BENOÎT TRIMBORN
BENOÎT TRIMBORN
cover: Colza XV 63¾” x 44¾” | opposite: Sur un chemin forestier 63¾” x 44¾” | above: Automne 47” x 63”
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© 2015 Benoît Trimborn, Photography courtesy of Jean-Louis Hess
2 | Forêt dans le brouillard 47” x 63” Chemin dans le brouillard 35” x 51” | 3
4 | Canal dans le brouillard 29½” x 78¾” | 5
6 | Au bord de la rivière 63¾” x 44¾” Arbres dans la brume 35” x 45½” | 7
8 | Vaches au verger 38” x 51” Arbres et tournesols 63” x 82½” | 9
10 | Les tournesols 35½” x 55” | 11
French artist Trimborn is renowned for his large-scale, stunning landscapes in oil on canvas. Trimborn, trained as an architect, categorizes his work as “contemporary impressionism”; by this, he is referencing his unusual approach to ordinary subjects, his emphasis on the ethereal quality of light and his focus on the natural world.
On his work, Trimborn states:
The morphology of the landscapes, or more essentially, the space that the countryside paints, draws my attention and is like the spark of an idea. As an architect, I see there a breath, a light, a rhythm that can form on its own a principle of beauty. Thus, in painting, I am guided by these places of the countryside, they go through the seasons, but also through meteorological and agricultural variations… So, I imagine the passage from the space of the countryside to the space of the canvas. It is a passage to do without useless chatter, because everything is there… More than using the painting as a means of communication of my own message, I prefer making the painting talk, leaving it to “say the last word”… The represented elements compose atmospheres whose impression I seek to accurately convey, like the musician, who accurately follows his sheet music. The figure of the man, who is never represented, is, however, sensibly present in these strongly altered and elaborate landscapes. In this effort, the contemplative attitude prevails, much more than the adventurous attitude. No message and no story should disturb the viewer’s perspective…
Trimborn’s extensive country and water scenes lack human forms thus they encourage contem-plation and a careful study of nature. While the presence of humanity is, at times, hinted at by a well-maintained field of crops or pasture of cows, his paintings tend to highlight the immeasurable vastness of nature and the relative smallness of everything else. His work brilliantly captures the changing seasons, the fleeting visions reflected in his pools of water and the complex relationships between light, water and the sky.
(b. 1976 Schiltigheim, France)
BENOÎT TRIMBORN
12 | Skiathos IV 47” x 63” Skiathos III 59” x 82½” | 13
14 | �irassia jour et nuit (diptych) 2 @ 38” x 57”| 15
16 | Clair de lune 35” x 45½” Colza nuit jour II (diptych) 63¾” x 51” & 63¾ “x 38” | 17
18 | Paysage d’été X 47” x 47” | 19
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Galerie Ariel Sibony, Paris, France
Absolute Gallery, Bruges, Belgium
2013 Galerie Bertrand Gillig, Strasbourg, France
Galerie Ariel Sibony, Paris, France
2012 Galerie Ariel Sibony, Paris, France
Galerie Schindel, Freiburg, Germany
Galerie Bertrand Gillig, Strasbourg, France
2011 Absolute Art Gallery, Bruges, Belgium
Prix des Arts 2011, Académie Rhénane, Strasbourg, France
Galerie Ariel Sibony, Paris, France
Galerie Philippe Paschos, Grimaud, France
2010 Galerie Art Station, Zurich, Switzerland
Galerie Ariel Sibony, Paris, France
2009 Galerie Bertrand Gillig, Strasbourg, France
2008 Galerie Ame Couleur, Fleurier, Switzlerand
Galerie Art Station, Zurich, Switzerland
2007 Hotel Holiday Inn, Strasbourg, France
2006 Galerie Bertrand Gillig, Strasbourg, France
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 Winter Collective, Axelle Fine Arts, New York, New York
Exposition st’art, Galerie Bertrand Gillig, Strasbourg, France
2012 Art Gent 2012, Absolute Art Gallery, Gent, Belgium
Exposition st’art, Galerie Bertrand Gillig, Strasbourg, France
2011 Linear 2011, Absolute Art Gallery, Gent, Belgium
Affordable Art Fair, New York City, NY
Landchaft [heute], Galerie Schindel, Freiburg, Germany
Oxymore No 6- L’invitation au voyage, Centre Culturel Chine-Europe, Strasbourg, France 2011 art KARLSRUHE, Galerie Art Station, Karlsruhe, Germany
Winter Exhibition, Absolute Art Gallery, Bruges, Belgium
2010 Lineart 2010, Absolute Art Gallery, Gent Belgium
Exposition st’art, Galeries Bertrand Gillig/ Rendez Vous, Strasbourg, France
Montreux Art Gallery 2010, Galerie Ame Couleur, Montreux, Switzerland
Art London, Galerie Ariel Sibony, London, United Kingdom
Galerie Ariel Sibony, Paris, France
Le bonheur est dans le près, Galerie Ame Couleur
Exposition Paysages, Galerie Bertrand Gillig, Strasbourg, France
Affordable Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium
2009 Galerie Philippe Paschos, Grimaud, France
One Man Show, Exposition st’art, Strasbourg, France
Absolute Art Gallery, Bruges, Belgium
Affordable Art Fair, Paris, France
Slick Dessin,Paris, France
Affordable Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium
2008 One Man Show, Exposition st’art, Strasbourg, France
2007 Exposition Paysages Galerie, Galerie Bertrand Gillig, Strasbourg, France 2007 Galerie Dautcourt, Brussels, Belgium
2006 Galerie d’art contemporain TEM, Goviller, France
Madame Bovin rit, Galerie Ame Couleur, Fleurier, Switzerland
Ateliers ouverts à Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
25 artistes d’ici et d’ailleurs, Galerie No Smoking, Strasbourg, France
2005 Leçon de choses, Galerie Bertrand Gillig, Strasbourg, France
Concours de peinture Prix des Arts 2005, Rotary Club de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France 2005 Galerie du Mazelet, Anduze, France
B E N O Î T T R I M B O R N
20 | Après la pluie 35” x 45½” above: Chemin au bord de la rivière 38” x 63¾” | 21back cover: Chemin au bord au Colza 44¾” x 63¾”
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