Debré, Olivier, Untitled 5, 1988
1988
India ink on paper
115 x 78 cm
Signed by the artist lower right
“Debré is an impressionist, but an absolute one: asking nothing of painting other than to be present in the world. “I am what I see”: certainly! And ‘I am’ can be understood as referring to being as well as following.” Debré, Gravures 1990, Jean-Clarence Lambert.
About the author
Olivier Debré (1920-1999)
A major French painter on the art scene in the second half of the 20th century, Olivier Debré’s monumental, colorful, non-figurative work is an exact reflection of the way we experience reality. His vast canvases, composed of large swathes of fluid color, bring him closer to the “color-field painting” of American abstract expressionists such as Morris Louis and Clifford Still. His black-and-white etchings retain a very painterly feel.
