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bazevianFrench School Coffee in Provence Un café en Provence - Chut les Barbizons!2025
2025
$2,153.58
£1,607.80
€1,800
CA$2,966.71
A$3,255.05
CHF 1,714.60
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NOK 21,963.88
SEK 20,056.02
DKK 13,716.69
About the Item
Café in Provence
Two women enjoying a coffee in Provence Sorority
Technique: oil, acrylics and ink on canvas 80x80cm ■■ 31,5x31,5 inch
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This painting offers a vivid, celebratory vision of Mediterranean life, executed with a bold palette and a strong sense of atmosphere. The composition depicts two elegant women seated at a café table outdoors, framed by a brightly painted Provençal house with climbing flowers, blue shutters, and an inviting garden. The setting immediately evokes the warmth and color of southern France, where architecture, nature, and human presence merge into an expression of conviviality and aesthetic pleasure.
The composition is carefully structured around contrasts and balance. The artist places the two women at the center, grounding the scene with their symmetrical yet differentiated presence. One wears a red dress, the other a blue-and-white striped one—echoing the warm and cool contrasts that dominate the painting as a whole. Their gazes, calm but direct, establish an intimate connection with the viewer, inviting us into their shared moment. Above them, a parasol painted in rhythmic yellow and turquoise stripes provides a visual anchor that radiates energy and ties the figures to their environment. The house behind them, painted in fiery orange with blue shutters, provides the dominant chromatic field. Its geometry contrasts with the organic forms of the lush foliage, roses, and the pool’s shimmering surface.
Color is the essence of this work. The artist embraces high saturation, employing bold reds, oranges, and yellows for warmth, counterbalanced by cool blues and greens. The intensity of the palette goes beyond naturalistic representation, creating instead a heightened, almost dreamlike atmosphere. The complementary opposition of orange walls and turquoise water exemplifies the artist’s sensitivity to color harmony. This vibrancy recalls elements of Fauvism, particularly the works of Henri Matisse or André Derain, where color was liberated from natural constraints to become the primary vehicle of expression.
Brushwork is direct, confident, and textured. Rather than blending softly, the artist employs visible strokes that enhance the energy of the scene. The foliage is depicted through quick dabs of green and red, suggesting roses without overly defining them. The figures are more detailed, especially in their faces and clothing, though even here the painter avoids hyperrealism. The result is an expressive balance between figuration and painterly freedom, allowing the viewer to feel both the liveliness of the environment and the elegance of the subjects.
Symbolically, the work carries multiple resonances. The setting in front of a Provençal villa, with its climbing flowers and bright shutters, evokes the tradition of the Mediterranean as a place of leisure, beauty, and artistic inspiration. The two women, poised between elegance and relaxation, can be read as embodiments of modern femininity, confident, stylish, and contemplative. Their presence at the café table, with coffee cups as central motifs, suggests themes of companionship, conversation, and the shared rituals of everyday life. Coffee, often symbolic of pause and exchange, deepens the sense of intimate sociability conveyed by the scene. The parasol above them further symbolizes protection, shade, and conviviality, while also serving as a compositional device that ties together the figures and the house.
The spatial construction of the painting enhances its narrative quality. The perspective draws the viewer into the courtyard, guiding the eye from the figures in the foreground to the stairs and window in the background. The pathway and greenery encourage a visual journey into the scene, making the viewer feel as if they could step into this sunlit moment. The reflections of the pool on the lower right introduce fluidity, a reminder of the freshness and relaxation associated with water, complementing the fiery heat of the walls.
Overall, this painting celebrates joie de vivre through its luminous palette, confident brushwork, and harmonious composition. It is not simply a depiction of two women at a café, but a richly layered evocation of Mediterranean life where color, warmth, and human connection converge. By blending Fauvist exuberance with figurative intimacy, the artist has created a work that radiates both aesthetic pleasure and symbolic depth. It stands as a vibrant homage to the art of living, one that invites the viewer to pause, reflect, and share in the atmosphere of Provençal charm.
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Bazévian Delacapucinière is a French artist whose works have appeared in numerous exhibitions and publications in Europe, America and Asia.
My work focuses on oxidized images from the collective memory of the 20th century. According to Aristotle, from memory to reminiscence, it is necessary to reactivate images through the imagination to know their sensitive power. Consequently, the gaze (of portraits) becomes power, texture becomes light. Finally, this transposition of images becomes my individual memory.
- Creator:bazevian
- Creation Year:2025
- Dimensions:Height: 31.5 in (80 cm)Width: 31.5 in (80 cm)Depth: 1.46 in (3.7 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Zofingen, CH
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2203217164972
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