Jean-Claude Barthel - Lumière du matin

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Jean-Claude Barthel's original oil on canvas titled Lumière du matin, 40 × 40 cm, hand-signed, in excellent condition, origin France, 2026, sold directly by the artist.

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Oil/canvas, professional keyed stretcher, 40 x 40, unframed.

Jean-Claude Barthel is a self-taught French abstract artist known for his vibrant, elemental paintings inspired by the forces of nature: water, air, earth, and fire. Trained as an industrial draftsman, he devoted himself fully to painting in the late 1970s after settling in Auvergne. Barthel’s works, often in oil or acrylic, feature rich textures, layered glazes, and bold gestures that convey energy and emotion. His art seeks to evoke sensations—light, movement, heat—through color and composition. Widely exhibited in France and Europe, notably in Paris, Vichy, and Vienna, his paintings are held in private collections and represented by several galleries such as ETRU and SIMPARGA. Barthel’s oeuvre offers a sensory journey into the heart of nature.
www.artmajeur.com/jeanclaudebarthel

The light, the impressions on canvases with texture effects from the brush, fully express his personality as an artist. He loves water, air, earth, and fire. He builds a world in which he escapes, for the moment of a canvas. At the end of the path lies the meeting of the creator and the spectator in a shared desire, the same quest.

Salons, exhibitions, galleries.

2026: Spring Show - Noyant d'Allier
2026: Arts Bourbonnais Show - Vichy
2026: Grand Show of Auvergne Artists - First Prize in Oil Painting - Clermont-Ferrand
2025: Arts Bourbonnais Show - Vichy
2024: Arts Bourbonnais Show - Vichy
2023: Arts Bourbonnais Show - Vichy
2022: Arts Bourbonnais Show - Vichy - 2nd Prize in Oil Painting
2022: LCL - Vichy
2022: Librairie Carnot - Vichy
2022: First Biennial of Contemporary Art - Vichy
2021: Galerie Des Arts et Déco - Vichy
2021: Librairie Carnot - Vichy
2021: Fonds d’Art Moderne et Contemporain - Montluçon
2021: Arts Bourbonnais Show - Vichy
2014: Guest of Honor, 37th Autumn Salon, Ternay
2014: Open Studio Doors – Lyon
2014: Affordable Art Show – Paris
2014: Galerie Art’et Miss – Paris
2014: Galerie l’Art du Quai – St Rambert en Bugey
2014: Creators’ Exhibition in Chambéry - Bourg-en-Bresse - Annecy / Talloires
2013: Galerie 33 – Lyon
2012: Galerie Art’et Miss – Paris
2012: Galerie de Lans – Chambéry

Self-taught, the artist regularly exhibits his recent works in fairs and galleries.

Hewlett Packard Foundation Collection, Suez Group (Electrabel)

Oil/canvas, professional keyed stretcher, 40 x 40, unframed.

Jean-Claude Barthel is a self-taught French abstract artist known for his vibrant, elemental paintings inspired by the forces of nature: water, air, earth, and fire. Trained as an industrial draftsman, he devoted himself fully to painting in the late 1970s after settling in Auvergne. Barthel’s works, often in oil or acrylic, feature rich textures, layered glazes, and bold gestures that convey energy and emotion. His art seeks to evoke sensations—light, movement, heat—through color and composition. Widely exhibited in France and Europe, notably in Paris, Vichy, and Vienna, his paintings are held in private collections and represented by several galleries such as ETRU and SIMPARGA. Barthel’s oeuvre offers a sensory journey into the heart of nature.
www.artmajeur.com/jeanclaudebarthel

The light, the impressions on canvases with texture effects from the brush, fully express his personality as an artist. He loves water, air, earth, and fire. He builds a world in which he escapes, for the moment of a canvas. At the end of the path lies the meeting of the creator and the spectator in a shared desire, the same quest.

Salons, exhibitions, galleries.

2026: Spring Show - Noyant d'Allier
2026: Arts Bourbonnais Show - Vichy
2026: Grand Show of Auvergne Artists - First Prize in Oil Painting - Clermont-Ferrand
2025: Arts Bourbonnais Show - Vichy
2024: Arts Bourbonnais Show - Vichy
2023: Arts Bourbonnais Show - Vichy
2022: Arts Bourbonnais Show - Vichy - 2nd Prize in Oil Painting
2022: LCL - Vichy
2022: Librairie Carnot - Vichy
2022: First Biennial of Contemporary Art - Vichy
2021: Galerie Des Arts et Déco - Vichy
2021: Librairie Carnot - Vichy
2021: Fonds d’Art Moderne et Contemporain - Montluçon
2021: Arts Bourbonnais Show - Vichy
2014: Guest of Honor, 37th Autumn Salon, Ternay
2014: Open Studio Doors – Lyon
2014: Affordable Art Show – Paris
2014: Galerie Art’et Miss – Paris
2014: Galerie l’Art du Quai – St Rambert en Bugey
2014: Creators’ Exhibition in Chambéry - Bourg-en-Bresse - Annecy / Talloires
2013: Galerie 33 – Lyon
2012: Galerie Art’et Miss – Paris
2012: Galerie de Lans – Chambéry

Self-taught, the artist regularly exhibits his recent works in fairs and galleries.

Hewlett Packard Foundation Collection, Suez Group (Electrabel)

Details

Artist
Jean-Claude Barthel
Sold with frame
No
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Edition
Original
Title of artwork
Lumière du matin
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
France
Year
2026
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
40 cm
Width
40 cm
Weight
2 kg
Style
Contemporary
Period
2020+
FranceVerified
233
Objects sold
Private

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