Still during our week end in the South. We went to Lodeve (an hour from Montpellier) to see an exhibition from Vincent Bioules. It was dedicated to landscapes. He is the main instigator, with Claude Viallat, of a french movement in the 60's, called "supports/surface". He painted mostly abstracts until the late sixties with Claude Viallat. In the mid seventies, he went back to figurative painting. At 70 years old, he's now considered the best french landscape artist. His principal source of inspiration are the Nabism (like Edouard Vuillard) as well as Matisse.
Funny anecdote:
As we were entering an art gallery in Montpellier to see a Stephane Bordarier's exhibition, Vincent Bioules was sitting in the back corner of the gallery. Sam chatted with him about Hodler (Swiss painter) and we told him we were going to Lodeve the next day to see his paintings... Great coincidence!
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