€3,800
Painter
Art.
Art.
Legacy.
“I contemplate cities the way one would read an ancient poem — slowly, with respect.”
What is a city?
It is history slowly layering itself into stone, art and symbol.
It is the hope of peaceful days transformed into worksites, arches and façades.
It is the solidarity that builds, and the war that destroys.
And the city rises again from its ashes — for the walls gave way, but not the spirit.
And from event to event, for centuries upon centuries, the city lives on like an old tree.
While we, innocent actors, form a new link in the chain that crosses the ages.
Marion de Gentile
“To paint a city is to release from their setting the historical strata that shaped it.”Discover the approach
The approach
Contemplate. Savour. Pass on.
Marvelling since childhood at the beauty of the world, Marion travels sketchbook in hand. To paint a city is to rediscover the soul of a place — its constructions, its destructions, its evolution — and to reveal an invisible memory.
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