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Bernard
Scholl is an artist working in France, with his work represented in five
galleries in France and the United States.
Since adolescence, he has been interested in traditional painting, and he
undertook to study the works of the great masters with the intention of
learning the techniques of oil-based paint.
At the beginning of 1980, he registered with Beaux-Arts of Metz, to further
his knowledge of drawing, still life and live models. Over a period of ten
years, he reproduced the chiaroscuro of Rembrandt, the gallant character and
drapery of Boucher and Fragonard, the impetuous horses of Gericault, the
youths found in Greuze, and the seasons of Bruegel.
In 1984, during an exhibition at the castle of Luneville (Meurthe et Moselle),
he discovered with amazement the living masters of "Trompe-l'oeil".
Trompe-l'oeil is a classical technique of painting that is so lifelike that it
fools the eye into believing that that the painting has real depth.
Earning the prestigious Gold Medal at the Paris Salon des Artistes Français in
1994 and many prizes in the provinces, Bernard Scholl was set free from
outside influences. His search is original by its eternal character. The
composition of each one of his paintings is the driving element. Nothing is
left random, each detail counts. Sometimes a note of humor slips in.
The dexterity of the artist is without artifice; he succeeds in the same
space, with truth and with dream, because the painter of "Trompe-l'oeil"
himself not only reproduces reality with an impressive exactitude, but also a
lyric poetry. The harmony and poetry must result from the need for alliance
between the right gesture and the right time.
Light is omnipresent in each artwork of Bernard Scholl, but it is a light that
cherishes what it touches, which bathes the work in silence and serenity. The
end result is remarkable in its virtuosity.
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