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Richard Saint-Amans is a French artist born in 1949 in Béziers. he lives and works near Versailles.

Although he has attended art courses in prestigious schools, Richard Saint-Amans defines himself as an autodidact. His artistic debut as a teenager took him to photography, which he turned aside to create hybrid prints, the preconceptions of which are already being worked on.

Arrive painting. His taste for American hyperrealism, Flemish primitives, his background as a photographer naturally takes him to a hyperrealist figuration. He then works on the issue of transparency and glazing in a demanding technical exploration.

He ends up feeling cramped in this approach and the concomitant discovery of Japan confirms the abandonment of this path. By freeing himself from the constraints of the technique, he refocuses himself on the line, concentrating on gestures in a quasi-calligraphic approach.

Inspired by Hans Hartung, he is interested in signs, traces and other bits of memory left on the walls.

Mixing of supports and hybridization still between text and pictorial work. Thus, most of the numbers he walked away the sandstone of his inner paths, he comes to superimpose signs, substrates of an almost forgotten writing, producing abstract compositions, stripping, purifying his line for ever closer of the essence of the gesture, calligraphing the painting in a way.


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Sculpture, Le Doute, Richard Saint-Amans

Le Doute

Richard Saint-Amans

Sculpture - 290 x 220 x 250 cm

$20,327

Print, L'Adieu (G Appolinaire), Richard Saint-Amans

L'Adieu (G Appolinaire)

Richard Saint-Amans

Print - 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm

$361

Painting, Strata I, Richard Saint-Amans

Strata I

Richard Saint-Amans

Painting - 72.5 x 52.5 x 5 cm

$1,807

Fine Art Drawings, Letter 8, Richard Saint-Amans

Letter 8

Richard Saint-Amans

Fine Art Drawings - 71 x 50 x 0.1 cm

$903

Print, Traces II, Richard Saint-Amans

Traces II

Richard Saint-Amans

Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm

$339

Painting, Nuit en enfer, Richard Saint-Amans

Nuit en enfer

Richard Saint-Amans

Painting - 74 x 45 x 2.5 cm

$1,355

Painting, Falls, Richard Saint-Amans

Falls

Richard Saint-Amans

Painting - 70 x 48 x 2.5 cm

$1,351

Print, Le bateau ivre, Richard Saint-Amans

Le bateau ivre

Richard Saint-Amans

Print - 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm

$316

Painting, Letter 2, Richard Saint-Amans

Letter 2

Richard Saint-Amans

Painting - 70 x 41 x 2.5 cm

$1,355

Fine Art Drawings, Message, Richard Saint-Amans

Message

Richard Saint-Amans

Fine Art Drawings - 77 x 56 x 0.1 cm

$1,129 $791

Painting, Traits Two, Richard Saint-Amans

Traits Two

Richard Saint-Amans

Painting - 58 x 70 x 3 cm

$621

Painting, Traits One, Richard Saint-Amans

Traits One

Richard Saint-Amans

Painting - 70 x 58 x 3 cm

$587

Fine Art Drawings, Caligraff 8, Richard Saint-Amans

Caligraff 8

Richard Saint-Amans

Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 76 x 0.1 cm

$440

Painting, Rouge 3, Richard Saint-Amans

Rouge 3

Richard Saint-Amans

Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm

$1,412

Painting, Rouge 1, Richard Saint-Amans

Rouge 1

Richard Saint-Amans

Painting - 55 x 77 x 3 cm

$1,412

Painting, Éphémère, Richard Saint-Amans

Éphémère

Richard Saint-Amans

Painting - 45 x 60 x 3 cm

$2,089

Painting, Le bateau Ivre, Richard Saint-Amans

Le bateau Ivre

Richard Saint-Amans

Painting - 159 x 99 x 3 cm

$3,501

Painting, L'Adieu (G Apollinaire), Richard Saint-Amans

L'Adieu (G Apollinaire)

