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FIR TREES ROAD

On a trip to Chamonix with Milena, GRATALOUP finds itself in the landscapes of snow-covered fir trees. They evoke for him those of his childhood, including La Route des Sapins du Haut-Bugey.

He will produce a series of large-format canvases on this theme, reflecting the beauty of the forests of this region. We find the use of gold, which accentuates the symbolic significance of these mountain landscapes.

The paintings in this series will be exhibited at the Galerie du Centre (Paris) in 1994. In 2006, during a foundation project for Grataloup in Nantua, they will be presented at "La Maroquinerie".

"Mon Beau Sapin… In Nantua, I started writing with the “S” of the "Sapin" (tree). The fir tree has always been there for me. It is decorated for the holidays. It is also burned at the solstice. Always visible, always around me."

GRATALOUP LIGHT COLOR

FIR TREES ROAD series by GRATALOUP

The “FIR TREES ROAD” series includes 25 works.

To view them full screen and listen to the podcasts, click on the thumbnail

GRATALOUP — Fir tree IV

FIR TREE IV
2007

GRATALOUP — Silver Fir trees

SILVER FIR TREES
2007

GRATALOUP — Fir tree II

FIR TREE II
2006

GRATALOUP — Walker in the black beam

WALKER IN THE BLACK BEAM
1996

GRATALOUP — Landscape with opened book

LANDSCAPE WITH OPENED BOOK
1995

GRATALOUP — The walk

THE WALK
1994

GRATALOUP — Landscape of thunder-struck firs

LANDSCAPE OF THUNDER-STRUCK FIRS
1993

GRATALOUP — Sunset over the forest or illuminated forest

SUNSET OVER THE FOREST OR ILLUMINATED FOREST
2009
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — FIR TREES VI

FIR TREES VI
2007
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — Fir Trees

FIR TREES
2007
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — Fir Trees of Light

FIR TREES OF LIGHT
2007
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — Small green and blue fir trees

SMALL GREEN AND BLUE FIR TREES
2006
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — Fir tree I

FIR TREE I
2006
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — Fir tree III

FIR TREE III
2006
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — Fir trees / matrix

FIR TREES / MATRIX
2006
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — Skier Among the Fir Trees

SKIER AMONG THE FIR TREES
1994
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — Snow sun

SNOW SUN
1994
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — Landscape with hourglass

LANDSCAPE WITH HOURGLASS
1993
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — Skier with torch

SKIER WITH TORCH
1993
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — Landscape with rainbow

LANDSCAPE WITH RAINBOW
1993
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — Snow fall I - matrix

SNOW FALL I - MATRIX
1993
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — Landscape with yellow skier

LANDSCAPE WITH YELLOW SKIER
1993
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — First snow

FIRST SNOW
1993–2017
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — Hiker at the red ray

HIKER AT THE RED RAY
1993
— Private collection —

GRATALOUP — Small firtree with silver ray

SMALL FIRTREE WITH SILVER RAY
1993
— Private collection —

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