Yves Decaudan - Plage des dames, Noirmoutier

Tableau painting on canvas - Seascape "Plage des Dames, Noirmoutier" - 2026 A work that will bring a colorful, maritime touch to your interior. This acrylic painting represents the famous Plage des Dames in Noirmoutier. A row of emblematic beach cabins in vivid colors—yellow, red, pink, green, orange—lined along the warm orange sand. The deep blue sea extends to the horizon, dotted with distant silhouettes of sailing boats. Dark-trunked maritime pines stand out against the bright blue sky. A blue water inlet and the edge of the beach create a curving motion that structures the composition. The work is inspired by Fauvism and Expressionism: bold black outlines define the geometric shapes, combined with the use of pure, saturated, and contrastive colors. Portrait by Breton artist Yves Decaudan - 1954 Yves Decaudan’s work belongs to a colorful figurative tradition, heavily influenced by Fauvism and the Pont-Aven school, with a particular fondness for coastal Breton scenes. His works regularly feature moments of calm, reading, or outdoor daydreaming in a maritime or Mediterranean setting where time seems suspended. The artist’s work is characterized by expressive, poetic figuration, driven by a keen sense of color and synthesis of forms. The artist favors flat areas of pure, intense colors, such as this deep blue juxtaposed with a bright red, creating an immediate, luminous visual tension. The elements of the decor are outlined and simplified, focusing on the essentials without dwelling on anatomical detail or strict realism, which brings his work closer to Fauvism or poster art. His subjects, often solitary and maritime, exude an impression of stillness, serenity, or dreamlike contemplation suspended in time. Through backgrounds worked with texture or speckled with light brushstrokes, he establishes a poetic depth rather than a geometric one. Paintings exhibited in numerous private collections in Europe, North America, Africa, and Oceania; canvas shown at the Paris Autumn Salon - 2022 Delivered with certificate of authenticity, signature on the back Acrylic on cotton canvas, wooden frame, unframed, dimensions 80 x 80 cm Secured shipping and packaging in a framed carton The situational visuals are AI renderings based on photographs of the actual object. The photos of the actual object are definitive.

Estimate:£502.55

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