Since 1984 the sculptures of Nicolas LAVARENNE are shown all around the world and make part of private and public collections of art-lovers, whose requirements have not been deceived.....Urban installations succeed to enable a very large public to appreciate his work. Nicolas Lavarenne takes a major place in my choice and I have the feeling I transmit my passion to many visitors of St. Paul de Vence, where his sculptures are represented permanently.

In Partnership with Galerie Gantois 

Collector's cabinet

LAVARENNE JOCKEYS

Trois Jockeys, Bronze, 4m

LAVARENNE LE GRAND DEPART

Le Grand Départ, Bronze, 5 m

LAVARENNE L'ARC

L'Arc, Bronze, 4 m

LAVARENNE SONGEUR

Grand Songeur, Bronze, 4 m

LAVARENNE ARC BOUTANT

Arc boutant, Bronze, 3 m

LAVARENNE GRANDE FLUIDE

Grande Fluide, Bronze, 6m

LAVARENNE ARC EN CIEL A PARIS

Grande Arc en Ciel, Bronze, 5,30m

LAVARENNE GRANDE PRIERE

Grande Prière, Bronze, 7m

LAVARENNE GRAND ARCHANGE

Grand Archange, Bronze, 10x8m

LAVARENNE GRAND DEFI

Grand Défi, Bronze, 175x145x130cm

LAVARENNE GRAND ARC SAINT PAUL DE VENCE

Grand Arc, Bronze, 4m

LAVARENNE GRANDE ENIGME

Grande Enigme, Bronze, 5,70m

LAVARENNE GRAND PENSIF

Grand Pensif, Bronze, 5,30m

LAVARENNE GRAND PENSIF

Grand Pensif, Bronze, 5,30m

LAVARENNE GRAND COUREUR

Grand Coureur, Bronze

LAVARENNE GRAND SEREIN VILLA GALLICI

Grand Serein, Bronze, 200cm

LAVARENNE AFFRONTE_AFFRONTEE

Moyenne Affrontée et Moyen Affronté, Bronze, 2m

LAVARENNE AFFRONTE_AFFRONTEE DETAIL

Moyen. Affrontés (détail), Bronze, 2,10m

LAVARENNE FLUIDE MOYENNE

Fluide (moy), Bronze, 2,40m

LAVARENNE SCORPION

Scorpion, Bronze, 60x60cm

LAVARENNE AXE

Axe, Bronze, 65x25cm

LAVARENNE HELISSE

Hélisse, Bronze, 50cm

LAVARENNE ILLTRICK

Illtrick, Bronze, 15x15cm

LAVARENNE VOLATIL

Volatil, Bronze, 59cm

LAVARENNE FETICHE MURAL

Fétiche (mural), Bronze, 22cm

LAVARENNE PROJET

Projet sur Arc, Bronze, 60cm

LAVARENNE SERMENT

Serment (socle), Bronze, 15cm

LAVARENNE BEATE

Béate, Bronze, 90x45x25cm

LAVARENNE BEATE

Béate, Bronze, 90x45x25cm

LAVARENNE CRISTAL

Cristal, Bronze, 75x70cm

LAVARENNE PARADE

Parade, Bronze, 105x40cm

LAVARENNE MOYENNE EFFRONTEE

Moyenne Effrontée, Bronze, 2m

LAVARENNE ESSOR MURAL

LAVARENNE PIROUETTE ET SCORPION

Pirouette et Scorpion, Bronze

LAVARENNE LE FURTIF

LAVARENNE LE FURTIF BRONZE MURAL ORIGINAL 30x30cm

LAVARENNE GRAND DEFI

Grand Défi, Bronze, 175x145x130cm

LAVARENNE GRAND SONGEUR

LAVARENNE GRAND SONGEUR 4m

LAVARENNE GRANDE ENIGME

LAVARENNE GRANDE ENIGME BRONZE,5,70m

LAVARENNE GRAND GUETTEUR

LAVARENNE GRAND GUETTEUR

LAVARENNE GRANDE FLUIDE

LAVARENNE GRANDE FLUIDE 6m

LAVARENNE GRAND ARC

LAVARENNE GRAND ARC 4m

LAVARENNE JOCKEYS

JOCKEYS 4 m

LAVARENNE Petit Archange II

Bronze original - 80X80X43cm - 8 ex.

LAVARENNE Petit Homme Fleche

Bronze original 100X40X17cm - 8 ex.

LAVARENNE Petit Ilfocifer

Bronze original 30X24cm - 8 ex.

LAVARENNE Petit Serment II

Bronze original 20X38X10cm - 8 ex.

LAVARENNE Petite Panthere

Bronze original 30x16cm - 8 ex.

LAVARENNE Furtif

Bronze original 28X30cm - 8 ex.

