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« Mirar, escuchar une obra de arte es ante todo sentir una emoción »
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« Acima de tudo, assistir ou ouvir uma obra de arte significa sentir uma emoção »
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« Ein Kunstwerk betrachten, ihm zuzuhören, ist vor allem ein Gefühl erleben »
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« Vooral het kijken naar of luisteren naar een kunstwerk voelt een emotie »
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« Le regard, l'écoute d'une Oeuvre d'Art, avant tout c'est ressentir une émotion »
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« Above all, looking at or listening to a work of art is feeling an emotion »
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Summary

About Andy THOMAIN
Journey in the world of art
Exhibitions organized by the gallery: paintings, porcelains, enamels ...
Exhibition catalogs: photographic illustrations,
Biographical notes of Artists
Media: Press articles and TV shows
Studies - Research - Teaching
Porcelain of Limoges - 250 years
Enamels of Limoges - 900 years
Consultant - works of art: Paintings - Enamels and Porcelain from Limoges
Genesis - Family Business
Thanks
Team website

© Christian DAIGNAN Graphic Design

Trademarks:

Born in Limoges in 1948, from a wholesaler in catch, crustacean, game and foie gras family ...
Compagny created around 1900 by his grandfather Jean MAURIRAS. His wife Marguerite will succeed him during a decade around 1960.
Compagny in which Andy worked with his parents Jean and Geo THOMAIN since 1964 for 30 years under the name "MAURIRAS - THOMAIN". It's commercial activity ended in 1991.

« The beautiful things »
Since his teenage years, Andy is fond of art and antique.
He will make it it's work with taste and passion.
He creates a galery in 1986 under the name « Galerie COROT».
In 1993, the shop develops under the name « ANDY THOMAIN ARTS DECO - GALERIE »
His specialities are :
- Painters from Crozant school (1850-1950) located in Limousin.
- Limoges' painted enamels from the XVIth century to the XXth century.
- Limoges' porcelain from the XVIIIth century to the XXth century.
In 1996, with his 20 years knowledge he became consultant in those three artistic sector.

Member of the board of the two last of enamels contributing actively since 1992 to the exhibition and the book devoted to "Enamels Arts Deco" (1920-1940). It's revelation has taken place in the Evêché Museum in Limoges.

In 2014, he is named as member of the board of directors of the Limoges Museum Beaux Arts' friends so he takes part with pleasure of the projects and decisions of the association A.M.B.A.L.

We have the pleasure to offer to the Limoges Museum Beaux Arts, with the complicy of my daughter Isabelle, jewellery in enamel from the XVIIth century to the XXth century as well as paintings from local painters to modestly contribute completing the beautiful collections of the Museum.
In the goal to share and introduce this ancient fire art of our city, which started in the Middle Ages : Enamels.
Plus, donations of Limoges' porcelain have been done to the Limoges Adrien Dubouché national Museum.

« Epicurean »
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He likes good wine and gastronomy :
- His pleasure, travel France to the well-known vineyard
- He likes to dicover the coloured and scented markets from all around the world.
"The beautiful and delicious food"
This gourmet also likes to elaborate recipes

A TRADUIRE

Aurélie stall, market-garden-producer, at the market place des bancs, Limoges

During the sixties, he has the pleasure to wore clothes from dress designer in fabric from England and Italia.
During his trips, he likes to visit museum and go to exhibitions.

Jazz 1960 - Ladislas Kijno (1921-2012) - Oil 193 x 300 cm - Coll. Malou Kijno
2017 Exhibition - Saint Germain en Laye,"The Great Utopia of Kijno"

« Musical Sweetness »
In particular: "The Baroque of the XVII-XVIII centuries" of J. S. Bach, passionate and prolific creator of magisterial works, A.Vivaldi, and G. F. Handel ...
"Classical Period" by L. van Beethoven, great virtuoso,
mythical symphonies, icon of freedom.
To W. A. ??Mozart, The Genius to a lot of a diverse masterpieces expressing
Grace, emotion and power.

He loves the 1930-1980's Jazz :
Django Reinhardt, great gypsy jazz guitarist, founds the Hot Club of France, writes in 1940 "Clouds", adept of the bebop.
Miles Davis, a trumpeter with an original sound, a composer of great talent, who was able to reinvent his style to produce masterpieces.
Dave Brubeck, and his quartet, author of successful tracks.
Tito Puente, a Puerto Rican known as "El rey del timbal".
Michel Petrucciani, virtuoso on the piano and brilliant composer, despite his physical handicap.
Keith Jarrett, pianist but also practicing multiple instruments, his improvisations and his compositions are imbued by the various movements of jazz as well as by classical music.
Jacques LOUSSIER, creates "the Trio Play Bach", he turns classical musical works of Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart etc, in Jazz with finesse and subtility.
The singer-poet, humanist Georges Brassens and his famous guitar.
This musical selection is part of Andy's favourites.
« his sound dreams »

« Family »

« Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? »
Paul GAUGUIN - painter, wrote it in his eponymous painting in Tahiti in 1897 - Museum of Boston (USA).

« To forget its ancestors is a brook without a source and a tree without a root »
Chinese proverb

A FAIRE
7) The First Museum realized by the human being, 20 000 years ago
"Les Fresques" pictorial of parietal art.
Creation by the Cro Magnon man woman,
from the listed site of "La Grotte de Lascaux", Périgord, France.

When Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) visited the Caves recently
discovered (1940), he came to the conclusion about art that
"we have invented nothing"
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Sergei Shchukin (1854-1936) collector, says in 1914
when he questions himself about Picasso's Cubist painting :
"He's probably right, not me ..."
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"A painting lives only by the one who looks at it"
Pablo Picasso

A venir: photo émail Lascaux de: Bonhomme