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French artist Laurent Dauptain returns to Axelle Fine Arts Gallery (Soho NYC) this spring for a solo exhibition of all new paintings and drawings.
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L A U R E N T DA U P TA I N
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cover | Autoportrait (1599) 63¾” x 44¾” opposite | Autoportrait (1602) 51” x 38” above | Main et pinceau 24” x 18”
2 | Autoportrait (1662) 10½” x 13¾” Autoportrait (1570) 51” x 38” | 3
Autoportrait (1576) 57½” x 38” | 54 | Autoportrait (1611) 57½” x 38”
was born on March 25, 1961. A graduate of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1981) and the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs (1983), he
gained a master’s degree in Aesthetics in 1984. After years of painting self portraits from every perspective, he found his niche
painting large representations of his face. Although he continually paints the same face, the outcome is always unique. He experi-
ments with brush stroke, texture, palette and attention to details. At times, his compositions appear to be completely abstract,
but upon further examination, a face always emerges. Although known for his self portraits, Dauptain is very successful with other
genres. His landscapes and cityscapes are reminiscent of Hopper, yet Dauptain takes greater liberties with brush stroke to infuse
a sense of movement in the painting that can be linked to impressionism.
Since 1981, Dauptain has exhibited constantly and received numerous awards for his work, the most recent of which include the Grand
Prix of the Salon des Peintres de l’Armée (2003), the Taylor Prize (2001), and the gold medal of the Salon des Artistes Français (1997).
L A U R E N T D A U P T A I N
6 | Autoportrait (1612) 57½” x 44¾” Stop à Meatpacking 36” x 28¾” | 7
8 | Boutiques et reets 38” x 57½” Matin humide à Meatpacking 38” x 57½” | 9
Soho vu de haut 57½” x 38” | 1110 | Meatpacking vu du pont 36” x 28¾”
Anémones, fond gris 51” x 38” | 1312 | Portrait de vieillard, d’après Rembrandt 24” x 18”
The distinctiveness of my approach is rooted in the fact that portraiture has always been my preferred genre.
For practical reasons and for self-liberation, I was inspired to paint my own portrait most fre-quently. Therein results a series of more than two thousand self-portraits drawn or painted over the course of twenty-five years. This substantial quantity of work sparks my curiosity instead of satisfying it and I have never ceased searching for what the next version will re-semble. At the same time, this subject annuls itself by force of repetition. It is a pretext for continuously searching for new solutions, as much from the point of view of formal beauty as technical. Finally, it is the painting itself that is at the heart of my work.
I also paint still lives and landscapes; these play a role of “respiration” between two por-traits. For me, they are an opportunity to search for the evocation of profoundness while I wish that my faces “come forth.”
I devote myself to views of the coast and countryside as much as to more typical represen-tations of towns, factories, roads, automobiles – scenes that constitute our daily environ-ment, but still appear to me as a “field” to be discovered for the painters of today.
– Laurent Dauptain
14 | Tulipes, fond noir 23½” x 23½” Anémones, fond bleu 51” x 38” | 15
16 | Le peintre guitariste 57½” x 38” Le professeur 51” x 38” | 17
18 | Autoportrait (1600) 63¾” x 44¾” Autoportrait (1601) 63¾” x 44¾” | 19
20 | Autoportrait (1578) 76¾” x 51” Autoportrait (1585) 51” x 38” | 21Autoportrait (1484) 51” x 38”
22 |
©2014 Laurent Dauptain
SOLO EXHIBITIONS2013 Galerie Pierrick Touchefeu, Sceaux
2012 Axelle Fine Arts Galerie, New York
2Ol1 Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris
Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New York
Galerie Art du Temps, Cléon d’Andran
Galerie Patricia Oranin, Pont l’Abbé
Galerie Pierrick Touchefeu, Sceaux .
2010 Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris
Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New York
2009 Galerie Pierrick Touchefeu, Sceaux
Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New Orleans
Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, San Francisco
Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris
2008 Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New York
Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, Boston
Galerie Pierrick Touchefeu, Sceaux
2007 Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New York
Galerie Patricia Oranin, Pont l’Abbé
Galerie Art du Temps, Cléon d’Andran
2006 Galerie Apropos d’Art, Montreuil
2000 Galerie des Saints-Pères, Paris
1997 Galerie l0l, Antony
1996 Centre Culturel de Dourdan
1994 Galerie de la Fondation Taylor, Paris
Chapelle Marquelet de la Noue, Meaux
1988 Galerie Jan de Maere, Bruxelles
1987 Galerie Jan de Maere et Ozenne,Paris
1986 Galerie La Litote, Toulouse
1986 Galerie Oberlin, Strasbourg
1984 Galerie Michel Ozenne, Paris
1983 Galerie Peinture Fraîche, Paris
198l Galerie de la Maison des Beaux-Arts, Paris
GROUP EXHIBITIONS2012 “Drawing Now”, Lille Art Fair Comparaisons, Paris
2011 “Chic Dessin” Galerie Claudine Legrand Comparaisons, Paris
2010 “Chic Dessin” Comparaisons, Paris
2009 Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris
Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New York
Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, Boston
SLICK Paris - Comparaisons, Paris
2008 Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris
Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New Orleans
Galerie Bailly Contemporain, Paris
Lille Art Fair - Lille - Comparaisons, Paris
2007 Stâdtische Galerie, Rastatt
Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, NewYork
Salon Comparaisons, Paris
2004 Salon de Mai, Paris
1982-81 Musée d’Art Contemporain du Prince Murat, Nointel
1984 F.I.A.C. Galerie Jan de Maere, Paris
RECENT PUBLICATIONS2008 AZART (Septembre/Octobre ) - Vernissages (Juillet)
2009 PRATIQUES DES ARTS (Novembre)
2010 DAILYNEWS (Mai) - MIROIRDE L’ART (Mai)
2011 MIROIR DE L’ART (Décembre) - <<276 RENCONTRES
INSOLITES > éditions AZART - ( LE PORTRAIT DANS L’ART
CONTEMPORAIN) Editions PATOU)
LAURENT DAUPTAIN
Autoportrait (1669) 13¾” x 10½” | 23
Autoportrait (1615) 51” x 38”