LAVARENNE Moyenne Panthère

Bronze original 65x30cm

LAVAVARENNE Deux Panthères

Bronzes originaux 8 exemplaires

LAVARENNE Grand Elan

Bronze original mural

LAVARENNE MOYEN SEREIN

Moyen Serein - bronze - 70cm

LAVARENNE Petit Serein

Petit Serein - bronze - 33cm

LAVARENNE MOYEN GUETTEUR

Moyen Guetteur - bronze

LAVARENNE FUNAMBULE C

Bronze original 8 ex. 30X25cm différentes installations possibles

Pauline's comment

This self-taught artist, it has been much said, commented on, glosé, and its approach to pulling the sculpture to gravity in the stain of the stand. In this desire to be closer to the divine of transmuer material, animate the bronze can be seen just an incarnation of the vocation of the artist, demiurge. These strung body expressing the effort, the suffering, the energy? At the time, no doubt, because that is the life that offer these sculptures, a complexity where excels Nicolas Lavarenne talent. "Art reconciles with life" it proclaims. Putting there order, probably, re-establishing fair proportions, introducing perfection. At Nicolas Lavarenne sculpture is an entry, each muscle a letter. His art is the voltage in the physical sense, realizing this balance of forces between pleasure and pain, wisdom and concern. His latest works the rest mark an evolution towards greater fluidity, with less acrobatic postures. And a reintroduction of the feminine of soft forms previously absent, as is robustness architecturés body more than seductive which interest this artist. At the top of his art, Nicolas Lavarenne séduit, key moves, fascinates even, imbuing his bronzes undeniable poetic dimension. © Jacqueline QUEHEN

Movies

A breath of fresh air and mischievous happiness crosses the theater of his canvas while each painting takes us back to the land of childhood and comic strips .... Magic of the brush, facetious mind. Anton speaks the universal language of our love for life .... he invites you to join the ring and let your mind dance while observing a goldfish, play leapfrog or off-ground tag .... Be careful, you just leaped on a "trottinette" to meet up with the artist and you'll soon find yourself projecting the same gestures, familiar or unusual ! Back to reality : A highly talented and fully accomplished artist ! Welcome to Anton's wonderful ring of happiness ! 

Le cabinet du Collectionneur

ANTON LES JEUX INTERDITS

Jeux interdits (Ménines), Huile sur Bois, 44x47cm encadré

ANTON LES FRAISES TAGADA

Homme aux fraises Tagada, Huile sur Bois, 55x33cm + cadre/frame

ANTON L'HOMME AU CHIEN

L'Homme au chien, Huile sur Bois, 73X50cm+cadre/frame

Pauline's comment

A child's spirit, a great talent, those two words could resume the skill of this self-taught artist born in 1944. He paints his lifestyle, serene, sensitive, away from the hustle and bustle of high-life. Uneven and muffled texture in various shades of grey, blue, red, pink beat the tempo of an unambiguous stroke giving life to delightful characters who recently jumped out of their canvas to be set into bronze sculptures bearing their familiar gestures.

Anton vu par la presse 

« Moi, j’me balance », semble chanter François Anton, ou tout au moins son éternel personnage, en perpétuel déséquilibre, saltimbanque sur le fil du monde, qui joue à « saute- nuages ». Enfant au corps d’adulte poursuivant ses gambades à la Galerie Seiller, de skate en trottinette, de patins en cerceaux. Enfant de Daumier, dont il a l’ironie, sans la cruauté, de Chagall, dont il a le regard enchanté. Et pourtant Anton a incontestablement une patte reconnaissable entre mille.

En toiles qui allient huiles et pastels au trait incisif du crayon, Anton promène son avatar dans diverses situations. Comme un héros de BD vivant ses aventures aux quatre coins du globe. A l’instar de son personnage « devenu vieux sans être adulte », l’artiste joue avec sa figurine la plaquant dans des décors pour en « presser » les émotions. Décors quotidiens, faussement réalistes.

Comme au théâtre, temple du jeu, ailleurs, lieu du voyage sans passeport, univers de fantaisie qui pourrait être sa mémoire. Mais rien d’ethnologique ni d’exotique dans ces voyages. Car Anton a une démarche de poète, rebondissant sur des correspondances baudelairiennes : il n’en subsiste que les sensations. Toujours dans deux dimensions, de cabriole en calembour, Anton garde la lucidité de l’enfant dans le jeu, jonglant avec les illusions et le réel. Sans naïveté, sans nostalgie. Cet innocent paradis récréatif, il le recrée à sa guise, réveillant chez l’adulte une joie réelle de cet univers regagné. Il n’est pas étonnant que se décline ici le mythe du clown, du saltimbanque, thème miroir de l’artiste et l’enfant confondu.

Le propos ne semble pas sérieux et pourtant ce peintre et sculpteur incroyablement discret sur sa vie – il se méfie des mots- met son âme à nu dans ses peintures. L’humour est omniprésent chez Anton, de son « Retour de l’homme-canon » à son « Et un perroquet, un », mais un humour doux, plein de tendresse. Un bain d’optimisme ! ©

Jacqueline QUEHEN

 Anton in video

Jean-Claude ALLENBACH was born on 17. July 1947 in Colmar, Alsace. To our deepest regret he passed away before his sixtiest birthday. He became a painter in 1972 after discovering the beauty of Provence, where he stayed frequently. Landscape-painter and colourist, his palette is dominated by the brightness of the warm colours of mediterranean sceneries, filled with sunshine. He preferred oil paintings and lithographies, that were regularly shown in France, Japan and Switzerland. Many art-collectors are happy they choose his works and personally I own some master pieces.

Le cabinet Collector 

Pauline's comment

His paintings are singular...the artist’s eye excels in the art of capturing the essential. Without going as far as abstraction, Allenbach initiates us to discover very synthesized landscapes and flowers, where nevertheless no element is missing. The blending of colours is marvellously organized and his touch so well controlled, that there is no place for doubt. We are immediately captured by his world of reassuring and fascinating serenity. I appreciated contemplating his works silently in his company, when he gave me the honour of a visit at Saint Paul... Frequent exhibitions have been organized in his presence (see events).