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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Ferdinand
80 x 80 cm3,839 CADMaury Hervé
Two Coyotes in the Red Canyons of Arizona
50 x 50 cm1,979 CADMaury Hervé
Couple of Owls
25 x 25 cm589 CADMaury Hervé
2 Owls
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Brothers
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Réal lion
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Bull
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Coyote in thé Canyon
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Sunny day
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Laughing coyote
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Full moon in AZ
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Happy coyote
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Bull in AZ
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Élephant
13 x 13 cm239 CADMaury Hervé
Pink bear
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Love you !
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French frog
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Surprised!
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2 mice
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Polar bear
13 x 13 cm239 CADMaury Hervé
Rare Blue Cats
36 x 36 cm999 CADMaury Hervé
Hello!
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5 Bears
25 x 25 cm589 CADMaury Hervé
Blue Owls
25 x 25 cm589 CADMaury Hervé
I'm a Tiger
13 x 13 cm239 CADMaury Hervé
Time for Lunch?
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In Love
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Gang of Dogs
80 x 80 cm3,839 CADMaury Hervé
Gang of Dogs in Sedona
80 x 80 cm3,839 CADMaury Hervé
Elephant
36 x 36 cm999 CADMaury Hervé
Elephant
25 x 25 cm589 CADMaury Hervé
4 Dogs
25 x 25 cm589 CADMaury Hervé
Elephant
25 x 25 cm589 CADMaury Hervé
Elephant
19 x 19 cm359 CADMaury Hervé
Elephant
19 x 19 cm359 CADMaury Hervé
Elephant
13 x 13 cm239 CADMaury Hervé
Elephant
13 x 13 cm239 CADMaury Hervé
Javelina in the Red Rocks of Sedon
50 x 50 cm1,979 CADMaury Hervé
Javelina in the Canyon of Sedon
50 x 50 cm1,979 CADMaury Hervé
Bull lose in the Canyon
19 x 19 cm359 CADMaury Hervé
Famous Bear in Arizona
25 x 25 cm589 CADMaury Hervé
Bear and Cactus
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Coyote and Cactus
36 x 36 cm999 CADMaury Hervé
Family of Javelina
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2 Coyotes Laughing
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Coyote in Sedona
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Blue Polar Bear
36 x 36 cm999 CADMaury Hervé
1 Javelina
13 x 13 cm239 CADMaury Hervé
Pink Coyote!
13 x 13 cm239 CADMaury Hervé
Hello
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Giraffe Family
19 x 19 cm359 CADMaury Hervé
3 Cats
36 x 36 cm999 CADMaury Hervé
In the Forest
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Oh My Baby!
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Orange
25 x 25 cm589 CADMaury Hervé
Blue Bull
19 x 19 cm359 CADMaury Hervé
We are 3
13 x 13 cm239 CADMaury Hervé
Too shy!
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Surprise!
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