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Spring/Summer 1998
Modern Art Magazine
New York, NY
Investor's File
by Deitz
The
phenomenon of collecting art blossomed at the turn of the last century.
Dr. Albert Barnes, Gertrude Stein and the Museum of Modern Art, to name
a few, seemed to search out the unrecognized genius of the artworld. Such
great masters as Picasso, Toulouse-Lautrec, Braque, Pissaro, Matisse,
Modigliani and Soutine are examples of once undiscovered talent whose
work is now sought after worldwide for the innovative challenges and changes
it has brought to not only the artworld but society as a whole.
Canadian artist James Picard, whom I met in New York two years ago, falls into such a category. His devotion to his work, and his serious and intense familiarity with his calling, awaken memories of Paris at the commencement of the twentieth century.
Akin with the virtuoso's of the past, Picard works in a multitude of mediums. Oils, watercolor, acrylics, ink drawings, clay, wooden and metal sculpture, each with an equivalent measure of mastery. Having exhibited and won awards for his work throughout Europe and North America, Picard is definitely a talent to be aware of and aquainted with.
Photo: James Picard "Self-Portrait 1996"