To find a creative spirit of moving proportions
is rare. To find works of art that sweep the senses into new emotional
awareness is to know the mark of a master. Marcel Mouly is that creative
spirit, and the mark of his work is an adventure into the magical realm
of sight beyond words, into the world of mood so poignant it thickens with
colour. Mouly was born in Paris in 1918. Although he
had an interest in drawing as a youth, he never pursued a career in art
until the hand of destiny reached into his life in 1942. Having been mistaken
for a spy by the Germans he was placed into a concentration camp for one
year, and it was during this confinement he made the decision to secure
his creative freedom forever through a career in art. In 1943 he encountered Pignon and was given
his first showing of two paintings at the Salon d'Automne in Paris. From
there his professional career took shape, fostered and encouraged by some
of the greatest artists of this century. The genius of his artistry took
form in the smoky nights and brilliant shadows of an era influenced by
the art of Braque, Matisse and Picasso, with whom he walked as a young
man in the halls of the French art Academies. He was befriended by the great sculptor, Jacques
Lipchitz, who became his mentor and an influence on his work through his
approach to cubism. Yet, none of the fervour of the new artistic languages,
though melded with skill into the reach of his creativity, supersedes the
inner vision he so adeptly portrays.
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