Nicolas de Staël, le combat avec l'ange, Parenthèses, Marseille, 2009
Marseille sous la neige (Marseilles under the snow) - 1954
La Seine à Paris - The Seine River in Paris - 1954
Le Concert - The Concert - 1955 (His last painting)
crédits photos :collection particulière cliché J. Hyde, ADAGP
Nicolas de Staël (Николай Владимирович Шталь фон Гольштейн) has always been my favourite painter. De Staël 's work was quickly recognised within the post-war art world, and he became one of the most influential artists of the 1950s. However, he moved away from abstraction in his later paintings, seeking a more "French" lyrical style, returning to representation (seascapes, footballers, jazz musicians, seagulls) at the end of his life. His painting style is characterized by a thick impasto showing traces of the brush and the palette knife, and by a division of the canvas into numerous zones of color (especially blues, reds and whites). His most well-known late paintings of beaches and landscapes are dominated by the sky and effects of light.
I just finished the fantastic book "Nicolas de Staël, le combat avec l'ange" published by Les Editions Parenthèses. A fantastic collection of correspondance and a beautiful narrative in which you learn a lot about the man behind the painter. You understand the peculiarity, the romanticism of his character and his destiny.
Si vous aimez de Staël et les âmes slaves, lisez-le, vous apprendrez beaucoup... sur la vie, sur l'art, sur le positionnement de l'homme dans son oeuvre... Une rare beauté qui dit "bonjour à votre émotion."
Merci ma presque homonyme !