The sale of one of his paintings regularly exceeds one million euros, or even much more. So when the artist, master of the dark, decides to donate some of his works, it is an event.
Pierre Soulages and his wife Colette decided to bequeath several paintings to the Rodez museum which bears their name.
“The museum will receive five paintings on canvas marking their time from 1949 to the most recent, as well as 17 paintings on paper. Added to them is the vase made by the Manufacture de Sèvres and presented to the museum this July, ”said the Midi-Pyrénées regional prefecture in a press release.
[2/3] The donation consists of:
➡️5 paintings on canvas of very great importance, marking their time from 1949 to 2019
➡️17 rare paintings on paper
➡️a vase created by the artist at the Sèvres factory.
It is one of the partners of the public establishment for cultural cooperation "Soulages Museum" created a year ago and which the State, the Occitanie Region, Rodez Agglo and the department of Aveyron.
One of the five large paintings is unique. It was recently painted by Pierre Soulages, now centenary. And who declared last November: "What surprises a lot is that in my hundredth year I still have fun painting. (…) Painting requires concentration, reflection, attempts, and then, perhaps, a painting arises. This stuff always suits me. I live like this and so much the better since I am still alive ”.
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