Man with Back View 2004 51x37 - Huge

Year2004

Hand SignedOn Verso 

Condition Excellent 

Not FramedCanvas on Stretcher Bars 

Purchased fromPrivate Collector 2004 

Provenance / HistoryCommissioned art. Recalls -Leonardo da Vinci, Vitruvian Man- the ideal man 

Story / Additional InfoAfter an initial career as an illustrator and photographer in advertising, she turned to painting to reinvent portraiture.-She reproduces the human face with a razor-sharp, slashed knife. The bursts of life that emerge from her paintings are born of hand-to-hand combat with the canvas.Color is hurled like a projectile. Its energy gives each stroke the intensity of a sonic vibration. The splashes of paint are musical touches, as dissonant and noisy as life itself. But in the space of the painting, they harmonize into a single timbre that gives each face its soul.Noted for her incredible dexterity in handling knives and oil paint, Françoise Nielly’s portraits, each from a different angle, but repeated over and over again, expose the violent face of life. 

Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage 

LID158077

Francoise Nielly - France

Art Brokerage: Francoise Nielly French Artist: b. 1960. Françoise Nielly's portraiture combines photorealistic figuration with abstract painting techniques to create rich textural images infused with a Pop art sensibility. Nielly builds her images layer by layer, adding thick slashes of fluorescent color and scraping away sections to add shade and dimension to her figures without using a single flesh tone. Her abstracted portraits display clear influences from cubism, expressionism, fauvism, and street art, while her use of color to deconstruct faces can be compared to works by Francis Bacon and Jenny Saville. Nielly studied at the École Superieure D'art & De Design Marseille-Méditerranée and worked in advertising and photography before becoming a painter. Her works have been exhibited across Europe and the United States and reside in numerous private collections around the world. Nielly is a recognizable cultural figure in France and has collaborated with brands such as Citroën, Orly, and Givenchy. Listings wanted.