Archives des Figurative - VIRGINIE MARTIN BLAISE

Femme assise – Study from life

François — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 09:37:22 +0000

Femme assise – Study from life

Pencil on paper
26 x 19 cm
110 €

Femme assise – Study from life by Virginie Martin Blaise is a pencil drawing that explores the quiet intensity of the seated female figure. Executed from life, the work captures a moment of pause, where posture and gesture convey both physical weight and inner reflection. The restrained composition allows the viewer to focus entirely on the body’s structure and balance.

Through subtle shading and confident line work, the artist emphasizes anatomy without rigidity. Light and shadow model the figure naturally, revealing volume, tension, and softness in equal measure. The drawing remains intentionally simple, avoiding unnecessary detail in order to preserve the immediacy of observation.

Part of the Study from life series, this artwork reflects a classical approach to figure drawing rooted in careful looking and sustained attention. It highlights the artist’s ongoing interest in the human form as a subject of study, presence, and silent expression.

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Rai debout – Study from life

François — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 09:36:03 +0000

Rai debout – Study from life

Pencil on paper
30 x 20 cm
110 €

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Rai debout – Study from life by Virginie Martin Blaise is a pencil drawing based on direct observation of a standing male model. The work focuses on posture, weight distribution, and anatomical structure, capturing the tension and balance of the human body in a natural pose.

This life drawing emphasizes essential elements of figure study: proportion, muscle definition, and the relationship between movement and stillness. The use of graphite allows for subtle transitions between light and shadow, reinforcing volume while preserving the immediacy of the sketch.

Part of the Study from life series, this artwork reflects a practice rooted in observation and classical drawing methods. It highlights the artist’s interest in the expressive potential of the human figure through restraint, accuracy, and sensitivity to form.

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Dos nu – Study from life

François — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:19:52 +0000

Dos nu – Study from life

Pencil on paper
28 x 18 cm
120 €

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Dos nu – Study from life by Virginie Martin Blaise is a pencil drawing that explores the human figure seen from behind, emphasizing posture, weight distribution, and anatomical structure. The absence of facial detail shifts attention to the body’s overall balance and quiet tension.

Drawn from direct observation, this study captures the subtle variations of muscle, spine, and gesture through a restrained and expressive line. The simplicity of the medium allows the drawing to focus on essentials: proportion, rhythm, and the relationship between stillness and movement.

This work belongs to the artist’s ongoing practice of life drawing, where the human body becomes a landscape of forms and sensations. It reflects a commitment to observation as a foundation for both technical mastery and poetic interpretation.

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Standing woman – Study from life

François — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:18:19 +0000

Standing woman – Study from life

Pencil on paper
28 x 20 cm
Private collection

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Standing woman – Study from life by Virginie Martin Blaise is a pencil drawing created from direct observation, focusing on the standing female figure. The composition emphasizes balance and weight distribution, capturing the quiet tension of a natural pose without theatrical gesture.

Through a restrained use of line and shading, the drawing explores anatomical structure and proportion. The absence of background detail directs attention to the body itself, allowing subtle variations in pressure and tone to define volume, muscles, and posture.

This work belongs to the Study from life series, where drawing becomes a tool of observation rather than representation. It reflects an ongoing practice centered on presence, attention, and the essential relationship between eye, hand, and subject.

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In the library

François — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:15:33 +0000

In the library

Oil on board, 2025
20 x 30 cm
380 €

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In the library – Virginie Martin-Blaise

In the library captures a quiet, transitional moment in which a man stands at the threshold between shadow and light, between solitude and knowledge. The partially opened door and the presence of books create a narrative tension, inviting the viewer to imagine what lies beyond the frame. The composition emphasizes stillness, introspection, and the subtle poetry of everyday gestures.

Painted in oil on board, the work combines controlled realism with a soft, cinematic atmosphere. The restrained color palette and carefully modulated light reinforce the sense of intimacy, while the figure’s posture suggests contemplation rather than action. The library is not merely a setting, but a symbolic space of reflection and inner life.

In the library explores the human figure as a vessel for emotion and narrative. This figurative painting reflects an ongoing investigation into silence, presence, and the fragile moments that often pass unnoticed, yet define our relationship to space and memory.

