{"id":16859,"date":"2016-11-17T16:11:46","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T16:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/balcondart.com\/en\/?p=16859"},"modified":"2016-11-17T16:12:26","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T16:12:26","slug":"new-acquisitions-andre-bertounesque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balcondart.com\/en\/new-acquisitions-andre-bertounesque\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW ACQUISITIONS : ANDR\u00c9 BERTOUNESQUE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Andr\u00e9 Bertounesque is a Quebec painter of French birth, born May 11th\u00a0 1937 in Sainte-Livrade (Lot-et-Garonne).\u00a0 He died on September 21st 2005 in Laval, Quebec.<\/p>\n

Already passionate about art, Andr\u00e9 Bertounesque arrives in Quebec in 1951 where he will hold a variety of jobs all the while cultivating his passion for oil painting.\u00a0 A self-taught artist, Bertounesque sets up a makeshift studio in the back of his hairdressing salon where he spends his downtime painting.<\/p>\n

That is where he starts his career as a painter.\u00a0 Bertounesque begins selling his paintings to his customers who are rightfully impressed by the talent this sensitive, unassuming man.\u00a0 He is quickly recognized for his mastery of light and the soft and intimate scenes he depicts.\u00a0 The richness of his oil paintings quickly allows him a recognition that will not falter all through his prolific career and beyond.<\/p>\n

Bertounesque loved women and his work from the 1970s and 1980s shows it through portraits, nudes, seascapes and scenes of introspective peace and quiet that show the man\u2019s inner tranquility.<\/p>\n

He also was a proud emissary of his native land\u2019s southern countryside.\u00a0 Provence, its light and its colours became his favourite subject taking the spectator to a soft, luminous universe.<\/p>\n

Andr\u00e9 Bertounesque\u2019s work is now a part of Quebec\u2019s artistic heritage and is present in major galleries and collections all over the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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