Meet Nella Fauve

I am a painter of a Czech origin, who lives and works in Paris. For the last 5 years the notorious artistic district Montmartre has been the source of my inspiration. I fell in love with this place when I first saw it at the age of 6. It is a hill charged with creative energy, partly because of its avant-garde history and the spirit of many great artists who used to live here.

Thanks to my bohemian soul and a classical education in fine arts, my work is a mix between a French and Czech modern art with a hint of a rebellion against the academic chains of a traditional fine art standards. The avant-garde art of the early twentieth century is a major influence in my work.

Free figuration has always allowed me to express my perception of the different human forms. I mostly focus on the female nude. I am searching for all the possible ways to transform and deform lines and curves in search for true femininity. However, the colour is equally important. I never cease to research the impact of a colour on the emotions expressed in a painting. My inspiration comes from the observation of the nuances of natural light, which never stays the same for long and our subconscious perception of colour. Often, I also work with the esoteric meaning of colours, such as chakras and other. 

My quest is to capture the real human shapes through transformations of forms and colours. Most of the time, my paintings are not supposed to be understood with reason but rather being felt through the impact of the energy coming from it. The goal is to show a nude in the true nakedness not only of the body, but of the soul as well. I strive to express true femininity, or masculinity, with the complexity of their energies, positive or unpleasant. 

As I mentioned above, I have always felt very inspired by the “Belle Epoque” period at Montmartre in Paris, which is situated between the end of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. The need to innovate the concept of visual art, the inclusion of artists from all around the world and all sorts of backgrounds, the revolution of the form and colour in fine arts is something that speaks to me profoundly. My main inspiration comes therefore, for example, from Braque, Picasso, Kupka, Van Dongen or one of my favourites, Egon Schiele. However, I can find myself fascinated by a number of other artists who work with the destruction of forms and colours, through the whole art history, such as El Greco, or Vaclav Pokorny.

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