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Amanda – Les Invisibles

François — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:41:13 +0000

This painting was my final project at the Barcelona Academy of Art. My aim was to subvert the tradition of Venus portraits, depicting young naked women that reflected the beauty standards of their time, by replacing them with a woman with grey or white hair. The idea is to show a woman who is generally invisible in art, while highlighting her beauty and seductiveness. In ‘Amanda – Les Invisibles’, the model strikes the pose of Venus reclining on a bed, in a clearly erotic context. She gazes at the viewer/lover, embracing the seductive situation, and her smile emphasises both her complicity with her lover and the happiness that this relationship brings to her.

Amanda – Les Invisibles

Oil on canvas, 2020
116 x 162 cm

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Chili Gin – Cocktail Time

François — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:08:15 +0000

Chili Gin – Cocktail Time

Oil on canvas, 2022
42 x 44 cm
650 €

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Chili Gin – Cocktail Time is an oil painting presenting a contemporary still life centered on a restrained yet striking arrangement: a bottle of Brana gin, an filled glass, and vivid red chili peppers placed against a light, neutral background. The composition plays on contrast—between transparency and opacity, softness and sharpness—inviting close attention to surface, reflection, and form.

The presence of the chili introduces a subtle tension within the calm balance of the scene. Color is used sparingly, allowing the red peppers to punctuate the composition and guide the eye, while the muted palette emphasizes texture, light, and the tactile quality of the painted surface.

Created by Virginie Martin-Blaise, this work belongs to the Cocktail Time series, where everyday objects become quiet carriers of mood and narrative. Through careful observation and a measured approach to realism, the painting explores still life as a space for contemplation, intimacy, and understated sensory experience.

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Sardines – Simple life

François — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 09:02:58 +0000

Sardines – Simple life

Oil on canvas board, 2025
15,5 x 20,5 cm
250 €

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Sardines – Simple life, by Virginie Martin-Blaise

This small-scale oil painting captures sardines resting side by side, reduced to their essential presence. Stripped of any narrative excess, the composition focuses on texture, subtle reflections, and the quiet beauty of an everyday subject. The restrained background allows the silvery blues, greens, and muted iridescence of the fish to emerge with clarity and precision.

Part of the Simple life series, this work explores humble food subjects as contemporary still lifes. The sardines are treated not as objects of consumption but as forms, light carriers, and surfaces marked by time and fragility. The brushwork remains visible and expressive, reinforcing a sense of immediacy and direct observation.

Through its modest format and minimal staging, Sardines – Simple life invites a slow and attentive gaze. The painting celebrates simplicity, balance, and the quiet poetry of ordinary things, aligning with a long tradition of still life while asserting a distinctly contemporary sensibility.

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Calamar et encre – Simple life

François — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 09:01:40 +0000

Calamar et encre – Simple life

Oil on canvas board, 2025
15,5 x 20,5 cm
250 €

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Calamar et encre – Simple life is an oil painting depicting a squid presented in isolation against a light, neutral background. The composition emphasizes contrast between the deep blacks of the ink and the surrounding surface, allowing form and texture to emerge with clarity and precision.

The work, inspired by a dish served in a Michelin-starred restaurant, explores material presence and visual tension through a restrained palette. Subtle reflections, dense shadows, and fluid contours draw attention to the physicality of the subject, transforming a simple motif into a contemplative still life.

Created by Virginie Martin-Blaise, this painting is part of the Simple life series, where ordinary objects are approached with focus and restraint, inviting close observation and a quiet, intimate engagement with everyday forms.

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Crevette – Simple life

François — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 08:59:53 +0000

Crevette – Simple life

Oil on canvas board, 2025
15,5 x 20,5 cm
250 €

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Crevette – Simple life is a contemporary still life painting depicting a single shrimp placed on a neutral surface. The composition emphasizes simplicity and direct observation, allowing color, texture, and form to emerge without distraction.

The work explores the quiet presence of everyday food objects, transforming a humble subject into a contemplative image. Subtle variations in light and brushwork highlight the material qualities of the shrimp while maintaining a restrained, balanced palette.

Created by Virginie Martin-Blaise, this painting reflects an ongoing interest in still life as a space for attention, slowness, and visual clarity, where ordinary elements become moments of focused perception.

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