Bronze Sculpture for Sale
Unseen strength, 2025
Painting : acrylic · 46 x 38 x 2 cm 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch · Ready to hang
€550
550 €
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Painting : Unique artwork
Condition
Artwork sold in perfect condition, not framed, ready to hang
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Signature
Hand-signed by artist
Technique & Support
acrylic on canvas
Dimensions ( cm • inch )
46 x 38 x 2 cm 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Description
This modern Expressionist woman's portrait, executed with elements of Fauvism, was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot and forms part of her ongoing series dedicated to Women. The work, titled Unseen Strength, explores the paradox of resilience—the quiet force that may remain invisible to the eye but is always present, carrying us through transformation and renewal.
Rendered in sweeping strokes of crimson, yellow, blue, and pink, the faceless figure becomes a universal symbol of womanhood. By omitting facial features, Mougenot transcends individuality and invites us to recognize the inner power shared by all women. “Strength does not always shout—it lives quietly inside us, unseen, yet unbreakable," the artist reflects.
Her bold use of color is a language of emotion. “Bold colors are the only way I can speak of the emotions that cannot be tamed by words," she explains. These hues pulse with intensity, allowing the canvas to vibrate with energy and feeling. Above all, her work is guided by authenticity. “Authenticity is the key—people feel what is true and what is false," says Mougenot. By staying true to her vision, she creates works that immerse viewers in raw emotion, where honesty resonates more deeply than perfection.
Influenced by European modernism, expressionism, and the fearless vibrancy of the Fauves, Mougenot has developed a voice that is distinctly her own. Her art is not about likeness but about essence—psychological landscapes where vulnerability and strength coexist. Unseen Strength is both intimate and universal, a declaration of the resilience that defines womanhood.
Details:
Medium: Acrylic on 100% linen stretched canvas
Finish: Gloss varnish for protection
Ready to hang
Certificate of Authenticity included
Ships internationally from France, carefully packaged for safe delivery
Signed on the front and on the back
About the Artist:
Originally from Pavlodar, Kazakhstan, and now based in Lyon, France, Natalya Mougenot has spent over two decades refining her artistic voice. Her multicultural background and personal experience inform her bold, expressive works, which have found homes in private collections around the world.
Natalya's distinctive visual language blends Abstract Expressionism, Impressionism, Art Naïf, and Art Brut—resulting in paintings that are raw, instinctive, and emotionally resonant. Across her work, three values guide her: authenticity, sincerity, and honesty.
“Authenticity is everything," she says. “People can always feel when something is real—or when it's not. I want my work to be honest, to come from a place that's true."
In addition to painting, Natalya is also a passionate photographer. Her photographic work—also featured on this platform—mirrors her painterly sensibility: a poetic, observational approach that captures the quiet power of everyday life. For her, photography is both inspiration and a form of presence, often serving as visual sketches for future paintings or existing as standalone works.
Discover more of Natalya Mougenot's work—both paintings and photographs—and step into a world where movement, emotion, and human connection are expressed with striking clarity and truth.
Presentation
Natalya is a contemporary french artist living in Lyon.
She was born and grew up in Kazakhstan, the country known for its spacious steppes.
She arrived in France 2003. Since that moment she loves her adoptive country.
She started painting in 2017 and used it as a therapeutic and emotional release during times of crisis. She incorporates this therapeutic approach in her artistic creative process till now.
In her artistic practice she refers to the terms of metamodernism, which proposes to look at the world from the position of the inner adult.
As an artist and as a woman she translates the experience of her personal search for balance based on harmony between mind, soul and body. This balance, in her opinion, is the pillar for the inner adult.
Important components of her work are authenticity, soulfulness, sincerity, emotionality and honesty. She immerses the objects and the characters in the world where there is no falsity, rudeness, loneliness and indifference.
She works rapidly and is constantly sensitive to the details.
Her artistic process is a fine balance between a pre-meditation and spontantainty which helps her to create her expressive atmospheric artworks with a modern touch of impressionism by cultivating a naive art approach.
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