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Francine Van Hove draws and paints young women. Her models collaborate with the artist to find the best poses that they must hold for hours. Preparatory drawing sessions enable the painter to capture the casual gesture as well as its graphic and sculptural qualities. Her figurative nude drawings and paintings are realistic, natural and sweet insights into everyday scenes.
Under an apparent simplicity, her everyday life scenes keep a kind of mystery. In a safe place, unconscious or unconcerned by their own beauty, young girls let themselves enjoy laziness or everyday pleasures: reading, having tea, daydreaming or sleeping. Sometimes pensive, other times melancholic, they forbid us the access to their inner life and stay in a way elusive. Francine Van Hove's work reflects a feeling of impossibility of communication and a saving loneliness, as a retreat deliberately chosen to be protected from the noise of the world.
Influenced by Greek sculpture, Flemish painting and the Italian Renaissance, Francine Van Hove seeks to perpetuate the classical tradition of painting: her refined work brings a sensation of wonder through the play of light, the rendering of the textures and the richness of details. Her skillfully modelled bodies impose a dreamy harmony through the perfection of their confident gestures.
Exhibitions dedicated to Francine Van Hove
Jean-Marie Oger
Van Hove - Drawings & Paintings
From September 13, 2023 to September 23, 2023
Jean-Marie Oger
Van Hove - On the Home Side
From September 28, 2021 to October 9, 2021
Jean-Marie Oger
The Quarantine Diary
From March 22, 2020 to May 10, 2020
Jean-Marie Oger
Van Hove - Florilegium
From August 27, 2019 to September 27, 2019
Jean-Marie Oger
From October 18, 2017 to October 20, 2017
Jean-Marie Oger
From April 18, 2017 to April 22, 2017
Jean-Marie Oger
From March 17, 2016 to March 30, 2016
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Hyperrealism
Classically-Inspired Illustrative Artists
Life Portrait Artists
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Who is the artist?
Francine Van Hove draws and paints young women. Her models collaborate with the artist to find the best poses that they must hold for hours. Preparatory drawing sessions enable the painter to capture the casual gesture as well as its graphic and sculptural qualities. Her figurative nude drawings and paintings are realistic, natural and sweet insights into everyday scenes.
Under an apparent simplicity, her everyday life scenes keep a kind of mystery. In a safe place, unconscious or unconcerned by their own beauty, young girls let themselves enjoy laziness or everyday pleasures: reading, having tea, daydreaming or sleeping. Sometimes pensive, other times melancholic, they forbid us the access to their inner life and stay in a way elusive. Francine Van Hove's work reflects a feeling of impossibility of communication and a saving loneliness, as a retreat deliberately chosen to be protected from the noise of the world.
Influenced by Greek sculpture, Flemish painting and the Italian Renaissance, Francine Van Hove seeks to perpetuate the classical tradition of painting: her refined work brings a sensation of wonder through the play of light, the rendering of the textures and the richness of details. Her skillfully modelled bodies impose a dreamy harmony through the perfection of their confident gestures.
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What is Francine Van Hove’s artistic movement?
The artistic movements of the artists are: Hyperrealism, Classically-Inspired Illustrative Artists, Life Portrait Artists
When was Francine Van Hove born?
The year of birth of the artist is: 1942