Marcel Mouly was born in Paris in 1918. Like
numerous painters of genius, he starts in life with a variety of
little jobs before discovering a real profession. After primary
school, he began work as a beach vendor, he then worked as a dental
technician, next a cellar man. Although he had an interest in
drawing as a youth, he never pursued a career in art until the hand
of destiny reached into his life. It was 1942 and Mouly was arrested
by the Germans who mistook him for a spy, and was placed into a
solitary confinement in the Fresnes prison for one year. It was
during this confinement that he made the decision to secure his
creative freedom forever through a career in art. In 1943 he made
friends with Pignon and was given his first showing of two paintings
at the Salon d'Automne in Paris. From there his professional career
took shape, fostered and encouraged by some of the greatest artists
of this century. In 1948, the French Government acquired Mouly’s
painting “La Femme a la Lampe.” At this point Mouly international
career began with an exhibition in Florence, followed by others in
Sweden, Denmark, Cairo, Geneva, Palm Beach, even Lapland.
The genius of his artistry took form in the smoky
nights and brilliant shadows of an era influenced by the art of
Braque, Matisse and Picasso, with whom he walked as a young man in
the halls of the French art academies. Mouly was befriended by the
great sculptor, Jacques Lipchitz, who became his mentor and an
influence on his work through his approach to cubism. Yet, none of
the fervor of the new artistic languages, though melded with skill
into the reach of his creativity, overpowers the inner vision Mouly
so adeptly portrays. Matisse’s influence is strongly felt in Mouly’s
work with his Fauvist use of color. Mouly closely studied the master
colorist, Matisse, and uses that knowledge and appreciation to
create his harmonious and balanced compositions with juxtaposed
elements of warm and cool colors in heavy blocks. His female forms,
harbor scenes, and still lifes are created with a fluid brushstroke
and organic lines and shapes. He paintings are entrancing and
beautiful regardless of the subject. Mouly can paint a composition
full of movement and suspense with a sailboat caught in the ocean’s
fury, or a tranquil interior with two women sitting at a table
gazing out their window at a breathtaking view of the harbor. Mouly
fulfills to the utmost degree the demand which Baudelaire imposed on
painters when he said: “imagination is the queen of truth.” Mouly
breathes life into his artwork with his joy of living and his
enthusiasm and passion for the art of painting is always evident in
his artwork.
Mouly has achieved monumental acclaim and is
exhibited in prominent museums around the world including the Musee
Nationale d'art Moderne, the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris and the
Musee de Geneve in Switzerland. He has been honored with two of
France's highest awards, the Chevalier de L'Ordre des Arts et
Lettres in 1957 and the Premier Prix de Lithographie in 1973.
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