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Eric Tournaire was born in Casablanca (Morocco) in 1958. He lived there until 1974. Thanks to his education and a scholarship, he spent one and a half months in Burkina Faso, the Ivory Coast and Ghana in 1981. In 1999, he returned to Morocco. He painted for 10 years as Claude Morin's assistant, building his iconography with African inspiration. Today, Eric Tournaire lives in France. 

He says: Africa… Africa, the cradle of humanity, is one of my sources of inspiration most intense and the paintings of Korhogo, in northern Côte d'Ivoire. The magic of nature at large, with his powers and cosmogonies primitive touch me a lot.

In my paintings I try to refer to all these civilizations that succeeded and mixed in the crucible of the history of this continent. By overlay patterns, colors, and transparencies, I try to express a succession of images, legends, religions and myths together closely in the space of my paintings and drawings. To obtain a summary of these overlays I use different techniques with each other.


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All artworks of Eric Tournaire
Painting, L’esprit du griot, Eric Tournaire

L’esprit du griot

Eric Tournaire

Painting - 12.2 x 9.1 x 0.2 inch

£429

Painting, Turtles, Eric Tournaire

Turtles

Eric Tournaire

Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch

£429

Painting, Many Guinea-hen, Eric Tournaire

Many Guinea-hen

Eric Tournaire

Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch

£429

Painting, African Doe, Eric Tournaire

African Doe

Eric Tournaire

Painting - 9.4 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch

£429

Painting, Three dancers, Eric Tournaire

Three dancers

Eric Tournaire

Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch

£429

Painting, African World, Eric Tournaire

African World

Eric Tournaire

Painting - 9.4 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch

£429

Painting, Big bird, Eric Tournaire

Big bird

Eric Tournaire

Painting - 9.4 x 12.5 x 0.1 inch

£429

Painting, La nuit du bleu, Eric Tournaire

La nuit du bleu

Eric Tournaire

Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.2 inch

£429

Painting, African chicken, Eric Tournaire

African chicken

Eric Tournaire

Painting - 9.4 x 12.5 x 0.1 inch

£429

Painting, Daureu vert et rouge, Eric Tournaire

Daureu vert et rouge

Eric Tournaire

Painting - 12.2 x 9.1 x 0.1 inch

£429

Painting, Once upon a time, Eric Tournaire

Once upon a time

Eric Tournaire

Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch

£429

Painting, Red Dancer, Eric Tournaire

Red Dancer

Eric Tournaire

Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch

£429

Painting, Green fish, Eric Tournaire

Green fish

Eric Tournaire

Painting - 9.4 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch

£429

Painting, The fisherman, Eric Tournaire

The fisherman

Eric Tournaire

Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch

£429

Painting, Dancer with birds, Eric Tournaire

Dancer with birds

Eric Tournaire

Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch

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Who is the artist?

Eric Tournaire was born in Casablanca (Morocco) in 1958. He lived there until 1974. Thanks to his education and a scholarship, he spent one and a half months in Burkina Faso, the Ivory Coast and Ghana in 1981. In 1999, he returned to Morocco. He painted for 10 years as Claude Morin's assistant, building his iconography with African inspiration. Today, Eric Tournaire lives in France. 

He says: Africa… Africa, the cradle of humanity, is one of my sources of inspiration most intense and the paintings of Korhogo, in northern Côte d'Ivoire. The magic of nature at large, with his powers and cosmogonies primitive touch me a lot.

In my paintings I try to refer to all these civilizations that succeeded and mixed in the crucible of the history of this continent. By overlay patterns, colors, and transparencies, I try to express a succession of images, legends, religions and myths together closely in the space of my paintings and drawings. To obtain a summary of these overlays I use different techniques with each other.

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What is Eric Tournaire’s artistic movement?

The artistic movements of the artists are: African Aesthetic

When was Eric Tournaire born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1958