Louis-Bernard St-Jean

Medium: Walnut oil on wood panel
Year: 2020
Dimensions: 30” x 40”  (76 x 101 cm)
Frame: 1/4 inch red oak, ebony stain

Original artwork, signed by the hand of the artist.

About this artwork

Made in early 2020, this painting was among the first on wood panel in this vertical linear style, in which vague shadowy silhouettes can be seen in its composition walking in the background. The shimmering red velvet effect is partly thanks to an “almost excessive” amount of pigment.

The first version on paper of this work, titled Devenir Immortel, was the first to feature this previously unseen style. It was auctioned at the 2018 Artsida auction, in preparation for the Foire Papier the following month, where a dozen bidders competed among themselves in a surreal atmosphere, with the final hammer price was nearly three times its initial estimate.