The Paintings of Armand Campi

Pandora's Box


Chimera

Armand Campi was born in France and raised in Cuba. He returns to Europe to live in Spain and France. At age the age of 16 Campi ventures out on his own to Paris. It is the late 1950s, the decade of existentialism, a school of thought that strongly influences his art and thinking throughout his life. During his stay in Paris, Campi takes drawing lessons at the famous art school La Grande Chaumière, in Montparnasse. It was the only art course he ever took; apart from La Grande Chaumière he is fully autodidact. Already at age seventeen, Campi participates in a group exhibition at the Galerie Lambert in Paris. This will be the first of many exhibitions to come in both Europe and the U.S.A.



"Sapho"

Armand Campi has been painting for almost half a century. Over the years he applies a vast range of styles, from surrealism in his early days, to abstract expressionism in the 1980s to his current, style that sums up faint reminiscences of the old masters such as, Goya, Moreau and Turner. About his current style of painting Campi says: "My paintings are full of very slight allusions to and quotes from art history. People who see my paintings recognize this. These allusions and archetypes are part of our culture, our cultural genes.”



"Spanish Morning"


"Soiree Musicale"

I discovered Campi's paintings on EZREADER's site on STUMBLEUPON. It's an elegant site, with this intelligent and creative woman allowing us a chance to watch her create a unified page. The link to EZREADER is over on the left.
Thank you for the sparks, Annelise.