Christoff DEBUSSCHERE : 2012 July 22-27

Oil : painting portrait and figure from life

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In this workshop that is for intermediate, advanced or professional students I would like to focus on the point that painting, according to Maurice Denis, is essentially an assembly of shapes and colors. I will teach you how to understand that instead of painting an eye, a nose or a mouth, you need to think in terms of geometrical shapes like a rectangle or a triangle and in terms of shadows and light.

Born in Paris in 1962, Christoff Debusschere started painting with his mother, the artist Nicole Lacombe. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Orléans and entered into to the School of Visual Art of Philippe Lejeune at Étampes. He was named Official Painter of the Air Force and Space in 1992, of the Navy in 1996 and of the Army in 1998. He has shown his work in many exhibitions and has received innumerable awards including the Gold and Silver Medals as well as the Taylor Prize award of the Salon des Artistes Français, the Prize of La Jeune Peinture of the Salon d'Automne and the Grand Prix of the Contemporary Art Show of Monaco, the Prize of the Ministry of Defense and the Air France Prize at the Salon des Peintres de l'Air et de l'Espace, in Bourget, 2003. Salons : Comparaisons, Automne. Galleries : Sibman and Frégnac in Paris, en Ré in Bois-Colombes, du Château in Auray, de l'Estuaire in Le Havre, des Sablons in Saint-Malo. Bibliography : Bénézit, Meyer, Pratique des Arts n°2 June-July 1995 p.42-49, Hors-Serie "The Portrait" 2000 p.38-45, n°45 July-August 2002 p.24-27, Hors-Serie Hors-Serie n°11 p.70-73 "Les grands peintres de la mer" 2007, Univers des Arts n°21 Feb 1997 p.36-37, n°31 April 1998 p.38-39, n°67 March 2002 p.36-37, n°79 May 2003 p.54-56, International Artist n°35 Feb-Mar 2004 p.24-31, "Vingt ans de Peinture" 2008 (GD).

The paintings of Debusschere are characterized by the quality of their brushstrokes that are at once dense, precise and direct. Inspired and poetic, his paintings leave us fascinated. The artist seizes his subject with enthusiasm, determination and a clear perception. He places lights accurately and with great assurance creating a mystery that arouses our emotions and captivates us.