Roger Gressani (1942) - Couleur et Matiere
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Roger Gressani (born 1942) presents the oil on canvas work “Couleur et Matière”, an original edition from the 1970s, 81 × 100 cm, in its original white wooden frame with hand-signed credentials, good condition aside from a few small age-related paint cracks.
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Roger Gressani – "Couleur et Matière" – Oil on Canvas, Hand-Signed
Roger Gressani is a self-taught Italian painter, born in Lauco in 1942. Alongside his painting practice, he works with dalle de verre (thick slab glass) to create contemporary stained glass windows. His work has been recognised with several awards, including the Grand Prix at the Salon de Garches in 1973 and the Chesnay "Vitraux" award in 2001.
"Couleur et Matière" ("Colour and Matter") is a bold abstract composition in oil, its title a fitting description of the work itself — thick, textured passages of paint in coral red, ochre, deep plum, and ivory sit against a cool turquoise ground, with visible impasto and confident, gestural brushwork throughout. Given Gressani's parallel practice in stained glass, the interplay of luminous colour blocks and dense texture in this painting feels closely connected to his work in glass — light, colour, and material worked together with the same tactile intensity.
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Artist: Roger Gressani
Title: "Couleur et Matière"
Medium: Oil on canvas, hand signed
Period: 1970–1979
Image size: 81 x 100 cm
Comes in its original white wooden frame that is signed, with hangers fitted for either vertical or horizontal display
Condition: a few small age-related paint cracks are visible (consistent with a canvas of this period), otherwise good overall condition
Provenance: Acquired via Catawiki, November 2020 from Objects from the Past
Will be carefully packaged for shipping
Roger Gressani – "Couleur et Matière" – Oil on Canvas, Hand-Signed
Roger Gressani is a self-taught Italian painter, born in Lauco in 1942. Alongside his painting practice, he works with dalle de verre (thick slab glass) to create contemporary stained glass windows. His work has been recognised with several awards, including the Grand Prix at the Salon de Garches in 1973 and the Chesnay "Vitraux" award in 2001.
"Couleur et Matière" ("Colour and Matter") is a bold abstract composition in oil, its title a fitting description of the work itself — thick, textured passages of paint in coral red, ochre, deep plum, and ivory sit against a cool turquoise ground, with visible impasto and confident, gestural brushwork throughout. Given Gressani's parallel practice in stained glass, the interplay of luminous colour blocks and dense texture in this painting feels closely connected to his work in glass — light, colour, and material worked together with the same tactile intensity.
Details:
Artist: Roger Gressani
Title: "Couleur et Matière"
Medium: Oil on canvas, hand signed
Period: 1970–1979
Image size: 81 x 100 cm
Comes in its original white wooden frame that is signed, with hangers fitted for either vertical or horizontal display
Condition: a few small age-related paint cracks are visible (consistent with a canvas of this period), otherwise good overall condition
Provenance: Acquired via Catawiki, November 2020 from Objects from the Past
Will be carefully packaged for shipping
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Artist
Roger Gressani (1942)
Sold with frame
Yes
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Owner or reseller
Edition
Original
Title of artwork
Couleur et Matiere
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
France
Condition
Good condition
Colour
Blue, Multicolour, Orange, Red, White, Yellow
Height
81 cm
Width
100 cm
Weight
10 kg
Style
Abstract
Period
1970-1980
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