Yves Decaudan - Le silence des pins

Tableau marin "The Silence of the Pines" - 2026
This painting by Breton artist Yves Decaudan - 1954.
Entitled "The Silence of the Pines", it is a work that strikes with its graphical radicality and economy of means. It is a piece that plays on the border between figuration and geometric abstraction.
A broad expanse of rosy white, suggesting a snow-covered ground or a terrace bathed in diffused light.
A dark band, almost black, that creates a brutal rupture and serves as a visual anchor for the vertical elements.
A block of intense blue, almost electric, that rises on the left, suggesting a building or a modern architectural structure.
A patch of bluer, deeper tone occupying the upper half of the canvas, reinforcing the nocturnal or crepuscular aspect.
The trunks are fine, irregular, almost threadlike. They rise with a fragility that contrasts with the rigidity of the horizontal lines. The foliage is reduced to massive, dark shapes, sometimes topped with a touch of white—snow—reminiscent of Mediterranean umbrella pines but viewed through a minimalist prism.
Their irregular arrangement breaks the monotony of the composition and creates an upward movement toward the sky.
There emanates from this work a great solitary serenity. The title "The Silence of the Pines" is perfectly apt: the absence of figures, the clarity of the shapes, and the choice of cool colors evoke a suspended moment, an absolute calm, almost devoid of human life. It is a painting of purity, where the essential is suggested by mass and line.
Original acrylic painting, wooden stretchers, unframed, dimensions 80 x 65 cm
Certificate of authenticity.
Packed in a table-art carton.