Françoise Nielly, the art of the knife

IN THE STUDIO OF FRANCOISE NIELLY - blog caruousel 3

Born in Marseille, Françoise Nielly studied at the Beaux-arts and creates portraits of men and women in oil in an instantly recognisable style. To coincide with the launch of the new Lefranc Bourgeois fine oils, she opened the doors of her studio and demonstrated all the advantages of this range combined with her emblematic gesture to create a colourful and powerful work. The primary colours in this range, made in France, are exceptional: bright, creamy and rich in pigment. Historically, the Lefranc Bourgeois brand has always had a particular and unique primary blue, as in its range of extra-fine oils. That's why the primary blue in the new Huile Fine range is ready to use, allowing artists to create accurate and authentic secondary colours.

Discover in the video below how artist Françoise Nielly dares to paint with Lefranc Bourgeois!

A UNIQUE TECHNIQUE

Colour is launched like a projectile. Its energy gives each burst of colour an intensity and a vibration. Noted for her incredible dexterity in handling the knife and oil paint, Françoise Nielly creates works of great power. She creates portraits, each with its own personality, perfectly sculpted by the artist's precise gesture. Françoise cuts the material with her oil painting knife, using precise flat tints to delineate the shapes of the face, nose, arch, cheekbones, lips... the portrait is truly revealed through the juxtaposition of raw, true layers.