Born in 1963, Philippe kissed the profession of artist-painter ten years ago after having been an executive in a company.
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The painting imposed itself on the artist by watching an episode in the life of Coco Chanel. He photographed close-ups of the actress's face. The next day, he bought a 40 x 40 canvas and made his first acrylic portrait.
Self-taught, and already very young, he drew a lot. Her attraction was to surrealist and impressionist painters and especially Vincent Van Gogh who amazed her when he traveled his parents' encyclopedia.
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He married the profession of artist-painter, trained in still life and then in plastic art at the School of Fine Arts in Lyon. Colourist and naturally inclined towards abstraction, it is on the path of work and perseverance that he becomes aware of his propensity to deconstruct reality.............
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