Un homme de couleur

The recurring themes in Jean-Louis Bessède’s paintings are :

• The human figure: he often places figures at the centre of his works, represented in a frontal and static manner in a timeless space.
• Spiritual and mythological themes: his painting is part of a spiritualist approach, exploring the human being and self-knowledge through the history of humanity.
• Anonymous figures and mythical characters: he depicts both anonymous individuals and characters from mythology or art history.