Emmanuelle Pellet - Le carrosse des songes

Emmanuelle Pellet - The Carriage of Dreams
Acrylic painting on cardboard
Height: 20.9 cm; Width: 30 cm
Unique piece, hand-painted, signed and numbered
The work was published in a youth album/CD, The Frog King, by the Brothers Grimm, which is attached to the shipment

About the work:

The Carriage of Dreams takes us into a dreamlike universe where the journey becomes a metaphor for the imagination. A strange carriage with organic, almost fantastical shapes traverses a landscape bathed in light, pulled by two richly harnessed horses. Beside them, a small coachman seems to guide the team through a world suspended between dream and reality.

The palette, dominated by blues, ochres, reds, and golden shades, creates a warm, theatrical atmosphere. The carriages’ scarlet curtains evoke secrecy and intimacy, while the wheels, reins, and the silhouettes of the horses impart a true sense of movement to the painting.

At the crossroads of fantasy tale, imaginative travel, and symbolism, this work invites the viewer to invent their own story. The carriage can be seen as a vehicle toward an inner elsewhere: a passage to childhood, to dream, or to a world where ordinary rules no longer apply.

A singular work, destined for lovers of narrative painting and fantastical universes, where every detail seems to tell the beginning of an adventure.

About the artist:

Art historian by training, Emmanuelle Pellet studied at the École du Louvre and then at the Sorbonne, before passing the Agrégation in Visual Arts (3rd place). After several years of teaching, she joined the Louvre Museum as head of educational outreach.
Her career today nourishes a personal body of work in which painting mastery dialogues with a deep culture of images and art history. Her creations have been exhibited in galleries in Paris, London, Singapore, and Mauritius, and have been the subject of numerous publications. They are now in private collections in Europe, North America, Asia, and the Indian Ocean.