"Mountain Town" Pastel by Claude Chevalley

Description

This pastel is a rooftop view of Copa Casale in the town of Maratea, Italy. The clay of the roofs, … more This pastel is a rooftop view of Copa Casale in the town of Maratea, Italy. The clay of the roofs, hills, blue sky and yellow greens evoke a mild Mediterranean climate. Chevalley was commissioned by notable Bouley Restaurant, New York City, to create four landscapes (photos above). Purchased from Artworks, Old Greenwich, CT.


About Claude Chevalley (en.everybodywiki.com)
French; born in 1944, Paris, France, is an Artist, making distinct visual contributions as an Impressionist Painter working in oil, pastels, aquarelle and lithography. Most known for his landscape paintings.

Life
Chevalley was educated at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. For a number of years his career focused on advertising and publishing. In 1995 at the request of Prince Rainier III of Monaco, Chevalley spent a year as the “official artist”. He exhibitions are international from The United States, throughout Europe to Japan. In Europe Chevalley’s collection of pastels were sought after in Monaco. In the mid 1990’s in the United States, Chevalley’s pastels were showcased at Bouley Restaurant, in TriBeCa, Lower Manhattan, New York. Lauded by Chef David Bouley, he commissioned Chevalley to create four large scale oil paintings of French landscapes: Gorde, Sisteron, Saint-Tropez and the Abbaye du Thoronet, for his namesake restaurant. Their bold visual presence depicted in numerous articles like The New York Times and Michelin Guides has garnered Chevalley further adulation.[1][2] less