Jean-Claude Picot
1933-
Since 1956, Jean Claude Picot has been working exclusively as a
professional artist. He was greatly influenced by the works of the
Fauvist masters Vlaminck, Derain and Matisse. These artists, whose
exuberant canvases created great attention in the first decade of the
20th century due to their revolutionary use of color, texture and
abstract form, have inspired Picot for decades and one finds many
similar characteristics in his works. Picot has developed a unique style
that recalls a Post-Impressionist application of color combined with the
expressive qualities of form and line. The world of his art is often one
of a happy reflection and relaxation, and possesses his personal “joie
de vivre.” He frequently captures the animation, romance and
essence of the landscape as his favored subject, although he also
creates still-lifes, cityscapes, markets, and festival scenes. All of his
work is imbued with the same bright and cheerful character, and is
instantly identifiable.
Since 1947 he has exhibited in over fifty one-person shows
throughout the world including exhibitions in the United States,
Belgium, Norway and Australia. Picot lives a part of the year in the
south of France, and often draws on the Cote d’Azur—its visitors, its
beaches and its boat-filled harbors. His work abounds with natural
beauty and features breathtaking panoramic views charged with the
unique light of the Mediterranean. Picot works in a Post-Impressionist
manner reducing flowers, trees, houses and figures to their essential
forms.
In reviews of Picot’s most recent solo shows in Paris, Bordeaux and
Oslo, the critics cited the affinities between the masters of
Impressionism and early 20th Century Fauvism with Picot’s work.
Today in the 21st Century, Picot continues the tradition of important
French landscape painters.
Picot actively works in many media – oil, acrylic, watercolor, etching,
ceramic and most recently, serigraphy and embellished serigraphy,
which beautifully capture his vibrant color and painterly technique. His
work is a favorite of collectors internationally, and is represented in
prestigious collections worldwide.
Since 1956, Jean Claude Picot has been working exclusively as a
professional artist. He was greatly influenced by the works of the
Fauvist masters Vlaminck, Derain and Matisse. These artists, whose
exuberant canvases created great attention in the first decade of the
20th century due to their revolutionary use of color, texture and
abstract form, have inspired Picot for decades and one finds many
similar characteristics in his works. Picot has developed a unique style
that recalls a Post-Impressionist application of color combined with the
expressive qualities of form and line. The world of his art is often one
of a happy reflection and relaxation, and possesses his personal “joie
de vivre.” He frequently captures the animation, romance and
essence of the landscape as his favored subject, although he also
creates still-lifes, cityscapes, markets, and festival scenes. All of his
work is imbued with the same bright and cheerful character, and is
instantly identifiable.
Since 1947 he has exhibited in over fifty one-person shows
throughout the world including exhibitions in the United States,
Belgium, Norway and Australia. Picot lives a part of the year in the
south of France, and often draws on the Cote d’Azur—its visitors, its
beaches and its boat-filled harbors. His work abounds with natural
beauty and features breathtaking panoramic views charged with the
unique light of the Mediterranean. Picot works in a Post-Impressionist
manner reducing flowers, trees, houses and figures to their essential
forms.
In reviews of Picot’s most recent solo shows in Paris, Bordeaux and
Oslo, the critics cited the affinities between the masters of
Impressionism and early 20th Century Fauvism with Picot’s work.
Today in the 21st Century, Picot continues the tradition of important
French landscape painters.
Picot actively works in many media – oil, acrylic, watercolor, etching,
ceramic and most recently, serigraphy and embellished serigraphy,
which beautifully capture his vibrant color and painterly technique. His
work is a favorite of collectors internationally, and is represented in
prestigious collections worldwide.
