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Born in 1946 in Paris, Jean-Claude Fitoussi alias Zafi by his artist name which is a tribute to his parents, is a painter who lives and works in the heart of the city of Cognac.

Coming from a family of 11 children, he spent part of his youth in a recovery center in Bel-ile-en-mer. It was during this period that he first found this desire to paint, probably a deep desire to express himself, to exteriorize. Only, it will be oriented towards an all-way, that of the building.

It was only later, when he worked for the Parisian newspaper France-Soir, that his artistic side resurfaced. Jean-Claude Fitoussi then immersed himself in photography, he surveyed Paris with his camera in a style à la Cartier-Bresson Robert or Doisneau. It was his first artistic activity, but the photo tires him quickly. It was from 1968 that Jean-Claude Fitoussi began to frequent Parisian museums, he even went so far as to go to Auvers-sur-Oise to visit Vincent Van Gogh's tomb, as well as the room where the painter lived.

Self-taught, Jean-Claude is like a sponge who soaks up the great masters, and in particular Pablo Picasso for whom he is passionate about as well as cubism, a universe in which he will finally find something to feed his desire for creation, he watches, reads , studies, learns to handle the brush, to master the colors, the shapes painting and repainting again and again, before finally allowing himself to express himself by himself, then transmitting his own universe.

Now the technique mastered, his inimitable style combines cubism and figuration, where geometric shapes and powerful colors explode. But it must be said that the palette of the artist is wide, Zafi likes to agree a few deviations by mixing styles and genres, is therefore to associate with a certain disconcerting ease his famous characters with other styles. Like a cellar master, he assembles, mixes, composes until self-satisfaction, without ever forgetting the heart of his art, cubism, of which he will say “there is no limit, cubism is an endless creation. …".

Zafi's work leaves less and less indifferent Regularly associated with the world of fashion since 2018, the painter's creations are causing a sensation among young fashion designers, one of whom will go so far as to draw inspiration from Zafi's painting.

2018 is an important year, the works of the artist from Cognac seduce the famous American promoter-architect Mohamed Hadid, painter and above all already recognized throughout the world for his real estate creations. A real crush on Zafi's paintings, an exceptional human and artistic collaboration will be born between these two enthusiasts and artists and the regular creation of various works between Cognac and Los Angeles. Also in the same year, the great Arts Magazine International devoted its cover to the artist's work and quoted "Inspirational and inspiring works, masterfully renewing the Cubism movement". A nice destiny for the painter Zafi, when we know that Fernande Olivier, Pablo Picasso's first wife, rests in Cognac, very close to her studio.

After a long complicated period for culture following the health crisis, followed by a difficult economic situation, Zafi is making 2023 an important year full of events, with the reward of a certificate of merit for all of his work awarded the Pinacothèque du Luxembourg museum, at the same time, his work will be honored with the release of the decanter of Cognac xo signed Zafi for the 250th anniversary of the Roullet cognac house.

Zafi, international artist whose works can be found today in many countries and are part of a continuity and perpetuates a universe against current trends while bringing his touch. "A work that smacks of renewal". (Art Magazine)


