Maury Hervé | Contemporary Artist: Artworks & Biography
Maury Hervé
- France
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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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Maury Hervé
Sans titre 48
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Maury Hervé
ST
100 x 100 cmUSD 4,900Maury Hervé
Sans titre (5 chiens)
80 x 80 cmUSD 3,200Maury Hervé
Ours polaire
50 x 50 cmUSD 1,450Maury Hervé
Cochon rigolo
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Maury Hervé
Chat
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Maury Hervé
Ours des neiges
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Maury Hervé
ST
80 x 80 cmUSD 3,200Maury Hervé
Grenouille
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Maury Hervé
ST
50 x 50 cmUSD 1,450Maury Hervé
Duo de souris
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Maury Hervé
Chien rose sur fond jaune
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Maury Hervé
Ma vache
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Maury Hervé
Chien I
19 x 19 cmUSD 275- Sold
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Chouette
13 x 13 cmUSD 175 Maury Hervé
Papillon
13 x 13 cmUSD 175- Sold
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L'ours Bob
13 x 13 cmUSD 175 Maury Hervé
Chien
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Maury Hervé
ST
50 x 50 cmUSD 1,450Maury Hervé
ST
100 x 100 cmUSD 4,900Maury Hervé
Sans titre
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Maury Hervé
La Coccinelle
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Maury Hervé
Chien II
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Maury Hervé
Diam's
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Maury Hervé
Trio de chiens
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Maury Hervé
Ours jaune
25 x 25 cmUSD 450- Sold
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Surprise !
19 x 19 cmUSD 275 - Sold
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Ourson
13 x 13 cmUSD 175 - Sold
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Ours
50 x 50 cmUSD 1,450 Maury Hervé
Ours
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Maury Hervé
Ours
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Maury Hervé
Pou-Poule
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Maury Hervé
Ours
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Maury Hervé
Le grand et le petit
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Maury Hervé
Happy !
100 x 100 cmUSD 4,900Maury Hervé
Deux chiens
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Maury Hervé
Sans titre 51
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Maury Hervé
Poissons
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Maury Hervé
Selfie à 3
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Maury Hervé
Chien
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Maury Hervé
Souris
13 x 13 cmUSD 175- Sold
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Sans titre 2
13 x 13 cmUSD 175 Maury Hervé
Deux chiens
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Maury Hervé
Cochon
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Maury Hervé
Chat
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Maury Hervé
Duo de chien sur fond bleu
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Maury Hervé
Le petit ours
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Maury Hervé
3 poissons rouges
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Maury Hervé
Le cochon
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Maury Hervé
Chien
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Maury Hervé
L'étang
13 x 13 cmUSD 175Maury Hervé
Deux chats
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Maury Hervé
Duo de chiens
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Maury Hervé
Chien rouge I
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Maury Hervé
Chat jaune
25 x 25 cmUSD 450Maury Hervé
Chien
19 x 19 cmUSD 275- Sold
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Trio de souris
19 x 19 cmUSD 275 Maury Hervé
Le taureau
36 x 36 cmUSD 730Maury Hervé
Vache sur fond turquoise
19 x 19 cmUSD 275Maury Hervé
La joyeuse équipe
80 x 80 cmUSD 3,200