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Frank Lejeune, "The Three Belles"
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Vessem, NetherlandsOn Whoppah since March 2020 • 17 sales
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"Les Tois Belle" Painting by Frank Lejeune, private collection. Frank Lejeune, born in Northampton (Eng.), is self-taught and has only been working as an independent artist since he was 30. He sold his first artworks fairly quickly and then had his first exhibition at the age of 33. In the years before his painting career, Frank Lejeune worked in the commercial sector. He filled his free time with painting. One day, the time came for Lejeune to free himself from the strict constraints of society and chose the uncertain life of an artist. "If I say I turned my hobby into my job, that's about it," Lejeune says with a smile, regarding this clichéd saying. Initially, external validation for his work was important. As he exhibited more often and began selling his work regularly, this feeling gradually diminished. "My work is actually difficult to categorize because I never consciously had any examples or wrestled with a specific direction. Something they do intensively do at the academy. I soon discovered that if you're not an artist at heart, there's no academy that can make you one. They teach you to use your gift." Lejeune's work can be described as explosive. "It all happens very quickly. That's why I prefer working with acrylic paint... I can't continue working with oil paint because the drying process is so slow." The crackled layers that develop in Lejeune's artworks are inherent to the way he uses fast-drying acrylic paint. You see plastically applied compositions, where the paint is sometimes pressed directly from the tube onto the support in thick layers. Nature has always been an important source of inspiration, which is why his work sometimes has a landscape-like quality, or evokes associations with animals and plants. "The composition of the moment is the most important thing in my work!" Yet, for me, a work of art remains a solitary entity, with the result that a clear line plays a subordinate role in my oeuvre. I therefore experience exhibiting as a necessary evil... not because I don't enjoy it, but because I feel I have to work serially. Of course, your work develops and something constantly changes. The process of painting itself serves as a source of inspiration for Lejeune, where a finished canvas can serve as the basis for a subsequent work. In Lejeune's early work, one sees, among other things, polyptychs in which horizontal color compositions shoot across several panels with spontaneous force. Later, his work becomes increasingly erratic, and horizontal line compositions give way to angular and circular motifs. The tension between color and form intensifies, creating overlapping color surfaces that almost degenerate into mask-like scenes, sometimes covered with a transparent white layer of acrylic paint.
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ConditionExcellentColorsMulti ColorMaterialCanvasNumber of items1ArtistsFrank LejeuneFirst ownerYesOrientationLandscapeArt sizeLargeHeight80 cmWidth120 cm
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Vessem, NetherlandsOn Whoppah since March 2020 • 17 sales