Guy Bardone - Flower Market

In the history of art, a clear distinction can often be made between figurative and abstract stylistic movements. However, when an artist's goal is to depict an object that resonates with phenomenal reality but is also charged with hidden and symbolic meaning, this boundary can become blurred. Symbolism and Expressionism are emblematic stylistic movements in their conceptual interpretation of reality, with an iconic rendering of images and a symbolic interpretation in the use of color. In Guy Bardone's paintings, abstract and figurative blend almost seamlessly. This painter's favorite subjects are the more traditional ones—landscapes, genre scenes, or still lifes—but everything is transfigured into an extremely experimental language, always striving for strong expressiveness.

Even in his vibrant scenes of city life, Guy Bardone confirms the character and originality of his pictorial style, based on a geometric reconstruction of tangible reality, which, however, takes on a decidedly expressionist and poetic quality. As we can clearly see in this work, Bardone's starting point is Paul Cézanne, in his proto-Cubist exploration of tangible reality. Indeed, the entire scene is constructed within a complex, multifaceted space, where the various chromatic zones are arranged in overlapping planes. In this way, Bardone, like his illustrious predecessor, reconstructs the subject by thoroughly investigating it within a rational composition with a strong geometric feel. However, Guy Bardone possesses a different sensibility than the solid structures of Cézanne. In his urban views, the purity of line and form gives the views a suspended, almost abstract quality. Likewise, the painterly quality, in the vibrant application and the effect of light on objects, makes everything more evanescent and expressionistic. From a chromatic standpoint, Guy Bardone's color balance is always perfect. His pale, light palette perfectly matches the geometric harmony of his forms.

Guy Bardone was born in 1927 in Sainte-Claude. His aspiration as a painter earned him admission to the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, where he trained with Brianchon, Cavailles, and Desnoyer. In 1952, he received the prestigious Prix Felix Fenéon, which opened the doors of the Parisian art scene to him. His trip to Folegandos, Greece, was crucial for Guy Bardone. In his landscapes and still lifes, the clarity of the light strongly evokes that island. In Guy Bardone's work, the legacy of post-impressionism blends perfectly with a more poetic, lyrical, and evocative style of painting.

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