Maine DURIEU collectionneuse et galeriste - Lot 61

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Maine DURIEU collectionneuse et galeriste - Lot 61
Maine DURIEU collectionneuse et galeriste Maine DURIEU personal collection Maine Durieu was a painter (discreet), collector (daring) and art dealer (passionate). She loved sharing her eclectic eye, arousing curiosity and nurturing dreams. In her gallery, she gave others the pleasure of being moved by her discoveries, so different yet united in the strength and simplicity that also defined Maine. As Germaine Richier's beloved niece, although she loved to linger in her Parisian studio in the 14th arrondissement, accompanying her to her foundries or to the homes of her artist friends, she never claimed her close ties with this giant of modern art. From Provence, like her aunt, Maine Durieu began a life in Africa at the age of 24. Niamey, Cotonou, Kinshasa, Abidjan In Côte d'Ivoire, she studied painting at the Beaux-Arts and, in 1979, opened her first gallery of ancient African art in the Ivorian capital. Since then, as a pioneer, she has never ceased to exhibit contemporary painters, many of them from the African continent, at her various addresses in the Plateau district of Abidjan, then in Paris, quai des Grands Augustins (XVIe) in 1987, and rue Visconti (VIe) in 2007. A woman of contrasts, her elegant, soft allure could stand in stark contrast to her attraction to a not-so-seductive style of painting. Her eye, needing to be surprised, clung to sincerity. Her collection presented here is, in its own way, a portrait of a non-conformist woman. Her luminous gaze suddenly disappeared in 2015, but through her impulses, Maine Durieu leaves us a fiery trail. A few names - including Angel Alonso, Julio Gonzales, Damien Cabanes-, artists she exhibited - including Serge Hélénon, Didier Bergerol, Jean-François Lacalmontie, Christophe Desforges, Théodore Koudougnon- and above all, many favorites.
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