PIERRE RIOLLET - DUMBO III

Digigraphie (giclée print) on canvas, mounted on a quality wooden frame and framed in an American crate.
Limited edition of 10 copies, made from an original oil painting on canvas measuring 120 x 120 cm dating from 2019.
Signature on the back attesting to its authenticity.

The artwork is sold with a certificate of authenticity provided by the artist.

View inspired by the Brooklyn Bridge, in an urban and warm atmosphere.

About Pierre

Pierre Riollet graduated from the École d’Art Auguste Renoir in Paris in 1983. After 20 years in advertising as an Art Director, he decided to devote himself exclusively to painting. Following a trip to the United States in 1987, he began work on the theme of New York facades and their cast shadows, inspired by American hyperrealists.

Always captivated by light, his work took a new direction a few years later, focusing on doorways/ passages. The contrast between shadow and light induced by this subject became distinctive of this period. The dark frame magnifies the exterior brightness and guides the eye toward a dazzling opening, letting the imagination drift toward the light. Beyond the pictorial aspect, this also expresses the symbolism of the power of transition found in these passages.

After long exploring all kinds of backlighting in cafés, urban atmospheres, night and snowy landscapes, portraits… his painting now leans toward reflections, notably of the sea. Always with the same care given to chromatic accuracy, Pierre is passionate today about the decomposition of light and its interaction. By using strokes close to abstraction when the gaze zooms in on details, his canvases — most of the time large formats — emit a vibrational energy of great intensity.

Pierre Riollet regularly exhibits in numerous galleries and contemporary art fairs. His works are now in many private collections.

His journey is a bit like a progressive zoom that, from one canvas to the next, through all these passages, moves toward the light.