Gerard Menvussa

The beauty of one man through the eyes of another I am a passionate artist whose art is inspired by the beauty of nature and human beings.

Biography

Born in Paris in 1963, he had no training in drawing, except for industrial design at school, which was absolutely not for him.

He was impressed by the drawings of Angelo di Marco in his childhood and at the end of his adolescence by Alain Dumont, organ builder and artist who worked for the Baschet brothers.

He left the France to go to Greece, which inspired him in aesthetics during his visits to museums.

After a sentimental and professional life in Alsace, he ended up moving to Gers and settling down. #039;y marry where he currently lives as the owner of a guest house lost in the Gersoise countryside. His guest house is in a haven of calm and peace, conducive to artistic creation.

In 2016 he created his first painting to decorate a room, then a multitude of paintings and paintings. 039;works.

He finds inspiration in the beauty of male nudes and Greek antiquity. After a few orders and purchases from customers of his various trials, he took off from October 2017 with his nickname Gérard Menvussa which allows him international visibility and also to be controversial and criticized then censored for his paintings Olivier and Jesus.


Influences

flandrin, dali, Henri Matisse, Delacroix, gericault


Education

1966-1980 Autodidacte Paris, France

Residencies


2023 Exposition permanente Peyrusse Grande, Gers, France

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