Jean-Claude Barthel - Nice
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Jean-Claude Barthel, Nice, oil painting, original edition, 40 × 40 cm, signed by hand, France, 2026.
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Oil/canvas, on stretcher, 40 x 40, unframed.
Jean-Claude Barthel is a self-taught French abstract artist known for his vibrant and elemental paintings inspired by the forces of nature: water, air, earth, and fire. Trained as an industrial designer, he devoted himself entirely 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 work offers a sensory journey to the heart of nature.
www.artmajeur.com/jeanclaudebarthel
Light, impressions on canvases with painterly textures 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. With at the end of the road, the meeting of the creator and the spectator in a shared desire, the same quest.
Salons, exhibitions, galleries.
2026: Spring Salon - Noyant d'Allier
2026: Salon Des Arts Bourbonnais - Vichy
2026: Grand Salon Des Artistes d'Auvergne - First Prize in Oil Painting - Clermont-Ferrand
2025: Salon Des Arts Bourbonnais - Vichy
2024: Salon Des Arts Bourbonnais - Vichy
2023: Salon Des Arts Bourbonnais - Vichy
2022: Salon Des Arts Bourbonnais - Vichy - 2nd Prize in Oil Painting
2022: LCL - Vichy
2022: Librairie Carnot - Vichy
2022: Première Biennale d’Art Contemporain - Vichy
2021: Galerie Des Arts et Déco - Vichy
2021: Librairie Carnot - Vichy
2021: Fond d'Art Moderne et Contemporain - Montluçon
2021: Salon Des Arts Bourbonnais - Vichy
2014: Invité d'honneur, 37th Autumn Salon TERNAY
2014: Open Studios – Lyon
2014: Salon de l’Art abordable – Paris
2014: Galerie Art’et Miss – Paris
2014: Galerie l’Art du Quai – St Rambert en Bugey
2014: Exhibition of creators 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 salons and galleries.
Collection Fondation Hewlett Packard, Groupe Suez (Electrabel)
Oil/canvas, on stretcher, 40 x 40, unframed.
Jean-Claude Barthel is a self-taught French abstract artist known for his vibrant and elemental paintings inspired by the forces of nature: water, air, earth, and fire. Trained as an industrial designer, he devoted himself entirely 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 work offers a sensory journey to the heart of nature.
www.artmajeur.com/jeanclaudebarthel
Light, impressions on canvases with painterly textures 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. With at the end of the road, the meeting of the creator and the spectator in a shared desire, the same quest.
Salons, exhibitions, galleries.
2026: Spring Salon - Noyant d'Allier
2026: Salon Des Arts Bourbonnais - Vichy
2026: Grand Salon Des Artistes d'Auvergne - First Prize in Oil Painting - Clermont-Ferrand
2025: Salon Des Arts Bourbonnais - Vichy
2024: Salon Des Arts Bourbonnais - Vichy
2023: Salon Des Arts Bourbonnais - Vichy
2022: Salon Des Arts Bourbonnais - Vichy - 2nd Prize in Oil Painting
2022: LCL - Vichy
2022: Librairie Carnot - Vichy
2022: Première Biennale d’Art Contemporain - Vichy
2021: Galerie Des Arts et Déco - Vichy
2021: Librairie Carnot - Vichy
2021: Fond d'Art Moderne et Contemporain - Montluçon
2021: Salon Des Arts Bourbonnais - Vichy
2014: Invité d'honneur, 37th Autumn Salon TERNAY
2014: Open Studios – Lyon
2014: Salon de l’Art abordable – Paris
2014: Galerie Art’et Miss – Paris
2014: Galerie l’Art du Quai – St Rambert en Bugey
2014: Exhibition of creators 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 salons and galleries.
Collection Fondation Hewlett Packard, Groupe Suez (Electrabel)
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Edition
Original
Artist
Jean-Claude Barthel
Title of artwork
Nice
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+
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