Maury Hervé | Contemporary Artist: Artworks & Biography
Maury Hervé
- France
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Initially fascinated by insects, today I also paint giraffes herds, schools of fish or portraits of mice.
Herve grew up in the Southern Mediterranean region and nothing predestined him for an artistic career. He began his working life rather chaotically and carried out various professions before working in metallurgy for 8 years. It was only by chance that he began to paint. On moving house and decorating his apartment, he looked for art based on animals, but finding nothing, he began creating and decorating the walls with his own paintings. His family then discovered his talent and encouraged him to do become an artist. Various meetings and collaborations with decoration businesses gave Hervé the opportunity to paint freely and exhibit for the first time. He contributed to another artist’s ceramics work and the experience convinced him to embark on an artistic career. More fabulist than naturist, Hervé endows his animal characters with complexity, transforming the bestiary inherited from the medieval tradition, rock paintings and Far Eastern Art.
He begins his works with sand and a palette of pigments on brown paper and linen canvas. Then he refines the work using gouache, Indian ink and sometimes charcoal. As he works he diversifies his materials, even to the point of incorporating ashes or marble. Hervé enjoys this diversity, which enriches the colours, tones and effects. Throughout the evolution of his work, one constant remains: the natural tones which the artist keeps from the original use of sand. The animals seem to emerge from the earth and are surprised to be being watched. Hervé finds in these beings all the moods and feelings that he wishes to express and share with humour.
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- 2015Exhibition at Sinsin galleryHong Kong, China
- 2011Exhibition at Art et Thé GalleryGranville, France
- 1998Collaboration with the ceramist Vincent BufileAix-en-Provence, France
- 1992First works on paperParis, France
- 1961BirthParis, France
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27 Artworks
Maury Hervé
2 brown Mice
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Orange Butterfly
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Big Family
25 x 25 cm285 €Maury Hervé
I'm Fantastic!
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3 brown Dogs
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Happy Cat
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Two Dragonflies
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3 Fish
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A 3 !
36 x 36 cm495 €Maury Hervé
Playing in a Courtyard
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3 Bees
25 x 25 cm285 €Maury Hervé
Blue
13 x 13 cm120 €Maury Hervé
Brown Mouse
13 x 13 cm120 €Maury Hervé
Real Zebra
13 x 13 cm120 €Maury Hervé
Five Guys
36 x 36 cm495 €Maury Hervé
3 freres
36 x 36 cm495 €Maury Hervé
5 Fish
25 x 25 cm285 €Maury Hervé
Bear
25 x 25 cm285 €Maury Hervé
2 yellow mice
19 x 19 cm180 €Maury Hervé
Hiboux
36 x 36 cm495 €Maury Hervé
Giraffe Family
25 x 25 cm285 €Maury Hervé
3 pink Dogs
36 x 36 cm495 €Maury Hervé
Pink Butterfly
19 x 19 cm180 €Maury Hervé
Madone
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Me and You
25 x 25 cm285 €Maury Hervé
Mouse
19 x 19 cm180 €Maury Hervé
In the Pond
36 x 36 cm495 €