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SYMBOLIC LANDSCAPES

It is undoubtedly this experience of approaching death in the mountains that will inspire the artist for the series of Great Symbolic Landscapes.

It will take up the graphics of the seracs and the crevasse, which can be clearly seen through the canvases of the series, but will add a strong symbolic impact by the graphics of the faults, the use of gold and the rays of light.

The matrix, covered with gold leaf, is one of the masterpieces of this series and of his work more generally. It is regularly exhibited in the artist’s major exhibitions.

"The storm is not far away… All these canvases have a fault in the centre of the landscape. This is an obligatory passage for mountaineers, in order to go from the dark side towards the golden light, as the symbol of the Mystery in the Middle Ages."

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SYMBOLIC LANDSCAPES series by GRATALOUP

The “SYMBOLIC LANDSCAPES” series includes 12 works.

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GRATALOUP — Spirit of the mountain

SPIRIT OF THE MOUNTAIN
2005

GRATALOUP — Tribute to caspar david friedrich

TRIBUTE TO CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH
1994

GRATALOUP — Initiatic landscape - tribute to caspar david friedrich

INITIATIC LANDSCAPE - TRIBUTE TO CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH
1992

GRATALOUP — Landscape with ideal city

LANDSCAPE WITH IDEAL CITY
1992–2005

GRATALOUP — Landscape with pyramide

LANDSCAPE WITH PYRAMIDE
1992

GRATALOUP — Symbolic mountain

SYMBOLIC MOUNTAIN
1992–2005

GRATALOUP — The eye of the painter

THE EYE OF THE PAINTER
1991
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — Large erotic landscape

LARGE EROTIC LANDSCAPE
1991
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — Large erotic landscape with ladder

LARGE EROTIC LANDSCAPE WITH LADDER
1991
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — Erotic landscape

EROTIC LANDSCAPE
1991
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — Montagne

MONTAGNE
1991
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — A Crevasse at Les Bossons

A CREVASSE AT LES BOSSONS
1989
— Private collection —

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