Fontainebleau · France
Leo Novoro
Oil on canvas · Glass mosaic · Commissioned portraits
More than thirty-five years of painting and a single subject: the comedy of power, money and the human mind. Oil, glass and resin all serve the same eye.
Cover workSaint George — glass mosaic on wood, 140 × 120 cm, 2021
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The gaze
“The painting I make expresses the concept of our civilisation: the games of human intelligence.”Leo Novoro
Novoro paints scenes in which power puts on a show: a sovereign, a playing card, a logo, a crown. They are not caricatures. They are portraits of our age, carried out with the gravity usually kept for official commissions.
Glass mosaic is the oil paintings’ other voice: thousands of pieces cut and set one by one on wood, and brought to life by the light. Then comes resin, which seals colour beneath a depth of glass.
Painter and mosaic artist, with a studio in Fontainebleau. More than thirty-five years of work, from satirical canvases to glass mosaics.
Three materials
Glass, oil,
resin
Each medium keeps its own time: a mosaic is built piece by piece, a painting grows layer upon layer, and resin has to be right in a single pour.
Glass mosaic
Pieces of glass, cut and set by hand on wood. They catch the light and turn the panel into something alive.
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Oil painting
A chronicle of power, money and belief, painted layer by layer with all the seriousness of an official commission.
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Epoxy resin
Oil sealed under resin: a depth like glass, colours held in suspension, reflections that move as you do.
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Selected works
Saint George
Glass mosaic on wood · 140 × 120 cm
Crown of the World Hierarchy
Oil on canvas · 120 × 120 cm
Moscow
Glass mosaic on wood · 110 × 135 cm
Macrohard
Oil on canvas · 195 × 145 cm
Love
Epoxy resin over oil on wood · 80 × 62 cm
Paul McCartney
Oil on canvas
Original works, each one unique — 87 entries in the catalogue
See all worksCollection
The Kings of France
painted without their crowns
64 portraits, from Childeric I to Napoleon III. Not a crown in sight: these are men’s faces, painted at close range in a manner of today that keeps the depth of the classical portrait. Here and there a sceptre or a strip of ermine is a reminder of rank.
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Childeric I
Clovis I
Chlothar I
Chilperic I
Chlothar II
Dagobert I
Clovis II
Childeric II
Dagobert III
Chilperic II
Theuderic IV
Childeric III
Pepin the Short
Charlemagne
Louis the Pious
Charles the Bald
Louis the Stammerer
Louis III
Carloman II
Charles the Fat
Odo
Charles the Simple
Robert I
Rudolph (Raoul)
Louis IV d’Outremer
Lothair
Louis V
Hugh Capet
Robert II the Pious
Henry I
Philip I
Louis VI the Fat
Louis VII the Young
Philip II Augustus
Louis VIII the Lion
Louis IX (Saint Louis)
Philip III the Bold
Philip IV the Fair
Louis X the Quarrelsome
Philip V the Tall
Charles IV the Fair
Philip VI of Valois
John II the Good
Charles V the Wise
Charles VI the Mad
Charles VII the Victorious
Louis XI
Charles VIII
Louis XII
Francis I
Henry II
Francis II
Charles IX
Henry III
Henry IV
Louis XIII
Louis XIV
Louis XV
Louis XVI
Napoleon I
Louis XVIII
Charles X
Louis Philippe I
Napoleon IIICommissioned portrait
Your portrait,
painted in oil
A painted portrait does not copy a photograph. It builds up, layer on layer, until the sitter’s character comes through.
The brief
Classical or contemporary, size, framing: you set the brief.
The references
Photographs, and a conversation about colour and mood.
The painting
Layer on layer, colours brought into harmony, painted in the studio.
The delivery
Insured express delivery, in France and worldwide.
Recognition
Distinctions
Three international distinctions, awarded in 2009 and 2010.
International Art Award
International distinction
2009Human Rights Award
Human rights award
2009Nomination
Italian cultural association
2010
Publication
ARTISTE
the artist’s book
“ARTISTE” brings together what Leo Novoro has to say about his own work: the civilisation of the game, subpersonalities, volume and light. The cover is his painting Subpersonalities (2005).
Contact
A project, a commission,
a question?
Write to the studio to ask whether a work is available, to commission a portrait or to arrange a visit in Fontainebleau.