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Jean Capdeville
In my painting I am looking for ground that I can combat.
Jean Capdeville was born on the 13th of September 1917 in Saint-jean d’Alberes in the western Pyrenees in a farm house in the mountains. His parents settled in Ceret when he was 2 years old. Paris of course will make its mark in his life, but Ceret will always hold a unique place in his heart ; being his « philosophy of life ». On his journey he will . . .
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Single work 
Without title IX
2003 Acrylic, vinyl and chalk on on plywood handsigned with chalk by the artist. Archives Jean Capdeville/Francescatti n° C.80-b-01
Single work 
Without title VIII
2003 Acrylic, vinyl and chalk on paper, handsigned with chalk by the artist. Archives Jean Capdeville/Francescatti n° 2003-p-02
Single work 
Without title VII
1973 Oil on canvas mounted on a wood frame. On verso, signed and dated by the artist. Without
Single work 
38-430.
1968 Oil on canvas mounted on a wood frame, signed by the artist. On the back, also signed and dated by the artist. Without
Under the bridge
1969 Original etching, aquaforte, signed in pencil. Ed. Gallery Maeght, Paris. Title : Sous le pont. Cat. Maeght Editeur, p. 51
Shade of water
Circa 1965 Etching, original aquaforte and aquatinte, signed in pencil. Maeght Gallery Editeur, Paris. Title : L'ombre de l'eau. Unknown. Ed. Maeght.
Profité
1975 Original etching, aquaforte, aquatinte and gaufrage, signed in pencil. Gallery Maeght Ed., Paris. Cat. Maeght Editeur sup. 1976, p. 10
Histoire de la...
1982 Book in sheets with publisher' box. Poem by Jacques Dupin, illustrated with a small drawing and a signed gouache, full page, by Jean Capdeville. Page... Without
Plus durement la...
1987 Book in sheets. Poems by Gaston Puel, illustrated with 10 original paintings (pastel and gouache) by Jean Capdeville. Original box of the editor.... Without
Biscaille
1975 Original etching, aquaforte, signed in pencil. Maeght Ed., Paris. Cat. Maeght 1976, p. 10
Au bord du Tech I
1969 Original etching, aquaforte and aquatinte, signed in pencil. Ed. Maeght, Paris. Cat. Maeght Ed., 1971, p. 53
Comme un oiseau le...
1969 Original etching, aquaforte and aquatinte, signed in pencil. Ed. Maeght, Paris. Cat. Maeght Ed., 1989, p. 51
Single work 
Without title VI
Circa 1965 Original gouache, signed in bottom on the right. Without
Title unknow
Circa 1965 Original lithograph, signed in pencil. Maeght Ed., Paris. Unknow
The attacked track
1964 Original etching, aquaforte and aquatinte, signed in pencil. Maeght éditeur, Paris. Cat. Maeght 1971
Without title V
Circa 1965 Original gouache, signed in bottom on the left. Without
River
Circa 1970 Original lithograph, signed in pencil. Published by Ed. Maeght, Paris Without
Evening
Circa 1966 Original aquaforte, signed in pencil. Maeght Publisher. Without
Eau Basse
Circa 1966 Original aquaforte signed in pencil. Maeght Publisher. Without
A fleur de corps
1979 Gouache and pastel on paper, signed "J.C." in pencil. Without
On two arms
1969 Original etching, aquaforte, signed in pencil. Published by Maeght Editeur, Paris Catalogue Maeght 1971
Without title IV
2003 Mixed technique on paper, vinyl, acrylic and pastels, signed in pastel. Without
Without title III
2004 Mixed technique on paperboard, vinyl, acrylic and pastels, signed in pastel. Without
Without title II
1993 Lavis, gouache and pastel on paper, signed in white pastel. Without
Without title I
Circa 1990 Gouache and white pastel on paper, signed in gouache. Without
Single work 
For Mathilde
Circa 1995 Gouache and pastels on paper, signed in pencil. Without
Without title
1975 Original lithograph, signed and coloured by the hand of the artist, printed for the Museum of Modern art of Céret. Without
DLM n° 150
