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After several years of absence, Jean-Marie Mélis is back on the exhibition scene. And it's happening in his home town, at the Galerie HVL! 

In a style originating from the comic strip, the young retiree reveals his oil paintings and drawings always revolving around his central theme: the woman. Her grace, her beauty, her fragility but even more so her warrior strength are depicted in his works. With an uncommon precision, his paintings will make you travel in the imagination of this multitude of characters... 

The precision of the gesture, the conquest of materials and colours and the confrontation with chance have been side by side in Alain Schank's abstraction for some twenty years. In perpetual research, the artist recently met his alias Snach-Ka...

This artistic turnaround was intended to be free of all constraints, more eccentric and authentic than the previous one. The painter became independent and no longer responded to the requests of the galleries that exhibited his work: choice of colours and shades, formats, effects, etc. He now painted by himself and for himself.

Snach-Ka's figurative work is full of violence and unabashedness. The crazy characters he creates are in phase with his new style. Marginal, brutal, often gravitating towards the punk sphere, they scream out their desire to have their identity recognised and to break their chains.

The artist calls himself a "painter of the moment" in the sense that each of his paintings is revealed in the light of day without any preparatory drawings. It is his prior and unceasing work of pictorial research and his profound mastery of techniques that allow him to create his works at the "T" moment.

The explosion of colours, the daring collages and the eccentric characters charm some and shock others... but for sure, these original productions will leave no one indifferent. As an invitation from the artist to dive into his universe, the message FIND ME INSIDE will guide you in the discovery of this complex work... 

Nothing predestined Jean-Michel Dubuc for an artistic career. It was by chance that this fifty-year-old from Liège came to painting. Attracted by decoration and photography, he started with stencils and small formats and quickly got into the game. His passion never stopped growing and revealed an unsuspected creativity. "This allows me to free myself completely, without any restrictions. When I'm with my 'tools', I don't see the time passing, I'm completely immersed" confides this self-taught artist for whom painting has become a kind of necessity.
Jean-Michel Dubuc's work focuses on colour with an emphasis on spontaneity. As a support, this undeniably talented artist most often uses aluminium plates that he "deconstructs" and then "reconstructs" by superimposing pigments. "I look for contrasts in colour, flatness and relief so that the light is reflected," he says. Working flat, Jean-Michel Dubuc literally immerses himself in the plate in order to be as spontaneous and free as possible, thus losing awareness of his actions in an attempt to achieve an almost automatic gesture. A form of action painting for the artist who proposes a production not far from abstract expressionism.
Jean-Michel Dubuc has not given any title to the works chosen for this exhibition, which is rightly entitled "Untitled". This is a desire to give the viewer total freedom to apprehend them without prejudice or instructions. His paintings catch the eye at first glance and then invite the viewer to immerse themselves more deeply and intensely in the many details, giving free rein to their imagination. By refusing to impose his vision of his production, this emerging artist allows each viewer to project his or her own experience, previous experiences, and relationship with the world, and to always detect a different story and varied and intense emotions. A singularity and an approach that undeniably make this painter from Liège one to watch.... 

Removal of batches

Wednesday 11/12/24 and Thursday 12/12/24 after the sale

Friday 13/12/24 from 14h at 6pm

14/12/24, 16/12/24, 17/12/24 and 18/12/24 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Afterwards, collection by appointment with the auction room

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The Legros Auction House is pleased to participate in the tourist route of the illustrious citizens of Verviers. This project, supported by the "Verviers Ambitions" city centre management, has its roots in the publication of 2 volumes New Verviers biographies published under the direction of Freddy Joris and Louis-Bernard Koch, which highlights those who were or are personalities of Verviers in various fields such as culture or entrepreneurship.

On 5 March, a commemorative panel will be unveiled on the façade of our school. We have logically chosen to honour the famous painter Maurice Pirenne leader of the school known as the Verviers intimists.

As an auction house, the Hôtel des ventes Legros has always been keen to promote art in general and that of our region in particular, which is why we have opened an art gallery to complement our activities.

Exhibitions of contemporary art will be held there as well as retrospectives of local artists.

Verviers was and still is a land of artists. It is good to be reminded of this and not to let these painters, whose identity is so particular, fall into oblivion. They have their place alongside the great names in the history of art, proof of which is that Georges Le Brun is already exhibited at the Musée d'Orsay and I am sure that Maurice Pirenne will soon join them.

Promoting art is also participating in the dynamism of our city and it is in this spirit that we are proud to participate in the Verviers Ambitions initiative.