Thibaut de Reimpré

Thibaut de Reimpré is a contemporary French painter. Born in Paris in 1949, he attended the 'Beaux-Arts' and worked, in particular, in the 'Atelier Yankel' from 1968 to 1971. He currently works in Paris, mostly with acrylic paint (though he has also worked with china ink), his style is abstract.

He organizes personal exhibitions about once a year, and regularly participates in multi-author events, as well as in international shows (no less than 165 since 1970).

Didier Decoin, Member of the Académie Goncourt, describes the work of Thibaut de Reimpré as follows (1):

Reimpré's carnal world - that is, his social circle of friends and lovers - is wrought with such tenderness, consideration, attentiveness, distinction and enchantment. There is a man, one says to oneself, who must love maples in autumn, the acidulous "mixed borders" of springtime, the velvety dance of the chamois, and Satie's so attractively sarcastic arpeggios.

Conversely, his pictorial world is such a seism, his painting crashing down in such hot lava, telluric blazes, stellar fusions, Amazonian humus, and Pompeian concretions that one wonders if Thibaut de Reimpré might not be hostage to uncontrollable forces.

Yet he is not. He is the master of these forces - their shepherd and their diviner.

Bibliography

(1) Philippe Piguet (2004) 'Reimpré', Préface de Didier Decoin (de l'Académie Goncourt), Texts in French and in English,Fragments Editions, 192 pp., ISBN 2-912964-47-4.

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