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Thierry Bisch Animal painter threatened species
Thierry Bisch Animal painter threatened species
Thierry Bisch Animal painter threatened species
Thierry Bisch Animal painter threatened species
Thierry Bisch Animal painter threatened species
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1090 red-bull ' AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA panda-giant-ailuropoda-melanoleuca-threatened-endangered-extinction ' ELEPHAS MAXIMUS elephant-indian-asian-threatened-endangered-extinction ' Zebre zebra ' Collared Brown Lemur lemur ' Lioness lion-lioness ' Horse Horse ' Rainettes frog ' PANTHERA PARDUS MELAS black-panther-java-leopard-threatened-endangered-extinction ' URSUS MARITIMUS ursus-maritimus-polar-bear-white-threatened-endangered-extinction '
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Thierry Bisch Animal painter threatened species
"Animal painter... Most of the time, that's how I'm defined. Animal painter, I was at the end of the last century. I painted hundreds of large and majestic animals until one day I discovered the terrifying reality: my subjects were disappearing in front of my eyes! I stopped painting animals, I started painting their disappearance.
I am no longer an animal painter, I am a painter of disappearance, of the sixth extinction, of the collapse of biodiversity. I paint jaguars, panthers, elephants, frogs, tigers, bears, wolves, lemurs, rhinos, gorillas, orangutans, lions, which fade inexorably...
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Thierry Bisch is an animal painter since 2002. For a long time Thierry Bisch worked on his large animal paintings using mixed techniques, the basis was the use of dry pigments rubbed with foam sponges and hard brushes. A very 'primitive' technique but which gave spectacular results.
With the birth of the 'Delete? ' project, oil paint has replaced pigments.
When he discovered the reality of the sixth extinction, the artist no longer painted simple animals, he began to paint those who are threatened with disappearance. The collapse of biodiversity, wildlife, populations of tigers, lions, giraffes and gorillas is now his only concern. In partnership with the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, Thierry Bisch is trying to alert us to the damage of consumerism on ecosystems.
His large animal paintings go much further than a simple aesthetic and realistic representation, the 'presence' of the subjects is so strong that we can no longer let go of our eyes, we literally feel the soul of this wilderness penetrate us in the depths of our being.