Price On Request Acrylic on Canvas 45,7 x 35 in (116 x 89 cm)Jean-François Larrieu was born on 28th February 1960 in Tarbes (high Pyrénées). He is a self-taught artist who is living and working in Paris.Larrieu is President of the “Paris Autumn Show” (Salon d’Automne de Paris) and Vice President of the Government affiliated “Federation of Graphic and Plastic Arts Associations”.The artist elaborates through his oil paintings ramifications which starts from a basic point and then progresses like a semi-conscious exploration; his hand, likens to an antennae drawing from the creative cosmos and delivers the genius.The result is exotic cities filled with wonderfully rich architecture steadily rising up and then spreads itself across the land of canvas with amazing constructions of onion-shaped domes, minarets and cupolas.For Larrieu, imagination is the rule of the game. Furthermore the combinations are all the more variable according to the angle from which the master’s painting is observed.Through his paintings, Larrieu invites us to join him on a fabulous journey into his magical cities where Roman and Gothic porches; Baroque palaces, the China of Marco Polo as well as the Venice of Casanova are strongly reminiscent.When the painted cities on canvas is near completion, the artist ingeniously conjures into being an emblematic figure, which oft most is an animal.The beauty and elegance of Larrieu’s paintings will bring forth from the audience certain appreciation; where the meanders are different, the cities enchanting and the journey is never the same every time.IMPORTANT EXHIBITIONSSince 1982: Salon d’Automne, Salon Comparaison, Figuration critique1989: International Contemporary Art Fair, Helsinki International Contemporary Art Prize, Monté Carlo Arturo Lopez Centre: Les Pleïades, Neuilly sur Seine Palais de Pise - Figuration critique (Representational Art appreciation), Pise1990 Galerie Magna, New York1991 Dimension Art Centre Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan Santillana Foundation, Santander Galerie LM, Epernay Guest...