Denis VURPILLOT (Born in Valentigney, 1938) - Lot 273

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Denis VURPILLOT (Born in Valentigney, 1938) - Lot 273
Denis VURPILLOT (Born in Valentigney, 1938) "Exoticism number 2", 1994 Pastel on canson signed lower right, titled and dated on the back on an artist's label. Annotation on back "133". 33 x 25 cm Provenance: artist's studio A student at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Besançon, Denis Vurpillot's teachers included Georges Oudot, Jean Ricardon and Jean Gilles. He taught visual arts for almost 35 years, all the while devoting himself to his art, with a first solo exhibition in Besançon in 1970, and some thirty exhibitions to his credit to date, both in the region and across France. Two retrospectives have been held, in 2000 and 2025. Denis Vurpillot's pictorial research leads him to exploit a variety of supports (canvas, cardboard, paper, wood...) and to use equally varied materials (acrylic, gouache, pastel, ink...), also exploring tapestry (made by the Aubusson weavers) and sculpture. Gestural graphics, tachism, calligraphy, writing, light, color, sometimes abstract, sometimes closer to poetic realism, his work is diverse, but carried out with one and the same purpose: to create a poetic and spiritual work. "Vurpillot's painting is a bit like trying to put reality into abstraction [...] Beyond these structural considerations, this painting emanates a beneficial, soothing, serene light, which is undoubtedly the radiance of Denis Vurpillot's faith." (L'Alsacien, June 29 1982, on the occasion of the artist's exhibition at Galerie Aktuaryus in Strasbourg). The ensemble we are offering at this auction is an opportunity to survey the work of Denis Vurpillot, from the 1970s to the 2000s. These works were kept in the studio for the foundation project, which unfortunately never came to fruition due to the death of its founder.
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