Jean-Claude QUINETTE

Criticism

To study at the ‘Ecole des Beaux-Arts’ in Caen is perfect, but to live in Honfleur for ten years, now there’s a school that is irreplaceable. And Jean-Claude Quinette learnt well the exemplary lesson that his native town of Boudin and its atmosphere taught him. He then developed this further through discovering Brittany before moving definitively to his home town and opening his studio. When he paints with oil, his works are solid and carnal, whether they depict beautiful rural landscapes or serene seascapes, not forgetting his surprising and brilliant still-life paintings. Yet when Jean-Claude Quinette paints with water-colours, it is with such fluidity and poetry. The impact of the picturesque and charming quality of his airy figurative style is delightfully complimented by abounding convincing details. Although his art works may be traditional, they emanate the personality of the artist for whom the science of portraying successive planes takes priority, as does the composition of subjects. He masterfully conveys impressions just how we like them, through portrayals of seasons and the vagaries of time and light. And so, as well as portraying pretty nudes and inspiring floral compositions, Jean-Claude Quinette remains a painter of the seas with their numerous reflections, and of mysterious and captivating skies. And then there are of course his glorified yet faithful depictions of sites that are always chosen with the power and will that it is such an artist’s duty to express.

André RUELLAN, art critic

Exhibitions

Du 17/04/2022 au 01/05/2022 : SAINT-JEAN-LE-THOMAS : LINDA CLAUSTRE ET JEAN-CLAUDE QUINETTE PARTICIPENT A L'EXPOSITION "MER ET BATEAUX" A L'ESPACE AURIAC

Du 10/09/2017 au 17/09/2017 : ARS-EN-RE : EXPOSITION JEAN-CLAUDE QUINETTE A L'ANCIENNE SALLE DE GYM

Du 21/08/2017 au 27/08/2017 : TOUQUES : EXPOSITION JEAN-CLAUDE QUINETTE A L'EGLISE

Du 07/08/2017 au 13/08/2017 : REGNEVILLE-SUR-MER : EXPOSITION JEAN-CLAUDE QUINETTE A LA SALLE DES MARIAGES

Du 30/07/2017 au 04/08/2017 : SAINT-JEAN-LE-THOMAS : EXPOSITION JEAN-CLAUDE QUINETTE ET MICHEL DAUGUET A L'ESPACE JACQUES AURIAC

Du 03/10/2016 au 29/10/2016 : CAEN : EXPOSITION JEAN-CLAUDE QUINETTE ET CAROLINE SUDRE A LA GALERIE ART-CULTURE-FRANCE

Du 31/03/2016 au 03/04/2016 : FLAMANVILLE : 23è SALON RAMPE-ART AU CHATEAU

Du 18/04/2015 au 26/04/2015 : GORRON : SALON DE PEINTURES ET SCULPTURES A L'ESPACE CULTURE COLMONT

Du 29/10/2013 au 22/11/2013 : COUTANCES : EXPOSITION JEAN-CLAUDE QUINETTE AU CENTRE D'ANIMATION LES UNELLES