Michel Suret-Canale (XX-XXI) - Le chat amoureux

The Lovers' Cat

Oil on canvas, 55 × 75 cm

In this painting, the female nude becomes the stage for a meeting that is at once tender, funny, and slightly irreverent. The cat, seated with an almost human assurance beside its model, seems to contemplate the scene as much as it participates in it.

The composition rests on a deliberately direct and spontaneous drawing: bold black outlines, rapid strokes, visible texture, and a deliberately restrained range of whites, grays, blacks, and earth tones.
The work seeks less realistic representation than the immediate expression of gesture and character. The contrast between the quiet monumentality of the nude and the almost comic expression of the cat adds to the scene an ambiguity between sensuality, complicity, and humor.

Original and unique work, painted and hand-signed by Michel Suret-Canale.

Original unique work. Shipped with its certificate of authenticity and value appraisal signed (see photo)

Michel Suret-Canale is a French painter born in 1957 in Boulogne-Billancourt. Hailing from a family of artists, he has been exhibiting since the 1970s. Doctor of Arts and Art Sciences from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and former university lecturer, he has devoted himself entirely to painting since 2004. He is rightly regarded as a continuation and heir of the Paris School.

His works are part of numerous private collections in France and abroad. His career and work benefit from a strong online presence: many references can be consulted by simply searching for “Michel Suret-Canale,” including on his official site, ADAGP, Saatchi Art, Artmajeur, Catawiki, and several publications devoted to contemporary art."