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Vive la Culture Inc. Painting
Australia
Painting, Oil on Canvas
Size: 39.4 W x 47.2 H x 1.2 D in
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Egotistical, megalomaniacal despots have the best art. It stands to reason. Quantities of great art are rarely made in democratic, fair societies for the simple fact that such societies use the wealth of the state for the betterment of many rather than the whims of an elite. Conveniently for livelihoods of contemporary Parisians, their history is punctuated with more than their fair share of colourful despots. Sculpted by Charles Coysevox, this work was commissioned by the Sun King Louis XIV for Château de Marly, his country getaway while Versailles was being cobbled together. Somewhat fittingly, the rider is Mercury, patron god of financial gain, commerce, travellers, luck, trickery and thieves. Later moved to the Tuileries Garden overlooking the Place de la Concorde, it bore witness to the consequence of imperial excess when the revolutionaries gave their monarch King Louis XVI the ultimate customer feedback at the guillotine. In silent vigil it now presides over the endless flow of tourists flocking to Paris to soak up the legacy bestowed by some of the world’s most infamous tyrants. Some countries have all the luck.
Details & Dimensions
Painting:Oil on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:39.4 W x 47.2 H x 1.2 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
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Matthew was featured in BRW as one of Australia's top 50 artists. In the past few years he's won, or been a finalist for, more than 70 major national art awards. He's had 14 solo and 80 group shows. He's painted all his life but allowed himself to be distracted by other careers, working variously as a lecturer, art-director, photographer & writer. His first novel was short-listed for the Vogel Literary Award. He's lived in Australia, the UK, Portugal & Malaysia, and once camped for several months beneath a grand piano. He spent nights under stars in India, under-ground in Bolivia, under surveillance in Burma and under-nourished in London. His scariest moment was having machine-gun shoved in his face during Nepalese anti-monarchy riots, although crashing a para-glider into a forest was also something of a highlight.
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