Pascal Magis (1955-2011) Untitled - 1989 Abstract

Pascal MAGIS
(Aurillac 1955 - Meyrals 2011)
Untitled
Oil on canvas
H. 89 cm; W. 114 cm
Signed lower right, and countersigned on the back. Dated "October 1989"

Provenance: Private collection, Bordeaux

Pascal Magis was born in 1955 in Aurillac in Cantal, he grew up in the Périgord noir, in the small village of Meyrals. This town has also become an essential place for lovers of contemporary art, several galleries are located there, including Magis' workshop, kept open by his niece. A graduate of Fine Arts, he specialized in the field of tapestry and became a cardboard weaver. It was from 1988 that he devoted himself exclusively to painting, his favorite field. Magis' work is to be placed in the movement of "lyrical abstraction". Generally working on large formats, he throws on his canvases broad movements bringing the shapes and stains, sometimes drips, in a very controlled gestural writing. His palette is singing, the bright colors rub shoulders with deep hues, the broken contrasts with immaculate whites. Generous and passionate, Pascal Magis, a prolific and internationally recognized artist, died very early, at the end of 2011, leaving behind him many major works in abstract art, far from the figurative currents of the artists of Périgord.