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cover | Autoportrait (1599) 63¾” x 44¾” opposite | Autoportrait (1602) 51” x 38” above | Main et pinceau 24” x 18”

2 | Autoportrait (1662) 10½” x 13¾” Autoportrait (1570) 51” x 38” | 3

Autoportrait (1576) 57½” x 38” | 54 | Autoportrait (1611) 57½” x 38”

was born on March 25, 1961. A graduate of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1981) and the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs (1983), he

gained a master’s degree in Aesthetics in 1984. After years of painting self portraits from every perspective, he found his niche

painting large representations of his face. Although he continually paints the same face, the outcome is always unique. He experi-

ments with brush stroke, texture, palette and attention to details. At times, his compositions appear to be completely abstract,

but upon further examination, a face always emerges. Although known for his self portraits, Dauptain is very successful with other

genres. His landscapes and cityscapes are reminiscent of Hopper, yet Dauptain takes greater liberties with brush stroke to infuse

a sense of movement in the painting that can be linked to impressionism.

Since 1981, Dauptain has exhibited constantly and received numerous awards for his work, the most recent of which include the Grand

Prix of the Salon des Peintres de l’Armée (2003), the Taylor Prize (2001), and the gold medal of the Salon des Artistes Français (1997).

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6 | Autoportrait (1612) 57½” x 44¾” Stop à Meatpacking 36” x 28¾” | 7

8 | Boutiques et reets 38” x 57½” Matin humide à Meatpacking 38” x 57½” | 9

Soho vu de haut 57½” x 38” | 1110 | Meatpacking vu du pont 36” x 28¾”

Anémones, fond gris 51” x 38” | 1312 | Portrait de vieillard, d’après Rembrandt 24” x 18”

The distinctiveness of my approach is rooted in the fact that portraiture has always been my preferred genre.

For practical reasons and for self-liberation, I was inspired to paint my own portrait most fre-quently. Therein results a series of more than two thousand self-portraits drawn or painted over the course of twenty-five years. This substantial quantity of work sparks my curiosity instead of satisfying it and I have never ceased searching for what the next version will re-semble. At the same time, this subject annuls itself by force of repetition. It is a pretext for continuously searching for new solutions, as much from the point of view of formal beauty as technical. Finally, it is the painting itself that is at the heart of my work.

I also paint still lives and landscapes; these play a role of “respiration” between two por-traits. For me, they are an opportunity to search for the evocation of profoundness while I wish that my faces “come forth.”

I devote myself to views of the coast and countryside as much as to more typical represen-tations of towns, factories, roads, automobiles – scenes that constitute our daily environ-ment, but still appear to me as a “field” to be discovered for the painters of today.

– Laurent Dauptain

14 | Tulipes, fond noir 23½” x 23½” Anémones, fond bleu 51” x 38” | 15

16 | Le peintre guitariste 57½” x 38” Le professeur 51” x 38” | 17

18 | Autoportrait (1600) 63¾” x 44¾” Autoportrait (1601) 63¾” x 44¾” | 19

20 | Autoportrait (1578) 76¾” x 51” Autoportrait (1585) 51” x 38” | 21Autoportrait (1484) 51” x 38”

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©2014 Laurent Dauptain

SOLO EXHIBITIONS2013 Galerie Pierrick Touchefeu, Sceaux

2012 Axelle Fine Arts Galerie, New York

2Ol1 Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris

Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New York

Galerie Art du Temps, Cléon d’Andran

Galerie Patricia Oranin, Pont l’Abbé

Galerie Pierrick Touchefeu, Sceaux .

2010 Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris

Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New York

2009 Galerie Pierrick Touchefeu, Sceaux

Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New Orleans

Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, San Francisco

Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris

2008 Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New York

Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, Boston

Galerie Pierrick Touchefeu, Sceaux

2007 Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New York

Galerie Patricia Oranin, Pont l’Abbé

Galerie Art du Temps, Cléon d’Andran

2006 Galerie Apropos d’Art, Montreuil

2000 Galerie des Saints-Pères, Paris

1997 Galerie l0l, Antony

1996 Centre Culturel de Dourdan

1994 Galerie de la Fondation Taylor, Paris

Chapelle Marquelet de la Noue, Meaux

1988 Galerie Jan de Maere, Bruxelles

1987 Galerie Jan de Maere et Ozenne,Paris

1986 Galerie La Litote, Toulouse

1986 Galerie Oberlin, Strasbourg

1984 Galerie Michel Ozenne, Paris

1983 Galerie Peinture Fraîche, Paris

198l Galerie de la Maison des Beaux-Arts, Paris

GROUP EXHIBITIONS2012 “Drawing Now”, Lille Art Fair Comparaisons, Paris

2011 “Chic Dessin” Galerie Claudine Legrand Comparaisons, Paris

2010 “Chic Dessin” Comparaisons, Paris

2009 Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris

Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New York

Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, Boston

SLICK Paris - Comparaisons, Paris

2008 Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris

Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, New Orleans

Galerie Bailly Contemporain, Paris

Lille Art Fair - Lille - Comparaisons, Paris

2007 Stâdtische Galerie, Rastatt

Galerie Axelle Fine Arts, NewYork

Salon Comparaisons, Paris

2004 Salon de Mai, Paris

1982-81 Musée d’Art Contemporain du Prince Murat, Nointel

1984 F.I.A.C. Galerie Jan de Maere, Paris

RECENT PUBLICATIONS2008 AZART (Septembre/Octobre ) - Vernissages (Juillet)

2009 PRATIQUES DES ARTS (Novembre)

2010 DAILYNEWS (Mai) - MIROIRDE L’ART (Mai)

2011 MIROIR DE L’ART (Décembre) - <<276 RENCONTRES

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Autoportrait (1669) 13¾” x 10½” | 23

Autoportrait (1615) 51” x 38”