SOULIÉ Tony

Tony Soulié, French painter, photographer, and printmaker born in 1955, a figure of new abstraction, known for his paintings on photography. Paintings, lithographs, and original prints.

Tony Soulié, Painting that Tears Photography

Tony Soulié, born December 9, 1955, is a French painter, photographer, printmaker, and sculptor, a figure of new abstraction. A great traveler, he combines photography and pictorial gesture to reinvent the cities, deserts, volcanoes, and landscapes he traverses.

Career

Revealed in the late 1970s, Tony Soulié is interested in all arts: painting, land art, photography, writing, theater, acrobatics, and dance. He performed in theatrical productions in the 1980s before designing the sets. His travels to extreme zones, deserts, shores, volcanoes, dense forests, nourish his work. His emblematic technique consists of painting directly on his own photographs, tearing the image with streaks of color and signs. More than a hundred solo exhibitions have been dedicated to him worldwide, and his works are notably in the collections of the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.

Painting on Photography

The most characteristic gesture of Tony Soulié is to take his own travel photographs, Chicago skyscrapers, Las Vegas neon lights, streets of Hong Kong or Tangier, and traverse them with drips, streaks of color, and signs. The documentary image then becomes an inner vision, halfway between memory and dream. His lithographs and engravings extend this dialogue between recorded reality and the painter's freedom.

Choosing a Tony Soulié Artwork

His paintings on photography are unique pieces highly sought after. His original lithographs, numerous and varied, allow one to choose a city, an atmosphere, or a color according to one's tastes. Limited edition engravings appeal to print enthusiasts. Each work offered by the gallery is precisely described and sold with an invoice-certificate.

Tony Soulié: Artwork Prices and Market Value

Tony Soulié is collected in prints as well as paintings, his lithographs and engravings allowing entry into his universe at reasonable budgets. The price depends on the nature of the work, the signature, the edition, the format, the subject, and the condition. As an indication, here are the generally observed ranges on the market, in galleries as well as public sales:

• Lithographs: approximately €250 to €800.
• Engravings: approximately €350 to €800.
• Paintings: starting from approximately €4,000, more for large formats.

His photographed then repainted cities, deserts, and volcanoes, between photography and abstraction, are the most sought after.

At What Price to Buy a Tony Soulié Artwork?

His prints, lithographs, and engravings, generally range between approximately €250 and €800. For an original painting, expect to pay from approximately €4,000.

Tony Soulié at Galerie 125

The gallery presents above a very wide selection of works: paintings on photography such as "Chicago Skyscrapers" and "Lumière bleue," numerous original lithographs, "Flamingo," "West Coast VI," "Cherokee," "Twenties," "Arc," "New York," "Cigarette," "Airstream Las Vegas," "Wan Chai" or "Casino," enhanced, as well as limited edition engravings, series "Totem," "Circus," "Colométrie" and "Hôtel Suisse," and "Chicago," "Tangier," "Pêcheurs," "Stetson" or "Fleurs." Each work is carefully packaged, tracked, and insured. Other artists of abstraction and gesture to discover: Georges Mathieu, Olivier Debré and Hans Hartung.

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