The Sagrès - Marcel Récher (1926 - 2016)

Important oil on canvas 195 cm high and 130 cm wide, representing the famous Portuguese sail training ship Sagrès signed Marcel Récher. The subject is here with its rigging, the support for this lyrical abstraction which characterizes Récher's work.

Marcel Récher (1926 - 2016) French painter and sculptor. Born in Strasbourg, his career began in Nice, but he set up his workshop in the industrial city of Mulhouse, a city with a glorious textile past, then in the heart of the Alsatian vineyards. Painter Self-taught, sculptor and designer on metal, he evolved on the artistic scene for nearly six decades, and also participated in numerous exhibitions around the world, notably at Cape Kennedy, New Orleans, Hamburg, and London Tate Gallery for the most prestigious . In the mid-1960s, he moved towards abstract art and signed a set of paintings that he called “Conception Art”. These works, characterized by lyrical and musical graphics, are marked by diagonal lines and lines. Then he will return to a very personal form of representation, with the series of automobiles, the Bugatti, Ferrari and Porsche, legendary sports cars, particularly those with a remarkable pedigree, will be his favorite models, for which he will draw his inspiration from the prestigious collections of the National Automobile Museum - Schlumpf Collection. This will be followed by an important series on boats, in particular large sailing training ships, including the Sagrès, the Amerigo Vespucci, and the Belèm, with a treatment of rigging with a well-defined line that borders on abstraction, not unlike his work over the years. from the 1960s. He perfected this very personal technique with another series on flowers, which enjoyed incredible success. We can actually speak of series to catalog the work of this artist, whose figurative subject is only a support for his vision of abstraction materialized on his canvases, this technique will allow him to make his works intellectually accessible, while guaranteeing them a real decorative effect, explaining its great success. Marcel Récher will benefit from a major retrospective at the Museum of Fine Arts in Mulhouse in 2006. Bertrand Klein and the Galerie des Tanneurs, custodians of an important part of the artist's personal collection, permanently exhibit and offer major works by Marcel Récher.