acrylic/canvas
146 x 146 cm
signed and described on the reverse
Claire Pichaud (1935-2017)
French painter. She was interested in philosophy, spirituality and metaphysics. Music was very important to her, and in 1958 she released her first single "Il y eut un soir, il y eut un matin...". In addition to developing her passion for art, she was also involved in humanitarian causes. She often exhibited her paintings in hospitals, as she was convinced that art and colors could help the healing process.
She focused her artwork on creating a series of paintings. The first appeared between 1968 and 1970 and consisted of relief panels with excerpts from poems. After that, Claire began creating paintings on paper, later on canvas. They were characterized by shades of gray, brown and ochre. In 1971 one can see a strong turn towards abstraction. The artist paints geometric compositions inspired by Constructivism and Suprematism, referring to well-known artists, for example, in the painting "Hommage à Malevich" (Homage to Malevich). Over time, he abandoned geometric forms and experimented with color, which became the leitmotif, of subsequent series. After traveling to New York and coming into contact with the works of Jackson Pollock, Claire begins to paint more intuitively. An interest in chance in painting emerges, which causes her to change her painting tools from brushes to paint rollers. In 1990-1991, after the deaths of loved ones, the artist paints a new series " les suites saturniennes", which is dominated by dark colors. Symbols related to the cosmos and the signs of the zodiac also appear, resulting in a new series called "Signs of the Zodiac."
