Bronze Sculpture for Sale
Painting : charcoal, pastel
51 x 36 x 1 cm 20.1 x 14.2 x 0.4 inch
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Hand-signed by artist
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Dimensions cm • inch
51 x 36 x 1 cm 20.1 x 14.2 x 0.4 inch Height x Width x Depth
Support
Framing
Black frame with glass
Artwork dimensions including frame
71 x 56 x 3 cm 28 x 22 x 1.2 inch
Artwork sold in perfect condition, framed, ready to hang
Artwork location: France
This captivating work presents an enigmatic face with indistinct features, executed with expressive strokes of vivid blue and intense black. The striking contrast between these colors creates a dynamic effect, conveying depth and movement. The bold use of blue evokes an atmosphere that is both mystical and introspective, while the black outlines add dramatic intensity. The eyes, nose, and mouth, though drawn abstractly, command attention with their magnetic and almost ghostly presence. The gestural technique gives the impression that the face emerges from the pale background, like a fleeting apparition. The artist succeeds in evoking complex emotion through a face that is both anonymous and universal, demonstrating a remarkable mastery of abstraction and emotional expression. This piece questions identity and humanity, capturing the essence of a fleeting moment.
Collector’s Guide
Jean Roulland is one of the main protagonists of the Roubaix Group alongside Arthur Van Hecke, Eugène Dodeigne and Eugène Leroy.
He studied at the Roubaix School of Fine Arts. After working in a ceramics factory, he devoted himself full-time to sculpture from 1960 onwards, moving to the Ardèche region for a few years between 1963 and 1967, before returning to settle permanently in French Flanders. Influenced in his youth by the work of Brancusi, he created a few sculptures in wood, ceramic, and stone before developing his own, much more expressionistic style from 1961 onwards. Fascinated by bronze, he taught himself the lost-wax casting technique and cast the first version of most of his bronzes himself in his studio. Alongside this, he developed a body of painted work (a few canvases, but mainly pastels), as well as engravings.
Occasionally, he produced some terracotta works, before creating from 1995 onwards an important series of terracotta heads.
Jean Roulland received the Rodin and Lenchener prizes in 1972 in Paris and, in 1981, the Special Prize, 1st Kotaro Takamura Grand Prize, Hakone (Japan). In 1991, a major retrospective of his sculptural work from 1961 to 1991 was held at the Hospice Comtesse in Lille. Jean Roulland received the Maria Pilar de la Béraudière Sculpture Prize from the Académie des Beaux-Arts on November 17, 2010, awarded in memory of Paul-Louis Weiller, which recognizes his entire body of work.
In 2013, a very important retrospective coordinated between several museums was dedicated to him: Museum of Fine Arts of Calais, Hospice Comtesse in Lille, Church of Nouvelle-Église, Museum "La Piscine" in Roubaix.
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