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cover | Autoportrait (1487) 51” x 38” above | Bouquet de roses 36” x 28¾”

Autoportrait (1486) 51” x 38” | 32 | Autoportrait (1433) 51” x 38”

Rue commerçante 38” x 57½” | 5Autoportrait (1399) 63¾” x 51”

was born on March 25, 1961. A graduate of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in

Paris (1981) and the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs (1983), he gained a master’s

degree in Aesthetics in 1984. After years of painting self portraits from

every perspective, he found his niche painting large representations of his

face. Although he continually paints the same face, the outcome is always

unique. He experiments with brush stroke, texture, palette and attention

to details. At times, his compositions appear to be completely abstract,

but upon further examination, a face always emerges. Although known

for his self portraits, Dauptain is very successful with other genres. His

landscapes and cityscapes are reminiscent of Hopper, yet Dauptain takes

greater liberties with brush stroke to infuse a sense of movement in the

painting that can be linked to impressionism.

Since 1981, Dauptain has exhibited constantly and received numerous

awards for his work, the most recent of which include the Grand Prix of

the Salon des Peintres de l’Armée (2003), the Taylor Prize (2001), and the

gold medal of the Salon des Artistes Français (1997).

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6 | Vers la gare 38” x 57½” Métro aérien 38” x 57½” | 7

| 9Autoportrait (1479) 76¾” x 51”

The distinctiveness of my approach is rooted in the fact that portraiture has always been my preferred genre.

For practical reasons and for self-liberation, I was inspired to paint my own portrait most frequently. Therein results a series of more than two thou-sand self-portraits drawn or painted over the course of twenty-five years. This substantial quantity of work sparks my curiosity instead of satisfying it and I have never ceased searching for what the next version will resemble. At the same time, this subject annuls itself by force of repetition. It is a pretext for continuously searching for new solutions, as much from the point of view of formal beauty as technical. Finally, it is the painting itself that is at the heart of my work.

I also paint still lives and landscapes; these play a role of “respiration” between two portraits. For me, they are an opportunity to search for the evocation of profoundness while I wish that my faces “come forth.”

I devote myself to views of the coast and countryside as much as to more typical representations of towns, factories, roads, automobiles – scenes that constitute our daily environment, but still appear to me as a “field” to be discovered for the painters of today.

– Laurent Dauptain

Autoportrait (1474) 36” x 28¾” | 11Autoportrait (1483) 51” x 38”

12 | Autoportrait (1443) 36” x 28¾” Autoportrait (1447) 36” x 28¾” | 13

14 | Poste de secours, le soir 28¾” x 36” Poste de secours, fin de journée 28¾” x 36” | 15

16 | This is the title PP” x PP” Groupe d’immeubles 7¾” x 11” | 17Autoportrait (1484) 51” x 38”

La maison près de l ’autoroute 7¾” x 11”

Près du pont 7¾” x 11”

18 | Autoportrait (1442) 36” x 28¾” ©2012 Laurent Dauptain

SOLO EXHIBITIONS2Ol1 Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris

Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New York

Galerie Art du Temps, Cléon d’Andran

Galerie Patricia Oranin, Pont l’Abbé

Galerie Pierrick Touchefeu, Sceaux .

2010 Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris

Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New York

2009 Galerie Pierrick Touchefeu, Sceaux

Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New Orleans

Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, San Francisco

Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris

2008 Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New York

Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, Boston

Galerie Pierrick Touchefeu, Sceaux

2007 Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New York

Galerie Patricia Oranin, Pont l’Abbé

Galerie Art du Temps, Cléon d’Andran

2006 Galerie Apropos d’Art, Montreuil

2000 Galerie des Saints-Pères, Paris

1997 Galerie l0l, Antony

1996 Centre Culturel de Dourdan

1994 Galerie de la Fondation Taylor, Paris

Chapelle Marquelet de la Noue, Meaux

1988 Galerie Jan de Maere, Bruxelles

1987 Galerie Jan de Maere et Ozenne,Paris

1986 Galerie La Litote, Toulouse

1986 Galerie Oberlin, Strasbourg

1984 Galerie Michel Ozenne, Paris

1983 Galerie Peinture Fraîche, Paris

198l Galerie de la Maison des Beaux-Arts, Paris

GROUP EXHIBITIONS2012 “Drawing Now”, Lille Art Fair Comparaisons, Paris

2011 “Chic Dessin” Galerie Claudine Legrand Comparaisons, Paris

2010 “Chic Dessin” Comparaisons, Paris

2009 Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris

Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New York

Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, Boston

SLICK Paris - Comparaisons, Paris

2008 Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris

Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New Orleans

Galerie Bailly Contemporain, Paris

Lille Art Fair - Lille - Comparaisons, Paris

2007 Stâdtische Galerie, Rastatt

Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, NewYork

Salon Comparaisons, Paris

2004 Salon de Mai, Paris

1982-81 Musée d’Art Contemporain du Prince Murat, Nointel

1984 F.I.A.C. Galerie Jan de Maere, Paris

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20 | Feu vert 28¾” x 36”

Canal 28¾” x 36”

Travaux du tramway 28¾” x 36” | 21

Rue en pente 28¾” x 36”

Supermarché, le matin 38” x 57½”