Contemporary Art
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Born in Nantes, France in 1937, Jean Duquoc is a slef-taught painter who has had great professional success during the last 25 years.
It is in the heart of Brittany France that Jean Duquoc has truly found his inspiration. The admiration DuQuoc felt for such masters as Gauguin, Matisse, Van Gogh, Kandinsky and Vlaminck, has influenced him to evolve to a colorful, symbolic, contemporary style with a free spirited edge. Jean Duquoc's fauvist and expressionist way of applying color gives energy to his paintings and overwhelms us with vivid impressions. Duquoc has a way of bringing us into each painting and having his images tell a story.

Jean DuQuoc is a painter of the emotional rather than the sensual. His imagery offers us a rare and private look at the world through the artist's eyes. With color, movement and deep feelings for the land he undoubtedly loves, we are brought to this land with energized secitement. Jean Duquoc reminds us of the colorful beauty and peacefulness that the world has to show us. Jean's passionate verses add life and purpose to his incredible imagery.

The paintings of Jean Duquoc have been enthusiastically acclaimed at sell-out shows in England, France, Italy, Germany and Switzerland. Now, Jean's paintings have come to the United States. The response has been spectacular and astute collectors are eagerly snapping up his works as quickly as they arrive on these shores ...

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