The National Gallery for Foreign Art presented
ROLAND OUDOT – PAINTINGS
MARCH 19 - JUNE 16, 2008
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ROLAND OUDOT
/1897 – 1981/
The French painter Roland Oudot graduated from the School for Decorative Art in Paris and initially started working in the field of screen-play together with Lon Bakst. His painted works were created during the period between the two World Wars. Oudot, along with Brianchon, is the most eminent figure of the group of Painters of the Poetic Reality (Les Peintres de la Realite Poetique) supporting the idea that concept that the “painting is not a laboratory experiment but an expression of experience. For me, says Oudot, art is only means. If the heart has no feeling even the best methods of expression become useless.” He works in all genres with a solid mastery that is beyond all short-lived trends. The wild landscapes and rough people of rural work are his main subjects.
The solitude and reservedly dramatic hues, almost monochrome in some of the landscapes, not only extend the idea of his painting abilities but also pulls the viewers deeper into the mystery of his personality.
