Lot no. 33
Philippe DRUILLET
Salammbô
Mâtho - Chapter 3
India ink on card for the
plate 9 from this album published in 1986 by
éditions Dargaud. Signed. From the artwork
by Gustave Flaubert. 80 × 60 cm.
Philippe Druillet illustrates the violence
of history and passion.
He concentrates on the outpouring
of forms and emotional
emotional reactions, on signs
bodies or faces that form a dramatic
a dramatic chorus. He gets as close
to chaos, but he knows how to
to control this convergence of
forces to propel the narrative forward.
The drawing is a radical exclamation
radical exclamation that shatters conventions
conventions and reorganises the world.
style translates raw energy
into images. Here we find
the exalted gestures and fantastical
of Philippe Druillet,
his furious desire to upset
trajectories: the sharp lines and
and impulsive movements
the narrative. There is always
a convulsive dimension to his
convulsive dimension to his drawing.
each scene as a place of confrontation
place of confrontation.
and uses the tumult of Indian ink to share
the tumult of Indian ink to share
spontaneous emotion.
spontaneous emotion.
Philippe DRUILLET
Philippe Druillet illustrates violence
of history and passion.
He focuses on the outpouring
of forms and reactions
emotional reactions, on signs
bodies or faces that form
a dramatic chorus. He approaches
to the chaos, but he knows
master this convergence of
forces to propel the narrative forward.
The drawing is an exclamation
radical exclamation that breaks with
and reorganises the world: the very
style conveys a raw energy
into images. Here we find
the exalted gestures and outbursts
of Philippe Druillet,
his furious desire to upset
trajectories: the sharp and
and impulsive movements
the narrative. There is always
in his drawings a dimension
convulsive dimension to his drawing.
and sees each scene as a
a place of confrontation, one
ruptures and builds on the tumult
of Indian ink to share
emotion with the reader.
emotion.
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