"A matter of opening your heart"
Painter Frans Bianchi
Born in
1951 in Rotterdam (Netherlands), paints figurative with strong abstract
compositions. The subject is loose from the graphic reality. He works in
oil, mixed media and water colour. His choice of colour is conspicuous and
above all gripping. Almost effortless, his way of thinking, and through his
paintings goes from figurative to strong abstract and vice-versa. For him
this is indispensable to reach where he is searching for. Frans is a
colourist pur sang, with a deep feeling for moods. In a very natural way his
target is harmony in colours and composition.
The
subjects are divers, from stillife to landscape. The many faces of the
landscape are for Bianchi a continuous source for inspiration. In his
characteristic image and colouristic language, he shows his impressions from
the subjects. They are partially abstract expressions which are making
deep impressions to the spectator of his work, emphasized by the strong
compositions.
Also the human being and animals are under his attention. They are expressed
on his own esthetical way! The subjects, the figuration as well as the
abstracted forms are fore him as a synthesis.
The wide landscapes are painted in dynamic brushes with sparkling colours in which light and reflections are captured. With his paintings he reach a centuries old tradition from Holland "Painterland" with a long list of famous celebrity's according and value follow up.
Bianchi's
visited several years the free academy of art in Rotterdam. He received
lessons from the well known Dutch painter Mr. Piet Middelhoek.
In 1996
he received the honorary prize related to the 100 year anniversary of the
"White House" in Rotterdam. His meeting in 2002 in Normandy (France) with
the painter Jason Berger was very important for him. Berger, which works of
art are in the Guggenheim Museum (New York) and the Museum of Modern art in
New York, worked in Paris for years with the famous sculptor Ossip Zadkine
and Georges Braque.
The influence of Jason Berger on the development from Frans Bianchi was a
important and obvious supplement which fitted in the direction that he
already headed .
Bianchi
had lots of successful exhibitions through his country. His works of art
are in the possession of many private collections in the Netherlands,
the United States of America, Australia, Korea and Japan. Works of him
are also in the collection of divers public institutes in the
Netherlands.