Nowadays an international artists and craftsmen’s colony carries on the tradition of the Bohème in Bois-le-Roi and in the Fontainebleau country. Like theirpredecessors they find an inspiration to their creativity in the calm and beauty of the place, “this setting frame between the river Seine and the forest” accord‐ing to Alfred Roll, one of them.
in Bois-le-Roi and the Fontainebleau region.
https://www.felicjalamprecht.com/
Painter, Copyist, Restorer of paintings and painted and gilt sculptures, composer..
Felicja Lamprecht was born in 1986 in Gorzów Wlkp, Pologne, she lives and works in France since 2010 and settled in Bois-le-Roi in 2018.
She first studied music and was awarded a Diploma in Piano Studies at the National School of Music W.J. Ciesielski, Gorzów Wlkp, Poland. She still composes for the piano https://youtu.be/w2O6m34lI6I
She then studied drawing and painting in the Władysław Jagiełło Studio at the Cultural Centre Zbigniew Siwek Grod in Gorzów Wlkp, Poland, and went on studying in the Scientific Department of the
College Tadeusz Kotarbiński Gorzów Wlkp.
In 2011 she was awarded a Master II in Fine Arts with Highest Honours by the Leonard Torwirt Examination Board at the Nicolas Copernicus University of Toruń, Poland, in the Conservation and Restora‐
tion Branch with a specialisation in paintings and painted sculptures following an Erasmus programme in Paris in 2010 at the Panthéon-Sorbonne Paris 1 University.
Felicja mostly paints in oil and studies the Old Masters’ techniques in copying their works, which is of paramount importance for restoring them. Although she would like to dedicate herself full-time to her
own works, the restoration of wall paintings has become one of her passions allowing her to bring together her knowledge of architecture with that of the Old Masters’ techniques. She works in a group of French restorers specialised in the restoration of works of art in religious buildings such as among others, in Paris as part of the Direction des Affaires Culturelles, the COARC or Conservation des Œuvres
d’Art religieuses et civiles, and the DECH or Département des Édifices cultuels et historiques, under the aegis of the Ville de Paris :
Paris
Other prestigious places in Paris where Felicja worked:
Her work as a restorer allows her to travel and discover places of memory and history:
France
Luxembourg
Pologne
Felicja has taken part in several Salons and Exhibitions, such as at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Paris, the Salon d’Art of the ADAC at the Es‐
pace Maison Blanche in Chatillon, the Salon des Artistes Scéens in Sceaux Old Town Hall, the Exhibition Gorzów – Friendly City, 740 years of Gorzów Wlkp,
Poland, and she has been awarded several Honours.
A solo exhibition of her series of paintings of the Camargue, Pink Flamingos, will be organized.
Videos on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@amisdemoreaudetours
Episode I online : Peintre-Copiste-Restauratrice-Compositrice
CANDIDE BRONZE D’ART-PARIS : https://www.bronzes-candide.com/
Art Caster in Bronze
Candide Ribeiro-Reis was born in 1964 in Porto, Portugal. He lives and works between Vitry-sur-Seine where are the studio and showroom of his firm CANDIDE BRONZE D’ART-PARIS, and Bois-le-
Roi where he opened an Art Foundry in 2021.
Candide comes from a prestigious family of Smiths and Bronze Casters from Porto, Portugal, created by his grandfather Candido in 1933. His father José settled in Paris in 1959 for political reasons, and
worked as a Smith-Bronze Caster for the Christofle firm becoming an expert in light fittings in bronze.
As heir to this great lineage Candide participates of this dual family tradition. Until the age of fourteen he learnt his craft in his grandfather’s studio in Porto and that of his father in Paris. He then studied at
the École Boulle and at the École Supérieure des Arts Appliqués Duperré, and holds a Diploma from both.
During ten years he worked in the oldest and most prestigious art casting studio in France, the Fonderie Suisse created in 1758 in Paris, counting in its catalogue the most eminent artists, such as
Bourdelle, Brancusi, Maillol and Carpeaux. In 1994 in order to carry on the family tradition Candide opened his own studio, CANDIDE BRONZE D’ART-PARIS, where he combines century-old traditions
with modern techniques better suited to contemporary art.
After more than thirty years of experience in bronze statuary, he diversified his field of activity in undertaking the restoration of works of art. Thus he restored the bronze sculptures of Molière and of the actor Constant Coquelin at the Maison de Retraite des Artistes du Pont-aux-Dames, founded by Coquelin in 1903 in Couilly-Pont-aux-Dames. It was built in the Art Nouveau style and was listed in the Supplementary Inventory of the Monuments Historiques in 1990. Candide has also created a range of Bronze Furniture and Light Fittings under the label Candide Création.
Candide has been awarded many prizes and participated in prestigious creations.
2002 Prix de la Dynamique Artisanale
2006 Realization of Komitas, a six meters high memorial monument to the Armenian genocide by the artist David Erevantzi, Cours Albert 1erà Paris
2009 Label Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant (EPV)
2011 Prize Stars et Métiers, Chambre des Métiers et de l’Artisanat
2012 Charter Qualité Performance délivered by the Chambre des Métiers et de l’Artisanat
2013
2015
2016 CANDIDE BRONZE D’ART-PARIS Label Entreprise du patrimoine vivant (EPV)
2017
2018
2019
Salon International du Livre Rare et de l’Objet d’Art, Grand Palais, Paris
Videos YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@amisdemoreaudetours
Episode I online : Fondeur-Bronzier d’Art
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