Galerie Alexis Bordes

Participant in the BRAFA since 2004, the Galerie Alexis Bordes is happy to return for the 71st edition of this eclectic and fast-growing fair. This year, we are offering an eclectic group of European works from the 17th to the 20th century.

This selection does not reflect a theme chosen beforehand but a succession of favourites. As acquisitions unfold, trends nevertheless appear and naturally convey broad guiding lines. Landscape appears under the brushes and pencils of artists working in the open air. Working from life, they manage to capture the essence of reality. Among them, Spillaert, Frank Boggs or Achille Laugé each have their own treatment of light and of the touch, reflecting the unique vision of their environment. 

The genre of portraiture also occupies a decisive place in our hanging. It completes our understanding of an artistic movement and of an era, by revealing not only faces, but also ways of being and of representing oneself. Testimonies of past habits, our portraits illustrate social codes and aesthetic conventions. This dimension is found in the various genre scenes that we present. These works ultimately draw an artistic portrait of Europe, at once geographical, historical and cultural.

Nicolas Lancret (Paris, 1690-1743), The hurdy-gurdy player in gallant company in a park, Oil on canvas, 94 x 74 cm, carved and gilt wood frame with Louis XV period decoration of shells, acanthus leaves, and small flowers.