Alexandre Lenoir graduated from Beaux-Arts de Paris in 2016 with honours. He creates large-scale paintings based on photographs, evoking memories of happy days spent amidst a bountiful and mysterious natural world.
“When I rediscovered *The Water Lilies*, I was struck by the way the water moved in time with the shifting light in the exhibition rooms. I’m very interested in painting as a living entity.”
Rather than faithfully depicting nature, he seeks an alchemy that gives rise to works that appear to have been created spontaneously, almost without the artist’s intervention. A surprising sense of melancholy emanates from these familiar scenes bathed in brilliant light.
Par la force des choses
Until 24 August 2026
Musée de l’Orangerie
Jardin des Tuileries (Seine side)
75001 Paris
9.30am – 6.00pm, closed on Tuesdays
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