Art & Statues
Art Deco Style Cubist Oil Painting "Les Baigneuses de Collioure" by Pascal Jarrion
Art Deco Style Cubist Oil Painting "Les Baigneuses de Collioure" by Pascal Jarrion
"Les Baigneuses de Collioure," meaning "The Bathers of Collioure," is an original oil on wood panel painting by French artist Pascal Jarrion, created in 2024. The composition presents two reclining figures at ease along the Mediterranean coast, set against the terracotta rooftops and harbor of the seaside town that gives the painting its name.
Pascal's distinctive visual language draws on Cubism, Fauvism, and Art Deco, building the figures and setting from bold, outlined shapes and confident flat planes of color. The scene captures a relaxed, sun-filled moment by the water, with a small boat, a distant lighthouse, and a beach umbrella and chair grounding the composition in a specific place and time of day.
Color carries much of the painting's mood. Warm olive greens and soft blush tones dominate the figures and landscape, punctuated by passages of red, blue, and gold in the rooftops, boat, and shoreline. The confident black outlines that define every form give the composition a strong graphic quality, while the layered, overlapping figures echo the flattened picture plane associated with early twentieth-century Modernism.
The setting itself, evoking the small Catalan fishing town of Collioure on the French Mediterranean coast, connects the painting to a place long associated with bold color and artistic experimentation. Pascal channels that same spirit of light and color into a contemporary Cubist composition, balancing geometric structure with an unmistakably warm, leisurely atmosphere.
Measuring 40 by 30 inches, "Les Baigneuses de Collioure" is a substantial and vibrant painting well suited to a living room, dining space, or any interior that can support strong contemporary color. The painting is signed by Pascal Jarrion at the lower left.
