Jules Atarax (1985) - The prophet

This work presents a frontal figure in a state of vision. At the border between appearance and dissolution, the face seems to emerge from a flow of moving matter, traversed by a continuous inner tension.

The gaze constitutes the magnetic center of the composition: two red beams extend the vision beyond the space of the painting, like a mental projection or symbolic irradiation. The figure does not impose itself as a portrait, but as a presence.

The pictorial matter remains deliberately unstable: superpositions, erasures and swift gestures build a moving space where the form appears and then disintegrates. The muted tones — altered pinks, acid greens, milky whites — create an almost organic atmosphere, between interiority and revelation.

In Le Prophète, painting acts less as representation than as transmission of a state.

Iconic and brutal, this canvas fully embodies the artist’s approach, where the portrait becomes the mirror of psychic states and universal emotions. A must.

This work counts among the very latest paintings currently available by Jules Atarax, as the artist’s entire recent body of work has already been acquired, this rare availability offers the collector a privileged opportunity to acquire an original work at a stage where available production becomes extremely limited.

A rare opportunity before the complete disappearance of this series from the market.

Their works are in private collections in the USA, Switzerland, Poland, Sweden, Ireland, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Spain and Italy.

We offer on Catawiki the latest pieces available from this period 2019-2024.

Format: 30 x 40 cm
Technique: gestural painting on canvas in oil and acrylic

Unique work