Cafés

The interiors of cafés

In every town there is always a cafe to which you always come back to.

  • In Venice it is the Cafe Florian on St Marc square,
  • in Brioude it is the Cafe de l’Univers,
  • in Chichilianne in the Vercors it is the Cafe-lounge of the Hôtel de la Passières.

Café Florian

Café Florian
Café Florian
The coffee cup and the small decanter
The coffee cup and the small decanter,
27×23 cm.
The coffee service
The coffee service, 33×40 cm.
The blue cup on the white tablecloth
The blue cup on the white tablecloth,
33×27 cm.

During his first visit in the Florian in 1987 he captured the interior just at the time when nobody was around, he concentrated on objects: a carafe, cups laid out on a marble table, then coming back a few years later when the clients were around.

The letter, 145x204 cm.
The letter, 145×204 cm.

Café de l’Univers

drawings Café de l'Univers
drawings Café de l'Univers.

He pushes the door of the Cafe de l’Univers on the 30 March 1991, he settles down and straight away draws with fast strokes what he sees: an old fashion Cafe of the center of France, the discussions at the counter, a game of belote, a customer in his “charantaises” (locally made slippers).

The bar counter, 148x148 cm.
The bar counter, 148×148 cm.
Preparatory drawings Café de l'Univers
Belote, 135x187 cm
Belote (card game), 135×187 cm.
Preparatory drawings - Belote.
Drawings of the ladies of the
Drawings of the ladies of the “cafe de l’Univers”
Preparatory drawing for the client wearing his
Preparatory drawing for the client wearing his “charentaises” (local slippers)
The conversation, 115x140 cm.
The conversation, 115×140 cm.

Le Café-lounge

The drawing room with the seven armchairs , 100x159 cm.
The drawing room with the seven armchairs,
100×159 cm.
The drawing room and the round table, 86x150 cm.
The drawing room and the round table,
86×150 cm.
The dolls in the display cabinet, 117x89 cm.
The dolls in the display cabinet,
117×89 cm.

During a stay in the Trièves region in the French Alps in September 1992 , the Cafe-lounge of the Château Hôtel de la Passières captured his attention, like a return into childhood.