{"id":100865,"date":"2020-10-14T09:46:08","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T14:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/all-destinations\/dans-latelier-du-peintre-des-ciels\/"},"modified":"2020-10-15T02:32:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T07:32:58","slug":"in-the-studio-with-the-painter-of-skies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/en\/all-destinations\/in-the-studio-with-the-painter-of-skies\/","title":{"rendered":"In the studio with the \u201cpainter of skies\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Franck Bailleul, a member of BARNES Propri\u00e9t\u00e9s & Ch\u00e2teaux<\/a> and painter exhibited in several countries, is not your average artist. We interview this aesthete fascinated by the sky...<\/h4>\n

Franck, how did you get into painting?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My father dabbled in Fine Arts. He painted whenever he had a spare moment, even though it wasn't his trade. From age 7 or 8 I learned too, and worked alongside him. Every weekend, we would spend hours in his studio, copying the great Flemish masters like van Ruisdael and Vermeer. I owe this \u2018apprenticeship\u2019 to my father. And paradoxically to a book, La Technique de la peinture \u00e0 l\u2019huile<\/em>, by Xavier de Langlais. It is truly irreplaceable, and explains painting as it should be practised.<\/p>\n

You used to work in another field before devoting yourself to painting...<\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s right. After studying business, I spent several years working for a large French group in Asia and Oceania. It gave me the opportunity to travel the world and to visit the major museums on all the continents. In 2000, I decided to return to France as part of a career change, always keeping painting in the back of my mind. After testing different genres, techniques and styles, I decided to devote myself to painting full-time in 2014. That\u2019s how I became a painter of skies.<\/p>\n

Why skies?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The sky is the prism of our humanity. Animals do not look to it, only Humans raise their eyes to lose themselves in its contemplation. Gazing at the sky, for me, is a way of realising that I\u2019m alive. The sky is the same for all of us, it is a great stage in perpetual motion. It is a constant pleasure that I take with me whether in the city, the countryside or by the sea. That\u2019s why I only paint large formats, to convey this transcendence.<\/p>\n

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