Maury Hervé | Contemporary Artist: Artworks & Biography
Maury Hervé
- France
- Painter
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Initially fascinated by insects, today I also paint giraffes herds, schools of fish or portraits of mice.
Herve grew up in the Southern Mediterranean region and nothing predestined him for an artistic career. He began his working life rather chaotically and carried out various professions before working in metallurgy for 8 years. It was only by chance that he began to paint. On moving house and decorating his apartment, he looked for art based on animals, but finding nothing, he began creating and decorating the walls with his own paintings. His family then discovered his talent and encouraged him to do become an artist. Various meetings and collaborations with decoration businesses gave Hervé the opportunity to paint freely and exhibit for the first time. He contributed to another artist’s ceramics work and the experience convinced him to embark on an artistic career. More fabulist than naturist, Hervé endows his animal characters with complexity, transforming the bestiary inherited from the medieval tradition, rock paintings and Far Eastern Art.
He begins his works with sand and a palette of pigments on brown paper and linen canvas. Then he refines the work using gouache, Indian ink and sometimes charcoal. As he works he diversifies his materials, even to the point of incorporating ashes or marble. Hervé enjoys this diversity, which enriches the colours, tones and effects. Throughout the evolution of his work, one constant remains: the natural tones which the artist keeps from the original use of sand. The animals seem to emerge from the earth and are surprised to be being watched. Hervé finds in these beings all the moods and feelings that he wishes to express and share with humour.
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- 2015Exhibition at Sinsin galleryHong Kong, China
- 2011Exhibition at Art et Thé GalleryGranville, France
- 1998Collaboration with the ceramist Vincent BufileAix-en-Provence, France
- 1992First works on paperParis, France
- 1961BirthParis, France
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Sans titre 25
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ST36.1
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ST
100 x 100 cm3.345 EURMaury Hervé
Chouette jaune
19 x 19 cm225 EURMaury Hervé
Souris
13 x 13 cm135 EURMaury Hervé
Sans titre 2
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ST36.2
36 x 36 cm555 EURMaury Hervé
La Coccinelle
19 x 19 cm225 EURMaury Hervé
Sans titre
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Chien rouge I
25 x 25 cm355 EURMaury Hervé
Chat jaune
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Ours
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Ours
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Chat tigré orange
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Cochon rigolo
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Sans titre 23
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Trio de chiens
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Duo de chiens
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ST
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Papillon blanc
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L'éléphant
25 x 25 cm355 EURMaury Hervé
Chat tigré orange II
19 x 19 cm225 EUR- Sold
Maury Hervé
ST
100 x 100 cm3.345 EUR Maury Hervé
Chien
19 x 19 cm225 EURMaury Hervé
Diam's
36 x 36 cm555 EURMaury Hervé
Chat
19 x 19 cm225 EURMaury Hervé
St 25.5
25 x 25 cm355 EURMaury Hervé
Deux chiens
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Ours blanc II
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Ours
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Chat
19 x 19 cm225 EURMaury Hervé
Ours sur fond jaune
13 x 13 cm135 EURMaury Hervé
Chien
19 x 19 cm225 EURMaury Hervé
Et qui c'est ?
19 x 19 cm225 EURMaury Hervé
Ours des neiges
25 x 25 cm355 EURMaury Hervé
Papillon
13 x 13 cm135 EURMaury Hervé
Ours
19 x 19 cm225 EURMaury Hervé
Ours jaune
25 x 25 cm355 EURMaury Hervé
3 copains
36 x 36 cm555 EURMaury Hervé
Happy !
100 x 100 cm3.345 EURMaury Hervé
La vache
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Fier !
19 x 19 cm225 EURMaury Hervé
Bouledogue
13 x 13 cm135 EURMaury Hervé
Surprise !
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Rose
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Grrr !
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ST
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Vache sur fond turquoise
19 x 19 cm225 EURMaury Hervé
Deux oursons
25 x 25 cm355 EURMaury Hervé
Noeud vert et bleu
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Cochon
36 x 36 cm555 EURMaury Hervé
Duo de souris
13 x 13 cm135 EURMaury Hervé
Petite chouette
13 x 13 cm135 EURMaury Hervé
Cochon
19 x 19 cm225 EURMaury Hervé
Le cochon
36 x 36 cm555 EURMaury Hervé
Le Cheval
19 x 19 cm225 EURMaury Hervé
ST36.5
36 x 36 cm555 EURMaury Hervé
Les trois compères
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Chouettes curieuses
19 x 19 cm225 EURMaury Hervé
Chien
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