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Jonque dans la nuit

Jonque dans la nuit

Frank le Gall reminisces. “Back in those days, when screen-prints were readily found in bookshops, and when most of my fellow artists were solicited time after time, I was largely ignored. No-one commissioned anything from me; no screen-prints, no lapel pins, no enamel plates… so one can just imagine my delight and my pride when the illustrious publishing house that is Champaka was the first to approach me with a view to publishing a screen-print! I put everything into it. I informed myself as best I could about that particular art form, and I learned that in working with so few colours and with full-tone areas, it was important to emphasise as much as possible the contrast between the colours in order to give depth to the image. And I succeeded in doing that, don’t you think? Midnight blue, dark green and black tones in the background, and orange notes in the foreground, all of which combine to emphasise Théodore Poussin’s sweater. I’ve done very few screen-prints in my life; how would I forget my first one?”

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