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Damien HERMELLIN: portrait of a seated man
framed oil on canvas, 1984
dimensions: 55 cm x 46 cm
Visible in Montauban by appointment only
In 1962, Damien Hermellin moved to Paris, where he attended classical and jazz dance classes regularly. He observed dancers during rehearsals and created drawings, paintings, and bronze sculptures with a brown patina for the Dance School of the Paris Opera. "I am a sculptor who draws; I study movement; I am fascinated by dance. I have created numerous costumes for major productions. I am 76 years old, and I chose to settle in Montauban. I spent 50 years in Paris, and I was fed up. I have very fond memories of Montauban in the 80s thanks to the dance festival created by Alain Marty. Then I became friends with François-Henri Soulié. He made me love and discover the city." François-Henri talks about Hermellin's work: "It begins with a hanging. The sculptor raises a small gallows to which the yet-to-be-born figurine will hang, as if the future lightness, the rise of the coming character, should not spring from the ground but rather give the impression of descending from the sky. Hermellin's bronze dancers seem to come from the invisible, suddenly appearing in the metal that reveals them."
framed oil on canvas, 1984
dimensions: 55 cm x 46 cm
Visible in Montauban by appointment only
In 1962, Damien Hermellin moved to Paris, where he attended classical and jazz dance classes regularly. He observed dancers during rehearsals and created drawings, paintings, and bronze sculptures with a brown patina for the Dance School of the Paris Opera. "I am a sculptor who draws; I study movement; I am fascinated by dance. I have created numerous costumes for major productions. I am 76 years old, and I chose to settle in Montauban. I spent 50 years in Paris, and I was fed up. I have very fond memories of Montauban in the 80s thanks to the dance festival created by Alain Marty. Then I became friends with François-Henri Soulié. He made me love and discover the city." François-Henri talks about Hermellin's work: "It begins with a hanging. The sculptor raises a small gallows to which the yet-to-be-born figurine will hang, as if the future lightness, the rise of the coming character, should not spring from the ground but rather give the impression of descending from the sky. Hermellin's bronze dancers seem to come from the invisible, suddenly appearing in the metal that reveals them."
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#343962
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Damien HERMELLIN: portrait of a seated man
framed oil on canvas, 1984
dimensions: 55 cm x 46 cm
Visible in Montauban by appointment only
In 1962, Damien Hermellin moved to Paris, where he attended classical and jazz dance classes regularly. He observed dancers during rehearsals and created drawings, paintings, and bronze sculptures with a brown patina for the Dance School of the Paris Opera. "I am a sculptor who draws; I study movement; I am fascinated by dance. I have created numerous costumes for major productions. I am 76 years old, and I chose to settle in Montauban. I spent 50 years in Paris, and I was fed up. I have very fond memories of Montauban in the 80s thanks to the dance festival created by Alain Marty. Then I became friends with François-Henri Soulié. He made me love and discover the city." François-Henri talks about Hermellin's work: "It begins with a hanging. The sculptor raises a small gallows to which the yet-to-be-born figurine will hang, as if the future lightness, the rise of the coming character, should not spring from the ground but rather give the impression of descending from the sky. Hermellin's bronze dancers seem to come from the invisible, suddenly appearing in the metal that reveals them."
framed oil on canvas, 1984
dimensions: 55 cm x 46 cm
Visible in Montauban by appointment only
In 1962, Damien Hermellin moved to Paris, where he attended classical and jazz dance classes regularly. He observed dancers during rehearsals and created drawings, paintings, and bronze sculptures with a brown patina for the Dance School of the Paris Opera. "I am a sculptor who draws; I study movement; I am fascinated by dance. I have created numerous costumes for major productions. I am 76 years old, and I chose to settle in Montauban. I spent 50 years in Paris, and I was fed up. I have very fond memories of Montauban in the 80s thanks to the dance festival created by Alain Marty. Then I became friends with François-Henri Soulié. He made me love and discover the city." François-Henri talks about Hermellin's work: "It begins with a hanging. The sculptor raises a small gallows to which the yet-to-be-born figurine will hang, as if the future lightness, the rise of the coming character, should not spring from the ground but rather give the impression of descending from the sky. Hermellin's bronze dancers seem to come from the invisible, suddenly appearing in the metal that reveals them."
Réf :
#343962
