Jean-Pierre Gonthier
Painter from Belgien
"Das Undenkbare denken, das Unverständliche verstehen, zwischen Infragestellung und Angemessenheit wird die Freiheit zur Verwandlung erfunden, um Offenheit zu empfangen und der Undurchsichtigkeit der Gefühle zu entkommen ." - Jean-Pierre Gonthier
Biography of Jean-Pierre Gonthier
Born in 1956 in Rocourt, Belgium
Studied painting at the Académie des Beaux-Arts de Liège
Presentation of the artist Jean-Pierre Gonthier’s monograph at the International Frankfurt Book Fair 2008
Numerous exhibitions in Belgium and Germany
About the art of Jean-Pierre Gonthier
For Gonthier, painting is an intellectual discipline, with perception originating in the brain. Like a master watchmaker, he sees the challenge in complexity. "The theme of Jean-Pierre Gonthier’s modern art is painting itself. And particularly the confrontation between figuration and abstraction, which mix, align, and sometimes cause confusion," as Jean-Michel Sarlet aptly described. A Gonthier work emerges through an intense creative process, guided by demanding criteria. The result is not accidental; it is the virtuoso composition of a modern master of his discipline, who is carving his own path in modern art.
