Jean-daniel Ribeyrol (1918-2005) l'Isle à Razac Dordogne

Jean-Daniel RIBEYROL
(Périgueux 1918 – Razac sur l'Isle 2005)
L'Isle à Razac
Oil on wood
H. 60 cm; W. 73 cm
Signed lower left

Provenance: Private collection, Périgueux

Born in Périgueux at the end of the Great War, Ribeyrol grew up on the family lands of Razac sur l'Isle which he left for his profession as a railway worker. During his youth he learned the basics of the Arts on the benches of the Ecole de Dessin alongside Pierre-Robert Lucas, future Prix de Rome in 1937, and Jean Cluseau-Lanauve. These lovers of Périgord learned under the guidance of two well-known artists: Robert Dessales-Quentin and Julien Saraben. Ribeyrol initially worked in Grenoble, where he took part in numerous local exhibitions in the entourage of the city's Fine Arts Society. His passion for drawing and painting forced him to practice almost daily within this circle in order to develop his art with greater rigor. He won prizes in Grenoble and Lyon, a city he returned to in 1968 and where he did not fail to join the Fine Arts Society... During all these years of expatriation, Jean-Daniel Ribeyrol created constantly, mainly landscapes of neighboring Provence, but of course the foothills of the Alps or Auvergne. A few still lifes punctuate the landscapes partitioned with colors that he liked to exhibit. In 1974, the painter retired and was able to devote himself full time to his passion in front of the landscapes of Périgord. Shortly after, he created within the Société des Beaux-Arts du Périgord, "l'Atelier" which still exists today, being a place of meeting and weekly practice. From 1986 to 1990 he chaired the Society which he very seriously expanded. In 1988, a major exhibition of his work was organized in Périgueux, and another in 2015 in Razac sur l'Isle.

It is very logically a landscape of his village of Razac which is represented here, precisely at the place called "les Îlots" located on the banks of the Isle. This subject, illustration of an almost marshy area of the river, shows us trees with roots in the open air, others fallen, forming the very natural areas of the watercourse. As usual, he treats his composition with broad cubist touches, concentrating the light in the center of the work.