Aimé Venel

Aimé Venel (born May 8, 1950) is a French painter and drawer who focuses on figurative and symbolist style. His style primarily lies between symbolist painting and expressionism art, closely related to romanticism (French:Figuration des temps nouveaux). He is a self-taught man whose artwork is influenced by women's beauty.

Biography In 1972, Venel was introduced to Pierre Yves Trémois and thereafter he became Edouard Mac’Avoy's student. Between 1974 and 1978, Venel was a part of Mac’Avoy's workshop from where he learned his style and mastered his drawing skills. In 1975, he exhibited first personal collection in Barbizon. Between 1986 and 2000 he worked on a huge triptych (12metre by 3metre) called Pour le chant des oiseaux (For the birds song). This artwork was recognized as the road from the spirituality to materialism passing through the aestheticism to pay tribute to the woman. In 2001 he decorated Villa in Miami with some big paintings including Version Paradis (2mx3,90m), Terre Conquise (2metre by 2,70metre) and Aux sources de la musique (diptych, 2metre by 2,7metre). He also worked on another triptych called Biothèque Evolution (81cmx2m) that reflects the evolution of mankind on earth and pays tribute to scientific research.

Principal work His principal work is characterized by lyric compositions and some of them are as follows: 2011: Les Amours Légendaires II 2004/2005: Contes et Légendes (Sleeping Beauty, Bluebeard, Ruy Blas and The Queen of Spain, Isis and Osiris, Le Miracle des Loups, Peter Pan, Le Rouge et le Noir, Amour et Psyché, Notre Dame de Paris 1998: La Musique 1997: Les Amours légendaires, (Romeo and Juliet, The Beauty and the Beast, Lancelot & Guenièvre, Pierrot & Colombine, Tristan & Iseult, The Minotaur, Hamlet & Ophelia, The Myth of Pygmalion, Orphée & Eurydice 1997: Venice and its carnival

Exhibitions Venel has participated in following exhibitions.

2013: Idecor Art Gallery Switzerland, permanent exhibition 2012: Exhibition at Hôtel Lotti Paris “ Paris et les Amours Légendaires “ 2011: Exhibition Galerie 104 L’Atelier du Peintre, Village Suisse, Paris 2011: Exhibition Lakind Fine Art, Santa Fé, New Mexico, USA, Hotel NH Atlanta, Bruxelles 2010: Exhibition Lakind Fine Art, Santa Fé, New Mexico, USA 2010: Exhibition Hôtel Horset Opéra, Paris, France 2009: Hôtel Le Lotti, Paris, France «Hommage à René Barjavel», 2009: Hôtel NH Atlanta, Bruxelles, Belgique 2008: Hôtel Le Lotti, Paris, France 2008: Galerie Saint-Roch, Paris, France 2008: Le Colombier de Corvol, Nièvre, France 2008: Hôtel NH Atlanta (Bruxelles, Belgique) 2008: 4th China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair avec la Art64 Gallery 2008: Hôtel L’Horset Opéra, Paris, France 2008: Atom Space Gallery, Canton, Chine 2008: Galerie Princesse de Kiev, Nice, France 2008: Art64 Gallery, Canton, Chine 2008: Artexpo with la galerie Behr-Thyssen, New-York, USA 2007: Galerie Princesse de Kiev, Nice, France 2007:Mallorca Art Consulting, Baleares, Espagne 2007: Guangzhou International Art Fair avec la Art64 Gallery, Canton, Chine 2007: Galerie Arte Um Lugar ao Sol, Curitiba, Brésil 2007: Salon de la SNBA (Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts) au Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France 2007: Art en Capital 2007 au Grand Palais, Paris, France 2007: Joy Gallery, Key West, Florida, USA 2007:Jolly Hotel du Grand Sablon, Bruxelles, Belgique 2007: Hôtel L’Horset Opéra, Paris, France 2006: Château des Tourelles, Plessis-Trévise, France 2006: Jolly Hotel Lotti, Paris, France 2005: Guest of Honor at the «83e Salon de Fontenay-le-Fleury», France 2005: Hôtel L’Horset Opéra, Paris, France 2005: Jolly Hotel Lotti, Paris, France 2005: Galerie mouvances, Place des Vosges, Paris, France 2004: Galerie Atezart, Avignon, France 2004: La Galerie, Luxembourg, Luxembourg 2004: Galerie Lacydon, Marseille, France 1999: B and R Art Gallery, Californie, USA 1999: Galerie Gewehr, Allemagne 1999: Galerie du Chêne, Lausanne, Suisse 1998: Château de Clermont, Haute-Savoie, France 1998: Abbaye de Talloires, Haute-Savoie, France 1997: Italian Chamber of Commerce, Paris, France 1997: Hôtel Régina, Paris, France 1994: Galerie Art Monet, Guatemala 1993: Galerie AJL, Paris, France 1992: Galerie Marc Estel, Osaka Fu, Japon 1992: Galerie Guigné, Paris, France 1991: Galerie Sainte-Catherine, Honfleur, France 1990: Galerie Art Dépôt, Paris, France 1988: Galerie Calisto, Paris, France 1988: Société SOMAT, France 1987: Hôtel de l’Etrier, Crans-Montana, Suisse 1986: Galerie Aimé Venel in Montmartre, Paris, France 1986: Société Pernoderie, Créteil, France 1986: Garden's Hotel, Lisieux, France 1986: Swissair Company, Genève, Suisse 1985: Casino de Pornichet, France 1984: Galerie du Musée, Paris, France 1984: Galerie des Colonies, Nantes, France 1983: Galerie Aurélia Antiquités, Milly-la-Forêt, France 1982: Galerie l’Oriflamme, Paris, France 1981: Galerie Dandoy, Belgique 1981: Guest of Honor at la Taverne aux poètes, Angers, France 1980: Festival international de Tarascon, France 1979: Galerie Michel Perrier, Châteaurenard, France 1979: Musée d’Yvoire, Haute-Savoie, France 1975: Barbizon, le village des peintres, à la Galerie Present Art, France

Awards and recognition 2001: Entry in the Drouot Cotation's dictionary 1996: Prix du Maire (Parix Xe) 1991: Entry in the book "Prestige de la Peinture et de la Sculpture d'aujourd'hui dans le monde" 1989: Entry in the "Who's Who in international Art" 1985: Silver Medal by Salon des Artistes Français 1981: Honorable Mention by Salon des Artistes Français