Jean Louis Dubuc’s work is remarkable for its brilliant composition, color and spontaneous brush stroke. With a rich and warm palette, the artist takes pleasure in painting romantic scenes from a bygone era, whether cafés with bustling waiters, a day at the races, or elegant women reading by a window. The artist never gets lost in the detail, but through deft brushwork, expressive movement and striking use of color, he creates the illusion of a scene which is both entirely believable and whimsical.
Dubuc, born in 1946, trained at the Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux and Paris and then became an apprentice for Monsieur Marty, the set designer for Grand Theatre of Paris and Bordeaux. Despite his formal training, Dubuc is an instinctive painter, who sketches his subjects numerous times in charcoal before committing paint to canvas. He seems to have condensed years of training, and years of studying art into simple gestures that belie the sophisticated nature of his work.
Dubuc held his first exhibit at an avant-garde gallery in Bordeaux when he was seventeen years old. He finished his studies in Bordeaux, and won the prestigious 1st prize for painting in 1969. His work caught on quickly, and he began to exhibit in Paris, followed by Tokyo, Los Angeles, Singapore, London and New York. In 1990, the Rodin Museum bought one of his drawings, and he now has paintings in cities in museums around the world. In 1993, he won the top award at the International Biennale of Los Angeles. In 1995, he won first prize at the International Art Expo in Osaka Japan. In 1997 he received the Medaille d’Or de la Ville de Paris. |