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Fine Art Drawings

Painting, Un footballeur à Wynwood, Zafi

Un footballeur à Wynwood

Zafi

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm

$6,550

Fine Art Drawings, La Fumeuse de St Jacques, Zafi

La Fumeuse de St Jacques

Zafi

Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 1 cm

$1,807

Painting, L'artiste et son marchand, Zafi

L'artiste et son marchand

Zafi

Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm

$13,552

Painting, La poissonnière, Zafi

La poissonnière

Zafi

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm

$7,340

Painting, De profil, Zafi

De profil

Zafi

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm

$5,647

Painting, Femme pensive, Zafi

Femme pensive

Zafi

Painting - 150 x 120 x 3 cm

$16,940

Painting, Assis sur l'oeuvre, Zafi

Assis sur l'oeuvre

Zafi

Painting - 150 x 120 x 3 cm

$16,940

Painting, La collectionneuse, Zafi

La collectionneuse

Zafi

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm

$9,034

Painting, L'homme au gilet rouge, Zafi

L'homme au gilet rouge

Zafi

Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm

$19,198

Painting, Petite femme au voile orange, Zafi

Petite femme au voile orange

Zafi

Painting - 30 x 24 x 1 cm

$1,073

Painting, Fumeur à la pipe, Zafi

Fumeur à la pipe

Zafi

Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm

$2,259

Painting, Pablo, Zafi

Pablo

Zafi

Painting - 30 x 24 x 1 cm

$1,073

Painting, Le saltimbanque, Zafi

Le saltimbanque

Zafi

Painting - 38 x 38 x 1 cm

$1,355

Painting, Paysage tagué, Zafi

Paysage tagué

Zafi

Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm

$2,033

Painting, Portrait de femme, Zafi

Portrait de femme

Zafi

Painting - 65 x 54 x 1 cm

$1,694

Painting, De profil, homme à la cigarette, Zafi

De profil, homme à la cigarette

Zafi

Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm

$5,082

Painting, L'artiste au vernissage, Zafi

L'artiste au vernissage

Zafi

Painting - 150 x 150 x 3 cm

$18,069

Painting, L'homme au parapluie, Zafi

L'homme au parapluie

Zafi

Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm

$12,987

Painting, Double cadre, Zafi

Double cadre

Zafi

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm

$5,647

Painting, La petite fille et son chien, Zafi

La petite fille et son chien

Zafi

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm

$5,647

Fine Art Drawings, Visage d'animal, Zafi

Visage d'animal

Zafi

Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 51 x 1 cm

$1,807

Painting, Chuuut, Zafi

Chuuut

Zafi

Painting - 38 x 38 x 1 cm

$1,355

Fine Art Drawings, Jeune fille et son Chat, Zafi

Jeune fille et son Chat

Zafi

Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 1 cm

$1,807

Fine Art Drawings, Le Malheureux, Zafi

Le Malheureux

Zafi

Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 1 cm

$1,807

Fine Art Drawings, Brelan d'As, Zafi

Brelan d'As

Zafi

Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 1 cm

$1,807

Painting, Le collectionneur au fauteuil rouge, Zafi

Le collectionneur au fauteuil rouge

Zafi

Painting - 150 x 150 x 2 cm

$20,327

Painting, De profil, Homme au béret, Zafi

De profil, Homme au béret

Zafi

Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm

$6,211

Painting, Le couple d'acheteurs, Zafi

Le couple d'acheteurs

Zafi

Painting - 150 x 250 x 3 cm

$31,620

Painting, Le vol, Zafi

Le vol

Zafi

Painting - 150 x 150 x 3 cm

$14,681

Painting, Même pas peur, Zafi

Même pas peur

Zafi

Painting - 200 x 200 x 2 cm

$31,620

Fine Art Drawings, La tristesse d'une française, Zafi

La tristesse d'une française

Zafi

Fine Art Drawings - 76.5 x 57 x 1 cm

$2,033

Painting, La famille du mois d'octobre, Zafi

La famille du mois d'octobre

Zafi

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm

$7,905

Painting, Monsieur Z, Zafi

Monsieur Z

Zafi

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm

$5,082

Painting, En questionnement, Zafi

En questionnement

Zafi

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm

$5,647

Painting, Soleil vert, Zafi

Soleil vert

Zafi

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm

$5,647

Painting, Le cubain, Zafi

Le cubain

Zafi

Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm

$16,940

Painting, Les saltimbanques à la pêche, Zafi

Les saltimbanques à la pêche

Zafi

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm

$7,905

Painting, Les yeux dans les yeux, Zafi

Les yeux dans les yeux

Zafi

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm

$6,663

Painting, La collectionneuse au fauteuil bleu, Zafi

La collectionneuse au fauteuil bleu

Zafi

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm

$9,034

Painting, Plaisir d'une collectionneuse, Zafi

Plaisir d'une collectionneuse

Zafi

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm

$9,034

Painting, Le masque, Zafi

Le masque

Zafi

Painting - 150 x 150 x 2 cm

$18,633

Painting, Demande en mariage, Zafi

Demande en mariage

Zafi

Painting - 200 x 150 x 2 cm

$22,021

Painting, Femme au couteau, Zafi

Femme au couteau

Zafi

Painting - 100 x 100 cm

$7,905

Painting, 2 femmes autour d'un Basquiat, Zafi

2 femmes autour d'un Basquiat

Zafi

Painting - 140 x 140 x 2 cm

$14,681

Painting, Hors du cadre, Zafi

Hors du cadre

Zafi

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm

$9,034

Painting, 2 femmes en sécurité, Zafi

2 femmes en sécurité

Zafi

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm

$9,034

Fine Art Drawings, Femme assise, Zafi

Femme assise

Zafi

Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 cm

$1,807

Fine Art Drawings, Femme et son ombre, Zafi

Femme et son ombre

Zafi

Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 1 cm

$1,581

Painting, Femme assise, Zafi

Femme assise

Zafi

Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm

$16,940

Fine Art Drawings, Femme au visage vert, Zafi

Femme au visage vert

Zafi

Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 1 cm

$1,807

Painting, Assise devant le mur, Zafi

Assise devant le mur

Zafi

Painting - 82 x 71 x 1 cm

$2,710

Painting, Larme Française, Zafi

Larme Française

Zafi

Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm

$4,517

Painting, La graffeuse, Zafi

La graffeuse

Zafi

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm

$4,743

Painting, La frayeur, Zafi

La frayeur

Zafi

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm

$9,034

Painting, Le peintre, la muse et son chat, Zafi

Le peintre, la muse et son chat

Zafi

Painting - 120 x 150 x 3 cm

$9,599

Painting, Petite sieste dans l'atelier, Zafi

Petite sieste dans l'atelier

Zafi

Painting - 120 x 150 x 3 cm

$13,552

Painting, La femme de St Jacques, Zafi

La femme de St Jacques

Zafi

Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm

$15,810

Painting, Moment de détente, Zafi

Moment de détente

Zafi

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm

$7,905

Painting, Auprès d'elle, Zafi

Auprès d'elle

Zafi

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm

$7,905

Painting, Détente devant son cubiste, Zafi

Détente devant son cubiste

Zafi

Painting - 150 x 150 cm

$19,763

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Who is the artist?

Born in 1946 in Paris, Jean-Claude Fitoussi alias Zafi by his artist name which is a tribute to his parents, is a painter who lives and works in the heart of the city of Cognac.

Coming from a family of 11 children, he spent part of his youth in a recovery center in Bel-ile-en-mer. It was during this period that he first found this desire to paint, probably a deep desire to express himself, to exteriorize. Only, it will be oriented towards an all-way, that of the building.

It was only later, when he worked for the Parisian newspaper France-Soir, that his artistic side resurfaced. Jean-Claude Fitoussi then immersed himself in photography, he surveyed Paris with his camera in a style à la Cartier-Bresson Robert or Doisneau. It was his first artistic activity, but the photo tires him quickly. It was from 1968 that Jean-Claude Fitoussi began to frequent Parisian museums, he even went so far as to go to Auvers-sur-Oise to visit Vincent Van Gogh's tomb, as well as the room where the painter lived.

Self-taught, Jean-Claude is like a sponge who soaks up the great masters, and in particular Pablo Picasso for whom he is passionate about as well as cubism, a universe in which he will finally find something to feed his desire for creation, he watches, reads , studies, learns to handle the brush, to master the colors, the shapes painting and repainting again and again, before finally allowing himself to express himself by himself, then transmitting his own universe.

Now the technique mastered, his inimitable style combines cubism and figuration, where geometric shapes and powerful colors explode. But it must be said that the palette of the artist is wide, Zafi likes to agree a few deviations by mixing styles and genres, is therefore to associate with a certain disconcerting ease his famous characters with other styles. Like a cellar master, he assembles, mixes, composes until self-satisfaction, without ever forgetting the heart of his art, cubism, of which he will say “there is no limit, cubism is an endless creation. …".

Zafi's work leaves less and less indifferent Regularly associated with the world of fashion since 2018, the painter's creations are causing a sensation among young fashion designers, one of whom will go so far as to draw inspiration from Zafi's painting.

2018 is an important year, the works of the artist from Cognac seduce the famous American promoter-architect Mohamed Hadid, painter and above all already recognized throughout the world for his real estate creations. A real crush on Zafi's paintings, an exceptional human and artistic collaboration will be born between these two enthusiasts and artists and the regular creation of various works between Cognac and Los Angeles. Also in the same year, the great Arts Magazine International devoted its cover to the artist's work and quoted "Inspirational and inspiring works, masterfully renewing the Cubism movement". A nice destiny for the painter Zafi, when we know that Fernande Olivier, Pablo Picasso's first wife, rests in Cognac, very close to her studio.

After a long complicated period for culture following the health crisis, followed by a difficult economic situation, Zafi is making 2023 an important year full of events, with the reward of a certificate of merit for all of his work awarded the Pinacothèque du Luxembourg museum, at the same time, his work will be honored with the release of the decanter of Cognac xo signed Zafi for the 250th anniversary of the Roullet cognac house.

Zafi, international artist whose works can be found today in many countries and are part of a continuity and perpetuates a universe against current trends while bringing his touch. "A work that smacks of renewal". (Art Magazine)

What is Zafi’s artistic movement?

The artistic movements of the artists are: Cubism, Colorful cubist portraitists

When was Zafi born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1946