Provence and The Luberon are renowned for their artistic appeal and history, withy many famous & accomplished artist having captured the beauty of the scenery, landscapes and produce.
Locally, we have the renowned school 'Art in Provence' which takes place at Les Bassacs, a small hameau on the outskirts of the village surrounded by cherry orchards & vineyards.
Each week in Summer they offer courses for 12 people held by a practising artist.
Over the last week, in our 'Chambre d'hote', we were lucky enough to host Albany Wiseman who has been painting in the region for over 20 years.
This is a summary of his career taken from the Les Bassacs website.
Albany Wiseman studied at St Albans School of Art, and has worked as a professional painter since 1952. A generous and amiable teacher, his career covers many different aspects of art, from book illustration and posters to limited edition lithographs. He has exhibited at the Curwen Gallery in London, Christie’s Contemporary Art, the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Academy. He has recently exhibited at The Anglo Portuguese Gallery in Belgrave Sq, and also shows from his studio in Bloomsbury, London. His excellent ‘The Artists Sketchbook’ was published in 2002, followed by ‘Watercolour Solutions’, ‘Figure Drawing’ and ‘Drawing and Painting Landscapes’. Currently he has a One Man Show in Norwich at The Fairhurst Gallery and in the Spring 2011 he had an Exhibition at the Curwen Gallery.
Albany & his Partner Maria were delightful guests and joined us each evening for 'aperos' poolside with our gite guests and needless to say had many a story to tell!
But best of all was the watercolour he presented to us on the final day, a painting of our house that he had been working on during his down time!
Thank you Albany!
For details on painting holidays in Provence look at
http://www.artsinprovence.com/
1 comment:
Isn't that fantastic! Look forward to seeing the original
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