Description

Gatan Caron

Entitled Acadmie de la Grande Chaumire, this archival photo is from the L’cole de Paris en bleu, blanc, rouge series by contemporary Mendocino/Bay Area artist, Gatan Caron (b. 1964), co-founder of in San Francisco. This photography series portrays the romanticism of the School of Paris, a very important art period during the first half of the 20th Century (1890-1940) when Paris was at the center of a creative intensity. Immigrant artists flocked to Paris then to work in tandem with French luminaries. Gatan has always been fascinated with Paris being from Qubec. That is where he discovered Modern art in his early twenties. For years, Gatan has traveled to Paris to capture images of the past still very much present today: chairs, stairs, classrooms, studios, windows, benches, easels, stools, cafs where artists studied, sat, painted, worked and gathered to create. This photo depicts the great studio at l’Acadmie de la Grande-Chaumire where artists would gather to paint live models.

Gatan lives and works in his off-the-grid home located in an heirloom orchard in the Mendocino hills of Northern California.

Please allow at least 2-3 weeks for printing and framing before a piece is shipped.

2019
Archival Photograph on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl Paper
Approximately 18″x22″ framed, 10″x12″ unframed

Signed, dated and titled on the back of the photo. Excellent condition. Framed in a contemporary wood frame with a variegated, semi-metallic black finish with geometric ‘X’ patterned relief detailing using archival double matting with white on top of blue mat behind conservation clear glass. Also available in a contemporary decorative silver frame option.