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Memories

Sophie Dumont

2024 • France • Oil on Canvas

16 x 16 in

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Sophie Dumont

France

Artist highlights

Exhibited in a Museum
Solo shows participant
Favorited by galleries
Featured in gallery curations
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Artwork details

Medium : Oil on Canvas
Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Artwork framed.
Dimensions : 15.7x15.7in

About this artwork

In “Memories,” Sophie Dumont captures the timeless essence of collective memory through a subtle, textured depiction of a library. On this 40 x 40 cm canvas, each book becomes a visual relic, a metaphor for the memories and narratives that shape our personal and universal history.

The use of the knife technique gives the work a rich and vibrant texture. The volumes of the books, almost palpable, are defined by precise knife strokes and a generous… layering of material. The colors, carefully chosen, oscillate between neutral tones of off-white, gray and beige, and more vivid touches of red and ochre. This balanced palette reflects both the softness of the past and the intensity of significant moments.
Framed canvas with a choice of natural or black wooden box.

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Sophie Dumont

France

Credentials

Exhibited in a Museum
Solo shows participant
Favorited by galleries
Featured in gallery curations
Works on commission

« To sublimate, to appropriate the subject, to keep only the essential. »

Sophie Dumont is a contemporary French painter born in Paris in 1964. She currently lives and works in Normandy. Her work, primarily oil on canvas, explores the memory of places through abstract landscapes, stylized libraries, and studio interiors. Through the layering of numerous paints and subtle collages, she constructs structured compositions where matter, light, and color interact. Her work is distinguished by a balance between architecture and pictorial sensibility. Exhibiting for over twenty years in France and internationally, notably in Germany, Canada, Belgium, and Italy, Sophie Dumont's work is now featured in numerous private and museum collections.

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Sophie Dumont

Memories

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