Animal Abstract Painting: Régine Gardan's Colourful Bestiary
12 original works in this collection.
13 unique works inhabited by a colourful bestiary: peacock, dolphin, jaguar, phoenix, dove, painted in oil by Régine Gardan.
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Perroquet
440 €
Poisson Clown
390 €
Chevaux
670 €
Régine Gardan
An Award-Winning Artist, 1964 - 2018
- 25+years of painting
- 200+hand-painted canvases
- 35+exhibitions
- 14awards & honours
Aigle
825 €
Plumes
580 €
Phénix
390 €
Colombe
670 €
Dragon
520 €
Papillon De Nuit
520 €
Jaguar
390 €
Cardinal Rouge
950 €
Dauphin
315 €A Bestiary In Gestures And Colours
In this collection, the animal is never drawn: it is suggested. The deep blue of a dolphin mid-leap, the fan of a peacock in a blazing yellow, the power of a jaguar in a wild red. That suggestion is the strength of the animal abstract painting: the animal appears and fades with the light and the gaze, and the work never tires the eye.
It is a theme that works as well in a child's bedroom (the softness of a dove, a multicoloured clownfish) as in a bold living room (dragon, phoenix). Also explore the works by colour, from intense red to deep blue. Each canvas is one of a kind, signed by Régine Gardan, delivered ready to hang with its certificate of authenticity.
Original Artwork Or Reproduction: What Really Changes
| Original artwork (oil on canvas) | Industrial reproduction | |
|---|---|---|
| Texture | Real relief of the pigments, light catches the surface differently through the day | Flat surface, identical look whatever the light |
| Uniqueness | One of a kind: a single one in the world, yours | Mass-produced, thousands of identical copies |
| Authenticity | Signed by the artist, certificate of authenticity included | No original signature, no certificate |
| Over time | Oil paint lasts for generations and can be passed on | Wears out and gets replaced like a decor item |
| What you own | The real work of an artist, with its story | A licensed printed image |
Frequently Asked Questions
1. What Is Animal Painting?
Animal painting is the genre that makes the animal the main subject of the work. In France, Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899) is one of its great figures: her painting *The Horse Fair* (1852-1855), shown at the Salon of 1853, is now held at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. In this collection, the animal becomes colour: peacock, dolphin, jaguar, phoenix or dove, painted in oil by Régine Gardan.
2. Who Are Some Famous Animal Painters?
Rosa Bonheur in the 19th century, and Franz Marc in the early 20th: his *Blue Horse I* (1911, Lenbachhaus, Munich) paints the animal in a colour chosen for what it expresses, far more than for what it imitates. Co-founder of the Blaue Reiter with Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Marc paved the way for animals in which colour speaks as much as form. Régine Gardan's animals carry on this freedom of colour.