1965 Issue "Derrière le Miroir". "5 peintres et un sculpteur". Texts by Jacques Prévert and others, illustrated with 8 original lithographs. Three... Catalogue "Derrière le Miroir, 1946-1982", p. 61
Tracé I
1969 Original etching, aquaforte and aquatint, signed in pencil. Cat. Maeght 1971, p. 59
Ribère ample
1965 Original etching, aquaforte and aquatint, signed in pencil. Cat. Maeght 1971 p. 52
Ribas
1975 Original etching, aquaforte and aquatint, signed in pencil. Cat. Maeght 1989 p.54Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
Non réalisé à ce jour. All the "catalogues raisonnés"Bibliographic track & more
To read about the artist :
- « Cinq peintres et un sculpteur », Derrière le Miroir n° 150, Maeght Ed, 1965
- « J. Capdeville - Estampes », G. Badin, cat., Musée d'art moderne de Céret, 1967
- « J. Capdeville - Estampes 1963-1966 », R. Le Bihan, cat., Musée de Brest, 1968
- « Hommage à Simone Weil », chez l’auteur, Céret, 1971
- « Le livre et l'artiste.1967-1976 », A. Coron, B.N.F., Paris, 1976
- « J. C. 1940-1985 - 40 années de peinrure », cat., Fondation Cassant, 1985
- « Aigle et chouette », Edmond Jabés, Fata Morgana, Montpellier, 1987
- « Jean Capdeville », cat., Musée d'art moderne de Céret, Ed. Céret-Colioure, 1988
- « La direction de la grêle - Lettres à J. C. », S. Pey, Ed. Dumerchez, 2005
- « J. C., La peinture au fil des mots », P. Manuel, Ed. Riveneuve, Paris, 2008
To read from the artist :
- « Roder autour d’un mur », interview J. Matamoros, in Cat. Ceret-Colliouse, 1988
- Un peintre et des poètes - livres peints de J. C. », Ed. Centre Joë Bousquet, 2006
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Stamp by Jean Capdeville
fictionnal stamp
The publication of a postal stamp is often a homage paid by a nation to a place, an event, a remarkable cause or a character which count. The painters and other artists do not escape from this rule. Some are however "forgotten" of postal art. Here, gathered below (French or foreign), emitted stamps (206) or simple studies of stamp (224) in homage to the artists represented on our website. The first French stamp was emitted in 1849, England preceded us by ten years. There is often a share of voyage in this small form of shape paper. The stamp circulates, sails, flies away, it makes dream, then dream a little. M.C.
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A tribute to Jean Capdeville
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Ses deux dernières expositions, à la Maison Bousquet de Carcassonne en 2007, puis l'année suivante au couvent des Minimes à Perpignan, se voulaient l'une et l'autre des rétrospectives, mot que l'artiste détestait. Le magnifique peintre-graveur Jean Capdeville, homme libre de mouvement, est mort le 30 juillet 2011 à Céret, il avait 93 ans. Ses obsèques eurent lieu le 2 août en l'église Saint-Pierre à Céret. L'artiste repose dans le cimetière de Céret. En son hommage, cette tulipe noire.
"Je me sentais vulnérable et sans défense, et la peinture était pour moi comme un bâton d’aveugle. Une façon de rester debout." - Jean Capdeville
"Certains sont tournés vers une poésie noire, une poésie de la dislocation. d'autres dont je suis, sont tournés vers une poésie blanche, une poésie de l'acceptation." - Jean Capdeville
"J'ai vu ma mère partir, tout cela est ce qui me guide comme si peindre était de tracer ce chemin vers la fin." - Jean Capdeville
"Ce n'est pas pour rien que, portant le deuil de sa mère, Jean Capdeville fit couler sur ses toiles, inlassablement, un noir de source toujours réinventé." - Serge Bonnery
"Plus de noirs... La couleur la plus chargée de sens contradictoires." - Jean Capdeville
"Etre guidé vers la fin, plus tard par delà mes facultés en capilotade. Pouvoir jouer ma chance être alors en état. Laisser une trace." - Jean Capdeville
Mouvements de l'art
- + LYRIC ART, ABSTRACT, TACHISM / 1950-1960 / Jackson Pollock, Emil Schumacher, etc.
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