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To partir From July 1 and until August 29, 2025the city of Bricquebec-en-Cotentin (Manche) welcomes The artist-painter Frédéric Faye For a summer exhibition entitled “The lookout”, visible at the clock tower, in the castle. The opening is provided for Friday July 4 at 7 p.m.
An artistic sensitivity born early
Last of a siblings of six children, Frédéric Faye develops very early A marked artistic fiber. From childhood, he indulged in the canvas, painted, reproduces disc pockets and patterns on shirts. He is interested in sewing, advertising and interior architecture. These first experiences, where he made no distinction between so -called male or female activities, testify to a open and curious sensitivity. This inner wealth the naturally leads to painting, After a period of personal research.
A homecoming in Cotentin
Originally from Pont-l’Abbé and son of a veterinarian, Frédéric Faye grew up in Cotentin, a territory of which he fed on to shape his artistic universe. As a child, he played with the children of farmers, observed the animals, immersed himself from the sounds and colors of the countryside. These childhood memories have forged an intimate link with nature and the animal worldbecome his favorite subjects.
After a passage through the Penninghen school, he joined Fine Arts in Paris. He developed his artistic practice there, between regular visits to the Louvre museum and works inspired by major works such as “the entrance to the Crusaders to Constantinople” by Eugène Delacroix. Frédéric Faye says he was influenced by Cézanne, in particular his scenes of bathers, as well as by Delacroix for the intensity of the colors.
A singular course and faithful to the essentials
Since its beginnings in Port-Bail in 1987where he holds his first exhibition in a church, Frédéric Faye follows a coherent and personal artistic journey. Self -taught in his young years, he sold his first watercolors in the markets from the age of 19 ans. His approach is demanding: he works Without photography, only from notes and sensations. He favors oil After starting with watercolor and gouache.
His style is based on a quest for lightattention to the simplicity of the subject, sometimes trivial, to which he pays tribute without artifice.
An immersive and sensitive exhibition
A herd of cows, a rapeseed field, a fall light: so many scenes seized not for what they show but for what they transmit. For the artist, “they came to pick me up”.
The title of the exhibition, “the lookout”, was proposed by Alice Baxter. He translates Frédéric Faye’s approach well: a Patient wait, attention to the world.
Two young visitors, Nolan and Gabriel, were able to discover the works before the opening. For Gabriel, the paintings “evoke a decomposed side, we do not recognize all the forms, Just the essentials ».
Installed in an emblematic place in Bricquebec, the clock tower, the exhibition is Accessible free of charge depending on the following schedules: Monday from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.; From Tuesday to Friday from 3:30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. It is also visible during Guided tours of the castleorganized from Monday to Friday as well as Sunday, with departures at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.
This initiative carried by the municipality is part of a desire to Value living art and regional talents.
Frédéric Faye, discreet but recognized artist for his authenticity and his attachment to nature, offers here an exhibition rich in emotion, in coherence with the landscapes of Cotentin who saw him grow and inspired him.
Of our correspondent Valérie Adam
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