Introduction

Fine Art by Gabrielle Bellocq

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Gabrielle Bellocq was born in 1920 and lived most of her life in the West of France, near the sea. Painting was her passion since childhood. Her many years of work and experimentation in pastel have resulted in a technique which is unique in the world and mystifies her fellow pastellists - virtually a new medium. Through this technique she rendered impressionistic effects which Van Gogh and Monet or Degas could not achieve with pastels.

she said “toute ma vie j'ai essayé de traduire une autre Dimension", which translates as "all my life I tried to translate another Dimension."

The wide appeal of Gabrielle Bellocq's work can largely be attributed to her undoubted talent as a colourist; the incredible variety of colours, sometimes daringly bright, often incredibly subtle, full of fine nuances and with a pointillist touch produces an unusual perspective effect. Her landscapes and seascapes clearly remind us of the style of the great impressionists, and yet because she does not paint from life but from her inspired inner vision, her paintings have a unique appeal.

Through the eyes of her delightful figures from the Belle Epoque she invites the viewer to join in her communion with nature.

We go with them towards the light as we are taken to places of marvellous beauty, tranquillity and inner peace.

Gabrielle Bellocq has been acknowledged as a great artist by the most authoritative of Europe's Artistic Institutions: Salon des Artistes Français, Salon d'Automne in Paris and the Royal Academy of Art in London. A purchase by the French State for the National Collection in 1980 places Gabrielle Bellocq among France's great artists and her numerous personal exhibitions in Europe and around the world always attracted very enthusiastic collectors.

MAJOR HONOURS

French Ministry of Art - Paris

Purchase for the National Collection 1978

Salon des Artistes Français - Paris

Mention Honorable 1977

Medaille d'Argent 1980

Medaille d'Or — The highest honour 1984

Five times recipient of Prix Blanche Roullier awarded to the best pastellist by this Institution

1978, 1979, 1989, 1983, 1984

Salon d’Automne — Paris

Honoured by the exhibition every year — 1977-1984

Royal Academy of Art — London

Honoured by selection — Summer Exhibition 1980, 1988, 1989, 1990

Exhibited 1980, 1988

Others

Prix Atrux-Beauclair (Fondation Baron-Taylor)

Prix Marie Baskirsheff (triennial)

Selected for the Pastel Society Exhibition (London)

Prix Raybaud

Prix Ville de Dinard