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 Christian Charvet was born
in 1940 in Paris. He has regularily exhibited his paintings since
1970. He also teaches design and painting in primary schools. Carvet
has made nearly twenty painting exhibitions in France and abroad.
He is part of the "Painters du Marais" group in Paris.
1970 to 1980 Blue Period
The color was monochrome. It offered an inner thought space to a lonely
subject, in its primary form.
1980 to 1990 Blue Period continuation
The subject was no longer alone. Social groups appear, represented
within the carnival theme. The color is still monochrome and cold
looking. The universe is being closed.
1990-2000 Red period
The tone changes. Red color appears on the paintings (it already existed
but behind the blue tones). A series of studies on painters and poets
initiated travels to the Middle East. Beginning in 1994, Charvet studied
Arthur Rimbaud, a poet in Harare. This poet was an inspiration for
the composition of Charvet's pieces. The Red is strong, the style
gains purity, becomes synthetic, and keeps the essential thing only.
The troubled period in Arthur Rimbaud's life is sublimated by high
colors.
The Rimbaud period is now finished. A new project has emerged, inspried
by the painter Piero della Francesca and his Arezzo fresco in Italy.
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