Frédéric Brandon (born in 1943)
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We get it: this valiant octogenarian is a storyteller. A figurative painter, lithographer and engraver, he throws onto the canvas the passers-by, objects, landscapes or adventures he encounters… Passers-by, objects, landscapes or adventures that he never fails to translate into multiple colours, with a joy that is contagious. Because that is what this representative of the fine French tradition is: a happy designer, capable of making people happy! An artist of remarkable skill that art historian Jean-Luc Chalumeau likes to rank in the wake of the giants of Figuration narrative. However, this is a restrictive classification: Frédéric Brandon prefers the idea of being free. Free to paint red, green or blue cows. Free to stretch its twilight hours endlessly. Free to make his painting felt by others. As Robert Bonaccorsi, another art critic, wrote: “Frédéric Brandon is a master.”
So good a master that the Centre Cristel Éditeur d’Art in Saint-Malo, to celebrate its tenth anniversary, has decided to devote a fervent retrospective to him in April 2024. A firework. With sixty works!
C. P.