Neoplasticism & Abstract painting period


While living in Paris, Marcil became a Montparno, a name for the artists and intellectuals who were regulars at the Montparnasse cafés and restaurants such as La Closerie des Lilas and brasserie La Coupole. He enjoyed discussions with his peers including Sonia Delaunay amongst others.


Marcil evolved towards Abstract Geometric and Abstract Figurative abstraction creating paintings composed of structured and irregular forms. Using his vivid Fauvist color palette, Marcil achieved a striking balance between form, color and space. He would often say, 'for me, abstract and figurative are one of the same.'" 


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Titled top right corner:  Dévoile-moi tes charmes.
Signed and dated top left corner.
Acrylic on Canvas, 428 x 154.5 cm.

Neo- expressionism period

 Bonhams Cornette de Saint-Cyr, Paris, writes:
"The subject, form and flamboyant colors in Marcil's work represent an artistic language totally in tune with the new generation’s aspirations of his time. This language was meant as a challenge to his peers.  
In the hybrid repertoire so typical of Marcil, a common thread is his casual painting style inspired by daily life that it unmasks.

Van Gogh was fascinated by evening and night’s reality and said that night is often more alive and richly colored than day. Twilight come, Marcil sinks into the black stone, acrylic, canvas, that measure up to his uncalculated creative impulses (...) Complementary contrasts express his perception of colors. The blue and black here create full and complete images. These chromatic moving forms intertwine, twisting with great power and a touch of madness. With contempt, and undisguised pleasure, Marcil entirely abandons perspective. Because no one is held to artifice."  

More examples of  artwork from the Neoplasticism & Abstract painting period; the Neo-expressionism period as well as Fashion illustrations are posted at https://www.wikiart.org/en/rene-marcil

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