Pruvot Veronique

Born in Paris,

France in 1949, Veronique Pruvot grew up in a middle class family in the elegant 9th Arrondissement in the shadow of the old-world covered passages along the grand boulevards and close to the beautiful Palais Garnier Opera House and Galeries Lafayette. Her father was the owner of an advertising agency and her mother worked as a secretary. Veronique had two older sisters. During her childhood, Veronique was exposed to her father's work in advertising and elements of design in the drawings and renderings that were used in his commercial projects. Her father and one of her older sisters loved to draw and inspired Veronique to learn. Veronique was fourteen when she first studied drawing at school. She was initially inspired by traditional Chinese ink drawings on paper. She was fascinated by the transparency of colors and the way they were combined. She also liked collages and the spontaneity of deconstructing images and patterns and reconstructing them in new and innovative ways.

French artists such as Henri Matisse and Raoul Duffy have long been sources of great inspiration for Veronique, along with Chinese-French painter Zao Wou-Ki and French Russian painter Nicolas de Stael.

Veronique's first subjects were ...