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DESVAUX
Born in 1982 in Rouen, Olivier Desvaux is a French painter who graduated from the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. A plein-air painter, he works in oil with his easel set up in front of the subject, in search of the light that gives rise to emotion: the banks of the Seine, harbours, cities and distant horizons. Appointed Official Painter of the French Navy in 2018 and winner of the Prix Albert Maignan from the Fondation Taylor, he presents his paintings at Galerie Le Cube Vernet in Avignon.
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Olivier Desvaux
A painter of light and the open air, exhibited at Galerie Le Cube Vernet in Avignon: Olivier Desvaux
Olivier Desvaux, born on 12 May 1982 in Rouen, is a French figurative painter. After a year of applied arts at the École Estienne, he entered the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, graduating in 2006. Also a graduate of the Met de Penninghen school, where he now teaches drawing and sketching, he divides his work between painting, children's book illustration and storyboarding for film.
Oil painting from life at Galerie Le Cube Vernet in Avignon
In the tradition of the Impressionists, Olivier Desvaux mostly paints outdoors, in oil, with his easel set up facing the landscape. Each painting begins with an idea of light that sparks an emotion. Wind, passers-by and the slow drying of oil paint are all part of this demanding practice, which he continues in the studio, returning to his canvases several times. His compositions, often open to the horizon, aim to convey the atmosphere of a place rather than to describe it documentarily.
From the banks of the Seine to distant horizons at Galerie Le Cube Vernet in Avignon
Based on a bend of the Seine in Normandy, a region renowned for its light, the artist draws inspiration from this everyday landscape as well as from his many travels: Morocco, from Tangier to Fez by way of Chefchaouen, Lake Baikal, San Francisco, Greece, Japan, Syracuse, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and the Norwegian fjords. He has also devoted part of his work to dance, with access to rehearsals and backstage at the Paris Opera.
An award-winning Official Painter of the Navy to discover at Galerie Le Cube Vernet: Olivier Desvaux
Appointed Official Painter of the French Navy in 2018, Olivier Desvaux can embark aboard French Navy vessels, as on a voyage to the Îles Éparses off Madagascar. A member of the Fondation Taylor, he received its Prix Albert Maignan in 2017 and was among the artists honoured by the foundation in 2025. He has also won first prize in the France Galop plein-air painting competition at the Deauville racecourse (2006 and 2007), an accessit from the Fondation André et Berthe Noufflard (2012 and 2014) and first prize at Paliss'art (2015).
A career between exhibitions and large decorative commissions
Exhibited in France and abroad, notably in Paris, Rouen, Le Havre and Japan (Tokyo, Kobe, Osaka, Kyoto), he presented the exhibition Les lumières du voyage at the Villa Les Camélias in Cap-d'Ail in 2025. He also creates painted decorations: canvases for the Baldaquin Suite at La Mamounia in Marrakech (2009), and decorations for the media library in Le Tréport under the 1% artistique programme (2013) and for the childcare centre in Grand-Couronne (2018).
Discover the works of Olivier Desvaux and let yourself be carried away by plein-air painting where light, travel and the emotion of a place come together.
Discover the works of Olivier Desvaux at Galerie Le Cube Vernet in Avignon.