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Baumann has been drawing since his
earliest childhood, and was confident he should be
a painter. In his loft, some charcoal sketches, landscapes in oil show that at 13, he
could spontaneously master the most reliable techniques.
He has been a student at "Art Décoratifs"
school in Paris from 1939 to 1945, so as to practice all
the disciplines in Plastics Arts. His job as a
serigraphist gave him practical skill and confirmed him in
his vocation and vow to déevote his personal life
to painting.
From 1945, his tapestries made a success,
several pieces were woven in Gobelins and Aubusson manufactures, and since often exhibited all
over the world. He has tried to sculpt and filled
gorgeous catalogues with art photographs, but in no way
was he ever teared away from his inner necessity
to carry on a research in painting;
Wecan see here some of his recent productions,
as he uses very big size and small ones as well.
Baumann's work has crossed all the
movements of our time: classicism, fauvism,
constructivism, dreams, deconstruction of space... not to say
that he is a follower, in contradistinction, he is one
who goes on his own evolution, and was often a
leader in these tendancies.
He has always been trying to get free from
any figurative obstacle, to let the expression of the subtile
miracle of light appear at its best. He
could slowly use less and less formal attire, purify
the palette, experience new materials, get a freer analysis of the tangible world to feel
independant towards the object in order to invest himself
more closely in the true aim, mainly dealing with
a spiritual stake.
Baumann wishes to simplify, purify, take off
all which could be only nice, theatrical, or
glittering, to express what life deeply is, so that
"the painter's witness would be similar to a strong
and powerfull song, rather uncouth, full of light
love", which could give intensity and freshness to
his work inspired in the subtle way.
For Baumann, the use of large coatings of
paste to reveale transparent luminescences, gives
him the ability to express the inner beauty of
vibrating energy.
Humility and awareness, loving devotion to
life and Being, so is Marc Baumann.
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