With a degree from Paris’s รฉlite Ecole Estienne,Toubeix (born 1950) went on to enjoy a prestigious career in advertising and design, however, it was his private passion for painting that captivated his attention. He turned it into a full time obsession more than 30 years ago. Toubeix’s all consuming infatuation for Still Life painting was influenced by the work of Cรฉzanne, Chardin, Rembrandt and the Flemish Still Life painters Brueghel, Baugin, De Heem and Vandael. Intrigued and fascinated by the intensity and attention to minute detail in their masterpieces he made it his ambition to specialise in this area. He has perfected a very slow and meticulous technique which requires absolute peace and total concentration. The results are gem like paintings capturing the miniscule details of texture, light and reflections; the tactile quality of the skin of a peach, the reflection in a droplet of water and the transparency of a wine glass.
Still Life, Trompe l’oeil, France, Arnold Toubeix
$750.00
Oil on canvas measures 14″ x 10.5″ unframed
Signed lower left, plaque with name
Ornate shadowbox frame measures 22′ x 19″
Availability: In stock