Jean-Claude Barthel - Containers

Oil on canvas, professional keyed stretcher frame, 40 x 40, unframed. Jean-Claude Barthel is a self-taught French abstract artist known for his vibrant, elemental paintings inspired by the forces of nature: water, air, earth, and fire. Trained as an industrial draftsman, he devoted himself entirely to painting in the late 1970s after settling in Auvergne. Barthel’s works, often in oil or acrylic, feature rich textures, layered glazes, and bold gestures that convey energy and emotion. His art seeks to evoke sensations—light, movement, heat—through color and composition. Widely exhibited in France and across Europe, notably in Paris, Vichy, and Vienna, his paintings are held in private collections and represented by several galleries such as ETRU and SIMPARGA. Barthel’s oeuvre offers a sensory journey to the heart of nature. www.artmajeur.com/jeanclaudebarthel Light, impressions on canvases with textured brushwork fully express his personality as an artist. He loves water, air, earth, and fire. He builds a world where he can escape, the moment a painting is completed. At the end of the journey, the meeting of creator and spectator in the same desire, the same quest. Fairs, exhibitions, galleries. 2026: Spring Show - Noyant d'Allier 2026: Arts Bourbonnais Show - Vichy 2026: Grand Show of Auvergne Artists - Oil Painting First Prize - Clermont-Ferrand 2025: Arts Bourbonnais Show - Vichy 2024: Arts Bourbonnais Show - Vichy 2023: Arts Bourbonnais Show - Vichy 2022: Arts Bourbonnais Show - Vichy - 2nd Prize in Oil Painting 2022: LCL - Vichy 2022: Carnot Library - Vichy 2022: First Biennial of Contemporary Art - Vichy 2021: Gallery of Arts and Deco - Vichy 2021: Carnot Library - Vichy 2021: Fund for Modern and Contemporary Art - Montluçon 2021: Arts Bourbonnais Show - Vichy 2014: Guest of Honor, 37th Autumn Show, Ternay 2014: Open Studios – Lyon 2014: Affordable Art Show – Paris 2014: Art et Miss Gallery – Paris 2014: Art on the Quai Gallery – St Rambert en Bugey 2014: Creators’ Exhibition in Chambéry - Bourg-en-Bresse - Annecy / Talloires 2013: Gallery 33 – Lyon 2012: Art et Miss Gallery – Paris 2012: Lans Gallery – Chambéry Self-taught, the artist regularly exhibits his recent works in fairs and galleries. Hewlett Packard Foundation Collection, Suez Group (Electrabel)

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