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PASTEL  FRANCE

        DEMONSTRATION


        François Malnati

        Looking for Brilliance


        François Malnati strives to depict still life subjects
        in unusual and inventive ways

































         am a self-taught artist who developed   day and take part in a fairly large number of   art demands to study the biography of the
        I  his artistic career alongside his main   exhibitions in France and abroad.  painter and to analyse the way the painting
        occupation in international banking. This   Since my early teenage years, I knew that   was done. You have to understand how the
        professional life included a stay of several   my personal style would be figurative and   drawing, the underpainting, the different
        years in New York City. This allowed me   would rely on a strong drawing structure.   layers of paint and the final glazing were laid
        to revel in the hyperactive artistic life of   I learned a lot by copying paintings in   before you even think of starting to draw
        this world-class city. It has not been easy   museums—in particular the Museum of   and paint. Then it takes several weeks or
        to improve my style and to market my   Strasbourg, in France, where I could copy,   months to complete the painting respecting
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        paintings while dedicating most of my time   among others, a painting by 17 -century   the drying time in between sittings. To put
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        to my main source of revenue. Painting   artist Simon Vouet and 19 -century artist   it simply, this is a concentrated art academy
        seriously is a full-time job. It is easier now   Dubufé. I strongly recommend resorting to   as well from the historical and from the
        that I am retired. Finally, I can paint every   this practice. Copying an ancient work of   technical point of view.

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