Debré, Olivier, Untitled 7, 1988
1988
India ink on paper
78 x 115 cm
Signed by the artist lower right
This work differs from the previous ones in that it is perhaps more figurative. The petals of a flower seem to unfurl amid invasive vegetation. The shapes are rounder, less extended in the verticality of the paper.
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.
