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Lavender & Daisies |

LeMarche de St. Remy |

Red & Yellow Poppies |

Beach Walk |

Vinyard in Fall |

Village View |

Coastal Vista |

Cypress Beach |

Evening Olive Trees |

Launch Time |

Vue de Mer |

Port Grimaud |

Bay of Olives |

Cliff Path |

Carmel Sunset |
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LOUIS MAGRE
French
Born 1955 in France, Magre grew up in a culture of art.
He first studied drawing and architecture before becoming more passionately
involved in the world of art.
After nudes and charcoal sketches he turned to Impressionism,
following in the foot steps of Masters like Monet, Pissaro, Seurat, and
Sisley. Initially Magres work concentrated on light, today he is
recognized for his use of substance and relief.
The beautiful atmospheres to be found in Touraine and Normandy
are his main preoccupation. There, he discovers the intricacies of light
as it dances through the trees and its intense aquatic reflections. Magre
captures the mood like no other painter. Guided by Yves Brayer, employing
the techniques of Impressionism, and inspired by the scenery, Magre has
developed a style of painting all his own. A style of painting that so
vividly captures color, light, emotion, and beauty of the region so dear
to Cezanne and Van Gogh. In the same way his love for Bertagne enables
him to depict sunflowers, lavenders, and cypress trees, in a manner unmatched
by any painter. Azure skies and cobalt blue seas provide both a wonderful
background as well as excellent contrast to the brightly colored flowers
in his paintings.
With delicate sensitivity, Magre does more than illustrate
a landscape. He offers us a breath of fresh air, the sound of the incessant
crash of waves on the sea shore, a glimpse of this particular light, so
unique, so mysterious, so changing.

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