Richard Saint-Amans

Painting - 155 x 105 x 3 cm

$3,614

Painting, Mémoire I, Richard Saint-Amans

Mémoire I

Richard Saint-Amans

Painting - 155 x 99 x 3 cm

$3,501

Print, La mémoire, Richard Saint-Amans

La mémoire

Richard Saint-Amans

Print - 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm

$361

Fine Art Drawings, Caligraff 9, Richard Saint-Amans

Caligraff 9

Richard Saint-Amans

Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 76 x 0.1 cm

$621

Print, Caligraff VI, Richard Saint-Amans

Caligraff VI

Richard Saint-Amans

Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm

$282

Print, Césure, Richard Saint-Amans

Césure

Richard Saint-Amans

Print - 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm

$361

Print, Traces I, Richard Saint-Amans

Traces I

Richard Saint-Amans

Print - 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm

$361

Print, Rimbaud, Richard Saint-Amans

Rimbaud

Richard Saint-Amans

Print - 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm

$282

Print, Abstract VII, Richard Saint-Amans

Abstract VII

Richard Saint-Amans

Print - 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm

$282 $198

Print, Abstract IX, Richard Saint-Amans

Abstract IX

Richard Saint-Amans

Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm

$282 $198

Print, Abstract I, Richard Saint-Amans

Abstract I

Richard Saint-Amans

Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm

$282 $198

Print, Abstract VIII, Richard Saint-Amans

Abstract VIII

Richard Saint-Amans

Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm

$282 $198

Print, Caligraff VII, Richard Saint-Amans

Caligraff VII

Richard Saint-Amans

Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm

$282

Print, Caligraff I, Richard Saint-Amans

Caligraff I

Richard Saint-Amans

Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm

$282 $198

Print, Abstract X, Richard Saint-Amans

Abstract X

Richard Saint-Amans

Print - 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm

$282 $198

Print, Abstract II, Richard Saint-Amans

Abstract II

Richard Saint-Amans

Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm

$282 $198

Print, Collapse, Richard Saint-Amans

Collapse

Richard Saint-Amans

Print - 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm

$282 $198

Print, Abstract IV, Richard Saint-Amans

Abstract IV

Richard Saint-Amans

Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm

$282 $198

Print, Abstract V, Richard Saint-Amans

Abstract V

Richard Saint-Amans

Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm

$282 $198

Print, Calligraff 9, Richard Saint-Amans

Calligraff 9

Richard Saint-Amans

Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm

$282

Print, Rouge II, Richard Saint-Amans

Rouge II

Richard Saint-Amans

Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm

$282 $198

Print, Caligraff IV, Richard Saint-Amans

Caligraff IV

Richard Saint-Amans

Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm

$282

Print, Éphémère, Richard Saint-Amans

Éphémère

Richard Saint-Amans

Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm

$282

Painting, Trace I, Richard Saint-Amans

Trace I

Richard Saint-Amans

Painting - 159 x 99 x 3 cm

$3,501

Painting, Bernini, Richard Saint-Amans

Bernini

Richard Saint-Amans

Painting - 146 x 113 x 2.5 cm

$2,654

Fine Art Drawings, Alpha, Richard Saint-Amans

Alpha

Richard Saint-Amans

Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm

$395

Fine Art Drawings, Caligraff 5, Richard Saint-Amans

Caligraff 5

Richard Saint-Amans

Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 76 x 0.1 cm

$282

Fine Art Drawings, Caligraff 2, Richard Saint-Amans

Caligraff 2

Richard Saint-Amans

Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 76 x 0.1 cm

$361

Fine Art Drawings, Caligraff 10, Richard Saint-Amans

Caligraff 10

Richard Saint-Amans

Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 76 x 0.1 cm

$508

Fine Art Drawings, Caligraff 11, Richard Saint-Amans

Caligraff 11

Richard Saint-Amans

Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 76 x 0.1 cm

$474

Fine Art Drawings, Caligraff 3, Richard Saint-Amans

Caligraff 3

Richard Saint-Amans

Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 76 x 0.1 cm

$248

Print, Bernini, Richard Saint-Amans

Bernini

Richard Saint-Amans

Print - 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm

$282 $198

Print, Hommage à Goya, Richard Saint-Amans

Hommage à Goya

Richard Saint-Amans

Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm

$282 $198

Print, Mémoire des murs, Richard Saint-Amans

Mémoire des murs

Richard Saint-Amans

Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm

$282 $198

Print, Pampelune, Richard Saint-Amans

Pampelune

Richard Saint-Amans

Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm

$282 $198

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Who is the artist?

Richard Saint-Amans is a French artist born in 1949 in Béziers. he lives and works near Versailles.

Although he has attended art courses in prestigious schools, Richard Saint-Amans defines himself as an autodidact. His artistic debut as a teenager took him to photography, which he turned aside to create hybrid prints, the preconceptions of which are already being worked on.

Arrive painting. His taste for American hyperrealism, Flemish primitives, his background as a photographer naturally takes him to a hyperrealist figuration. He then works on the issue of transparency and glazing in a demanding technical exploration.

He ends up feeling cramped in this approach and the concomitant discovery of Japan confirms the abandonment of this path. By freeing himself from the constraints of the technique, he refocuses himself on the line, concentrating on gestures in a quasi-calligraphic approach.

Inspired by Hans Hartung, he is interested in signs, traces and other bits of memory left on the walls.

Mixing of supports and hybridization still between text and pictorial work. Thus, most of the numbers he walked away the sandstone of his inner paths, he comes to superimpose signs, substrates of an almost forgotten writing, producing abstract compositions, stripping, purifying his line for ever closer of the essence of the gesture, calligraphing the painting in a way.

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What is Richard Saint-Amans’s artistic movement?

The artistic movements of the artists are: Abstract Street Art

When was Richard Saint-Amans born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1949