Arabesque 1 Painting

Born in Paris, he studied Fine Art at the Grande Chaumière, Paris Had his first show at Galerie Audouin, St Germain, Paris. Spent the 80s and 90s working as a free-lance fashion designer for various luxury brands, travelling worldwide. Christian has always been interested in Art with a particular facination for African and Papua New Guinea Tribal Art and has built up quite a collection over the years. He has also contributed to various presigious collections. In 1994 time spent as full-time painter in the Hamptons, under the wing of Larry Rivers. This was followed by a period of designing furniture and more fashion, but Christian has always kept a studio wherever he lived (New York/Paris/London/Spain..) and enjoys painting whenever time allows. Today he paints full-time and is represented by the Insideout Galerie, in the South of France where he now resides. Christian says ; « Painting for me is COSA MENTALE » Where the first paintings were figurative and subjective, searching for the meaning of being and the origin, his latest work is more impressionistic and minimalist. He is a travelling companion of Debussy, Satie and Philip Glass.