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Françoise Nielly

Françoise Nielly

France • 1960 • 377 followers
Featured in: Emerging artists

French artist known for remaking the human face with vibrant colors and bold strokes.

Nationality

French

Categories

Printmakers

Artistic movements

Pop Art, New Figuration

Themes

Portrait, figurative, Pop Art

Biography

Françoise Nielly is a contemporary painter born in Marseille and trained at the Beaux-Arts. Recognized for her powerful and expressive portraits , she redefines the human face through a unique palette knife technique, where color explodes in vivid, contrasting bursts. Her instinctive and energetic approach gives rise to intense, almost musical works, where each brushstroke or knife stroke becomes an emotional vibration.

Françoise Nielly's portraits are direct confrontations with the intensity of life. Her faces, marked, almost scarred, convey a raw and fascinating form of beauty, oscillating between fantasy and reality. In her paintings, colors collide and harmonize to reveal the soul of her subjects, with an almost sonorous intensity. Each work is a testimony to her physical struggle with matter, a fusion of strength, emotion, and light.

Today, Françoise Nielly is internationally recognized as one of the major figures in contemporary figurative art, with an immediately identifiable and deeply emotional style.

Explore all artworks (38)

Print, Untitled 620, Françoise Nielly

Untitled 620

Print . 110 x 110 cm Print . 43.3 x 43.3 inch

£2,974

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Painting, Skull, Françoise Nielly

Skull

Painting . 140 x 140 cm Painting . 55.1 x 55.1 inch

£22,192

Print, 938, Françoise Nielly

938

Print . 90 x 90 cm Print . 35.4 x 35.4 inch

£2,885

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Print, Daniel Craig, Françoise Nielly

Daniel Craig

Print . 90 x 90 cm Print . 35.4 x 35.4 inch

£2,530

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Painting, Sadja, Françoise Nielly

Sadja

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

£9,321

Painting, Milo, Françoise Nielly

Milo

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

£9,321

Print, Weekend, Françoise Nielly

Weekend

Print . 90 x 90 cm Print . 35.4 x 35.4 inch

£2,885

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Print, Yasmina, Françoise Nielly

Yasmina

Print . 90 x 90 cm Print . 35.4 x 35.4 inch

£2,885

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Print, Mirabelle, Françoise Nielly

Mirabelle

Print . 90 x 90 cm Print . 35.4 x 35.4 inch

£2,885

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Print, Daniel Craig (110 x 110 cm), Françoise Nielly

Daniel Craig (110 x 110 cm)

Print . 110 x 110 x 2 cm Print . 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

£2,974

Print, 513 (110 x 110 cm), Françoise Nielly

513 (110 x 110 cm)

Print . 110 x 110 x 2 cm Print . 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

£2,974

Print, Mirabelle (110 x 110 cm), Françoise Nielly

Mirabelle (110 x 110 cm)

Print . 110 x 110 x 2 cm Print . 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

£2,974

Print, Bryan (110x110cm), Françoise Nielly

Bryan (110x110cm)

Print . 110 x 110 x 2 cm Print . 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

£2,974

Print, Weekend, Françoise Nielly

Weekend

Print . 110 x 110 x 2 cm Print . 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

£2,974

Print, Untitled 938, Françoise Nielly

Untitled 938

Print . 110 x 110 x 2 cm Print . 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

£2,974

Print, 710, Françoise Nielly

710

Print . 110 x 110 x 3 cm Print . 43.3 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch

£2,974

Print, Anastasia (110 x 110 cm), Françoise Nielly

Anastasia (110 x 110 cm)

Print . 110 x 110 x 3 cm Print . 43.3 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch

£2,974

Print, Jutta, Françoise Nielly

Jutta

Print . 110 x 110 x 2 cm Print . 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

£2,974

Print, Yasmina, Françoise Nielly

Yasmina

Print . 110 x 110 x 3 cm Print . 43.3 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch

£2,974

Print, David Bowie, Françoise Nielly

David Bowie

Print . 110 x 110 x 2 cm Print . 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

£2,974

Print, Untitled 523 (110 x 210 cm), Françoise Nielly

Untitled 523 (110 x 210 cm)

Print . 110 x 210 x 2 cm Print . 43.3 x 82.7 x 0.8 inch

£5,149

Print, Wesley (180 x 120 cm), Françoise Nielly

Wesley (180 x 120 cm)

Print . 180 x 120 x 2 cm Print . 70.9 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

£4,882

Print, Vancouver (114 x 195 cm), Françoise Nielly

Vancouver (114 x 195 cm)

Print . 114 x 195 x 2 cm Print . 44.9 x 76.8 x 0.8 inch

£4,971

Painting, Apache, Françoise Nielly

Apache

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

£9,321

Print, Untitled 934, Françoise Nielly

Untitled 934

Print . 110 x 110 cm Print . 43.3 x 43.3 inch

£2,974

Print, Untitled 904, Françoise Nielly

Untitled 904

Print . 110 x 110 cm Print . 43.3 x 43.3 inch

£2,974

Print, Quiproquo, Françoise Nielly

Quiproquo

Print . 97 x 146 cm Print . 38.2 x 57.5 inch

£3,329

Print, Bryan, Françoise Nielly

Bryan

Print . 110 x 110 cm Print . 43.3 x 43.3 inch

£2,974

Print, Ashley, Françoise Nielly

Ashley

Print . 90 x 90 cm Print . 35.4 x 35.4 inch

£2,885

Print, 513, Françoise Nielly

513

Print . 90 x 90 cm Print . 35.4 x 35.4 inch

£2,885

Print, Brian, Françoise Nielly

Brian

Print . 90 x 90 cm Print . 35.4 x 35.4 inch

£2,888

Print, David Bowie, Françoise Nielly

David Bowie

Print . 90 x 90 cm Print . 35.4 x 35.4 inch

£2,885

Print, 710, Françoise Nielly

710

Print . 90 x 90 cm Print . 35.4 x 35.4 inch

£2,885

Print, Anastasia, Françoise Nielly

Anastasia

Print . 90 x 90 cm Print . 35.4 x 35.4 inch

£2,885

Print, Jutta, Françoise Nielly

Jutta

Print . 90 x 90 cm Print . 35.4 x 35.4 inch

£2,885

Print, 523, Françoise Nielly

523

Print . 89 x 170 cm Print . 35 x 66.9 inch

£3,728

Print, Vancouver, Françoise Nielly

Vancouver

Print . 99 x 170 cm Print . 39 x 66.9 inch

£3,728

Print, Wesley, Françoise Nielly

Wesley

Print . 165 x 110 cm Print . 65 x 43.3 inch

£3,995

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