LOUIS MAGRE

Lavender & Daisies LeMarche de St. Remy Red & Yellow Poppies Anchored by the Olive Grove Vinyard in Fall Village View Coastal Vista Carmel Inspiration Evening Olive Trees Launch Time Vue de Mer Port Grimaud Anchored in the Cove Carmel Beauty Path Through the Valley Seabirds Over the Point Snow over the Bay Winter Snowfall Sunset Stroll Pebble Beach Sunset

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 Magre’s 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.