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 ST-VIcTOIRE 3
1989 OIl ON cANVAS 21X25½ IN. / 54X65 cM.

 NU ASSIS
1994 gOUAcHE ON PAPER 25X20 IN. / 65X50 cM.

him. For Van Que, “art is merely
a means of expressing life”, a life
which captures a sensuality which
is never satisfied. Sensitive to the
analogy between the curves of the

female body and the landscape,
be it sky (clouds), sea (waves) or
mountains (hills), he invents the

“woman-landscape”, applies his
discovery to around fifty works,
in charcoal and in oils, composes
“thirty three variations on an
attitude of a sea-nymph (Nereid).

Variations which are the
equivalent of a private diary, in
which the progression is marked

by hints to Matisse, Picasso and
geometric abstraction, but which
reveal nothing of the incredible
creative energy of their author.

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