric Abstract Painting on Panel)
By Anne Francey
Located in Hudson, NY
Colorful abstract painting with geometric details in bright hues of blue, red, green, and yellow, against a black background
"Instead", painted by Anne Francey in 2017
Mixed media on Masonite
10 x 10 x 2 inches, sides reveal raw wood
Excellent condition, signed verso
Ready to hang
Anne Francey has been working with subject matter inspired by nature for most of her artistic career. Since the pandemic, this focus has become ever more apparent as her new acrylic paintings on paper demonstrate her intuitive process of reinterpreting literal subjects like leaves, flowers, birds, or bugs into vibrant worlds of layered color. She begins by drawing from life but then allows fluctuating colors, traces of the hand, and evidence of the physical medium to be introduced as the composition evolves and finds its final imprint on the surface. The spontaneity of her process welcomes the unknown, she explains: “The things that moved me first…might have become by now just a faint whispering. But I know that a story is being told, even if I don’t understand yet all the words.”
About the artist:
Anne Francey was born in 1956 in Grandson, Switzerland. She attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne (ECBA) from 1976 to 1981, where she received a diploma of Fine Arts in painting. In 1981, she moved to New York where she attended the School of Visual Arts and the graduate program of Fine Arts at Hunter College. She graduated in 1987 with a Master of Fine Arts (MFA).
EDUCATION
1983-1987 Hunter College: Master of Fine Arts, New York
EXHIBITIONS (Most recent)
2021 Le Comptoir des Motifs, Artefactory, Geneva, Switzerland, fabric design, group show
2018 Eric Laffer Gallery, Upstate Invitational, 3 person show, Schuylerville, NY
The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Configurations, one person show, Troy, NY
Carrie Haddad gallery, Ebb and Flow, Hudson, NY
Saratoga Arts, Then and Now, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
2017 Byrdcliffe Kleinert/James Center, The Ritual of Construction, group show, Woodstock, NY
Carrie Haddad gallery, Summer, group show
Thompson Giroux gallery, En Masse, group show
Eric Laffer gallery, Winter Show, Schuylerville, NY
2016 Saratoga Arts, 30th Anniversary Invitational, Saratoga Springs, NY
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Summer Color, Hudson, NY
Laffer Gallery, 5th Annual Juried Group Show, Schuylerville, NY
2015 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Paper, group show, Hudson, NY
2014 Luminarté, Contemporary Islamic Art, group show, Dallas, TX
Spring Street Gallery, Where are you from? 3 persons show, Saratoga Spgs, NY
Albany Institute of History and Art, Mohawk Hudson Regional, group show NY
Albany International Airport, Natural Gestures, 3 persons show Albany, NY
Laffer Gallery, Winter show, Schuylerville, NY
COMMUNITY MURALS, GRANTS, RESIDENCIES, SYMPOSIUMS,
2021 Community Mural United Nations International school, NY “The Year that Zoomed by”
2020 Fulbright U.S. Scholar award 2020-2021 (travel postponed to 2021-2022)
2019 1001 Hands (“1001 Mains”) Concept, design and direction of a 150 sqft community ceramic mural with 600 participants, Ibn Rachiq Art Center,Tunis, Tunisia. Funded through the US Embassy and the Swiss Embassy in Tunis.
Colors of the City, Wall Ceramic and Architecture in Tunis, International symposium, Tunis/Tunisia
1997- 2018 Artist in residence at various schools for the creation of community murals
2018 Bir-el Bey...
Category
2010s Contemporary Anne Francey Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Mixed Media
Transformations (Large Modern Abstract Painting in Bold Colors)
By Anne Francey
Located in Hudson, NY
Horizontal abstract acrylic painting on canvas in colorful hues of periwinkle blue, red, golden yellow, peach, black and green.
40 x 84 inches unframed
This contemporary abstract ...
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1990s Abstract Anne Francey Paintings
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Birds & Geometry, No. 1: Abstract Ceramic Work on Panel, Black Birds & Blue Tile
By Anne Francey
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract ceramic wall sculpture on panel of black birds and mosaic blue and teal tile
13 x 13 inches
Earthenware, ceramic glazes on panel
This contemporary ...
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2010s Abstract Anne Francey Paintings
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Ceramic, Glaze, Mixed Media
Configurations #2 (Abstract Ceramic Tile Painting in Teal, Green and Black)
By Anne Francey
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract ceramic tile painting of striped and polka dot teal birds against a black background with teal and green mosaic accents.
18 x 18 inches...
Category
2010s Abstract Anne Francey Paintings
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze, Mixed Media
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Anne Francey paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Anne Francey paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of paintings to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of red, blue and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Anne Francey in paint, paper, mixed media and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Anne Francey paintings, so small editions measuring 10 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Allyson Levy, Orazio De Gennaro, and Ludimilla Moshek. Anne Francey paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,400 and tops out at $7,200, while the average work can sell for $3,000.