Patricia Simsa French, b. 1961
Life's little comedies, told with humour and tenderness.
In Patricia Simsa's work, a woman adjusts her high heels, a couple declares their love, two friends head out on the town. Her paintings tell stories: everyday scenes captured with humour, sensuality and genuine tenderness for her characters.
Her world is recognisable at first glance: expressive figures, flowing movement, a warm palette, and collages of paper and fabric that give the surface a particular richness.
Her canvases often make people smile, and that is their strength: they immediately create a bond with the viewer.
Born in Paris in 1961, Patricia Simsa is a French figurative artist. She began with sculpture before turning to painting, and held her first solo exhibitions in 1992.
Her technique is mixed: she paints in acrylic on canvas or wood panel, adds collages of original wallpapers and fabrics, then redraws the outlines in oil pastel. At the heart of her work is woman, alone in the intimacy of her gestures and occupations, or with those around her. A very personal way of exploring what Goethe called "the eternal feminine".
Art Thema represented Patricia Simsa for nearly twenty-five years. Her work played a major part in the gallery's success in painting in the 1990s and 2000s. Today, Art Thema presents a selection of works from that period, among the richest and most accomplished of her career.
A painting by Patricia Simsa for your home? Write to us: the works can be viewed by appointment, in Belgium and in the south of France.
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Belles de jour -
Fiancé
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l'invitation
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la Commode
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la Corde à Sauter
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La déclaration
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La princesse qui ne voulait pas du prince charmant
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Le bar rose
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Le chat sur le divan
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Le Cirque
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le Face à main
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Le petit nu rose
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Les escarpins roses
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Les Gitanes
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Les mariés
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Premier Soleil
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Sortie entre filles
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Visite à Paris
