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ALAIN ROUSSEAU

Lives and works in Lille, France
http://paint-arousseau.com/

I baptized my style “chromobscur”; This word is based on two
elements: The first, the background, inspired by the Spanish and
Flemish painters of the 16th century including chiaroscuro, is dark
and not figurative. For the second, I use bright or even violent
colors recalling the ways of Impressionism and Cubism to shake
the conventions. During my studies, I was also influenced by the
history of art, architecture as well as by my cinema courses and
some cult films such as: “Stage coach” by John Ford, “Le Cuirassé
Potemkine» (Bronenosets Potyomkin) by Sergei Eisenstein; “The
Seven Samurai” by Akira Kurosawa, films of which I have studied
a lot the framing and the plans, the light and the grammar of the
cinema of which I draw inspiration for the creation of my paintings.
I am also conditioned by my professional experience acquired in
television studios, on film sets, during photo sessions, multimedia,
journalism and advertising in general. My paintings focus on the
psychology of the painted subject rendered by briI sometimes
think of a person whose characteristics I project in the rooster I
paint because they have a similar profile. (except)

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