"BUBBLES" -Jean-Baptiste Valadie -Lithograph -1960's -Signed & Numbered -E.A.
BUBBLES by Jean-Baptiste Valadie is a captivating lithograph that drips with the unique essence of the 1960s, capturing the viewer’s imagination with its charm. Signed and numbered as E.A., this 20x26" piece is a gem buried in the archives of a retired NYC gallery, patiently waiting for over fifty years to grace a new wall. Valadie, born in southern France in 1933, traveled far and wide, infusing his artwork with the spirit of places like Senegal, Algiers, and beyond. His eclectic style beautifully illustrates his vision of women as serene, enigmatic beings, delicately veiled in swirling color and sinuous lines. Throughout the world, he has produced works that incorporate the colors of reality, where he represents the secret of feminine perfection. He incorporates veils of thin color and sinewy lines to produce a mystical quality in each work. The exhibitions flourish in France (Paris, Cannes, Lyon) and internationally: South Africa , England, Australia, United States, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium. Valadie's fascination with feminine perfection, creating a dreamy aura that invites you to lose yourself in a world where art dances with reality, making it a treasure waiting to enchant its next admirer.
BUBBLES by Jean-Baptiste Valadie is a captivating lithograph that drips with the unique essence of the 1960s, capturing the viewer’s imagination with its charm. Signed and numbered as E.A., this 20x26" piece is a gem buried in the archives of a retired NYC gallery, patiently waiting for over fifty years to grace a new wall. Valadie, born in southern France in 1933, traveled far and wide, infusing his artwork with the spirit of places like Senegal, Algiers, and beyond. His eclectic style beautifully illustrates his vision of women as serene, enigmatic beings, delicately veiled in swirling color and sinuous lines. Throughout the world, he has produced works that incorporate the colors of reality, where he represents the secret of feminine perfection. He incorporates veils of thin color and sinewy lines to produce a mystical quality in each work. The exhibitions flourish in France (Paris, Cannes, Lyon) and internationally: South Africa , England, Australia, United States, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium. Valadie's fascination with feminine perfection, creating a dreamy aura that invites you to lose yourself in a world where art dances with reality, making it a treasure waiting to enchant its next admirer.
BUBBLES by Jean-Baptiste Valadie is a captivating lithograph that drips with the unique essence of the 1960s, capturing the viewer’s imagination with its charm. Signed and numbered as E.A., this 20x26" piece is a gem buried in the archives of a retired NYC gallery, patiently waiting for over fifty years to grace a new wall. Valadie, born in southern France in 1933, traveled far and wide, infusing his artwork with the spirit of places like Senegal, Algiers, and beyond. His eclectic style beautifully illustrates his vision of women as serene, enigmatic beings, delicately veiled in swirling color and sinuous lines. Throughout the world, he has produced works that incorporate the colors of reality, where he represents the secret of feminine perfection. He incorporates veils of thin color and sinewy lines to produce a mystical quality in each work. The exhibitions flourish in France (Paris, Cannes, Lyon) and internationally: South Africa , England, Australia, United States, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium. Valadie's fascination with feminine perfection, creating a dreamy aura that invites you to lose yourself in a world where art dances with reality, making it a treasure waiting to enchant its next admirer.
This vital young artist has become of the most sought after exponents of the combined abstract and fine draughtsman technique as shown by his present works. His paintings with their warm colors are easy to live with and have found a large following in South Africa.
Valadie is a romanticist and his works have a poetic quality about them. Once critic describes them as “Paintings as delicate as dreams”.
His subjects, which include the MATERNAL LOVE OF THE MOTHER AND CHILD and SPANISH CHILDREN, have a strong Spanish influence because Valadie spends much of his time there.
Johnny Valadie has exhibited all over the world and has won several prizes including one in the Paris Salon of 1961.
ONE-MAN SHOWS:
1956 -Dakar
1960 -Paris “Galerie Bussiere-Janel”
1961 -Souillac
1962 -Brive (Correze)
1963 -Zurich “Galerie Sonnig”
- Sydney “Prounds Gallery”
-Geneva “Galerie Voltaire”
1964 -Johannesbourg “Galerie Shneider”
1965 -London “Frost & Reed Gallery”
1966 -Martel-en-Quercy “Gallerie la Licorne”
1969 -Johannesbourg “Galerie Mona Lisa”
-Cannes “Gallery Carlton”
1970 -New York “Mitch Morse Gallery”
-New Orleans “European Gallery”
GROUP SHOWS:
1957 -Creysse Internat’l. Exposition,
“Seven Latin Countries”
1960 -Algiers “Galerie 106” -School of Paris
-Juan-les-Pins
1962 -Paris “Gallerie 93” -Fauborg St. Honore
1963 -Paris -School of Paris with Carzou, Ciry,
Teretchkovitch, others
1963 -Geneva “Galerie Chedel” -School of Paris
-Lyons “Galerie I’Indifferent” -School of Paris
1964 -Paris “Galerie Marc Polony” -School of Paris
1965 -Paris “Galerie Prairial”
1966 -Paris “Galerie Volmar”
1967 -Deauville “Galerie J.F. Apesteguy”
1968 -Paris “Galerie Champs Elysées”
-Sables d’Olonne “Galerie Walli Gerard”
-Brive “Galerie I’Atelier”
1969 -Paris “Galerie de Rohan”
-Juan-les-Pins “Galerie le Rouge et le Noir”
-Aix en Provence
COLLECTIONS & AWARDS:
1956 -Musee Pédagogique, Paris acquires painting
1958 -Aulnay-Sous-Bois “Prix de la Jeune Peinture”
-Paris “Prix Cezanne”
1959 -Algiers “First Prize Salon des Independants”
Algiers “First Prize Drawing & Painting”
1960 -Algiers -“Prix Odette du Bosch”
1961 -Paris “Salon 61-Silver Medal”
-Paris -“Prix John Hemming Fry”
1963 -Camargue -executed fresco for the Chapel
of Salins de Giraud
