Cathelin, Bernard, Paravent, 1990
1990
Six lithographs on six panels,
169 x 309 cm
Numbered 9/100 lower left and signed by the artist lower right
Roses blanches pour Paris a delicate bouquet in the lower right-hand corner of the composition, symbolizing the artist’s homage to the capital.
The iconic monument invites itself into Bernard Cathelin’s work. This folding screen features two compositions: a color version and its counterpart, creating a poetic dialogue between the image and its negative. From the windows of his studio, Cathelin captures the majesty of Notre-Dame, bathed in light, in an intimate, luminous atmosphere.
About the author
Bernard Cathelin (1919- 2004)
Color is at the heart of Bernard Cathelin’s work. It is even the main subject. He doesn’t paint a bouquet of flowers, a woman or a landscape; he marries colors and tones according to strong contrasts or proximity. In his lithographs, he seeks to give his colors a density of material similar to that which characterizes his painting.
