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The three studies and the large canvas were exhibited at the Château-Thierry MAFA from March 31st to April 28th, 2018.]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/mafa-exhibition-march-to-april-2018 https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14308203 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:24:22 +0000
At the beginning of August 2018, Freddy Dussart calls me on my phone, he organizes Quentin's centenary since two years ago at Coulonges-Cohan.
I decided to donate the largest canvas to the Roosevelt Family and the other paintings to France and Germany during the centenary celebrations of Quentin Roosevelt, 25 and 26 August 2018 in Coulonges-Cohan.]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/tribute-to-quentin-roosevelt-1897-1918 https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306359 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:23:46 +0000
During my holiday i went to Zürich the 4th august 2017.
There is the same plane of Quentin in Switzerland, at the Air Force center of Dübendorf.]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/entrance-air-force-center-of-dubendorf https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306356 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:07:18 +0000
I started this work at the end of February 2018. I built the wooden frame and I drew the canvas, then I painted the background and spared the airplane and the Doves]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/great-canvas-step-by-step-1 https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306299 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:06:45 +0000
I finished the painting by a coat of varnish on March 26th, 2018. The work lasted one month.
Oil on canvas 200x150]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/tribute-to-quentin-roosevelt https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306296 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:06:10 +0000
The aircraft appear.]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/large-canvas-step-by-step-4 https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306294 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:05:37 +0000
The longest work is on the aircraft.]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/large-canvas-step-by-step-3 https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306293 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:05:03 +0000
I make the same principle as for studies,]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/large-canvas-step-by-step-2 https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306290 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:50:52 +0000
With light grey and blue colors, the neutral colors for the peace symbol. These colors make me think of the heroes of Stan Lee set in in drawing by Moebius: the Surfer Silver.]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/the-plane-appears-3 https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306276 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:49:42 +0000
Without military guns, without badges.]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/the-plane-appears-2 https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306267 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:48:31 +0000
I wish colors without camouflage.]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/the-plane-appears-1 https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306265 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:47:14 +0000
The top of the canvas is blurred towards the horizon and the bottom is accurate with the topography of the place.]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/the-paint-start-3 https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306263 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:46:07 +0000
The colors are soft, I must spare the area of plane.]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/the-paint-start-2 https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306260 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:44:59 +0000
I start with the background scenery for the three scenes with the same colors.]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/the-paint-start-step-by-step-1 https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306251 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:43:42 +0000
First step, position of plane on each canvas.]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/drawing-on-canvas-1 https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306235 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:42:45 +0000
The shooting of the landscapes of Coulonges-Cohan and Chamery are slightly different on the three Studies.]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/drawing-on-canvas-2 https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306226 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:41:44 +0000
Third drawing finished the august 7th 2017]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/drawing-on-canvas-3 https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306204 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:39:04 +0000
All doves have flying figures different]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/quentin-on-stage-with-doves-3 https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306179 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:38:07 +0000
I've been looking for pictures of Quentin's faces on web.]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/quentin-on-stage-with-doves-2 https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306171 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:37:04 +0000
I showing Quentin sowing the doves of peace.]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/quentin-on-stage-with-doves-1 https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306162 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:35:57 +0000
As soon as come back from Switzerland i went to Coulonges-Cohan the 6th august 2017 to see the right colors of the lands and the fields during summertime. This picture is a view of the area of Chamery from the road of Cierges to Chamery.]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/colors-of-land-around-coulonges-cohan https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306151 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:34:34 +0000
Harvested and ploughed wheat fields and young alfalfa above Coulonges-Cohan and Chamery.]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/brown-and-blond-fields https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306145 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:33:17 +0000
Harvested and ploughed wheat fields near of crossroad of Chamery and Coulonges-Cohan]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/green-brown-and-blond-fields https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306144 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:32:02 +0000
There are ploughed fields and young alfalfa.]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/green-and-brown-fields https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306141 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:30:35 +0000
View of landscape around Coulonges-Cohan from the road of Vieux-Vézilly to Coulonges-Cohan near the edge of the forest. To the deep of valley there is L'Orillon river and the road from Villers-Agron to Fère-en-Tardenois.]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/colors-of-coulonges-cohan-landscape https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306129 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:29:06 +0000
View of the fountain at Chamery erected in memory of Quentin by the Roosevelt family.
It was here that my father explained to his children, about fifty years earlier, the story of Quentin died on July 14th 1918, the National Day of France, it's a symbol to the French People.
He was Twenty years old,]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/the-fontain-of-quentin-at-chamery https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306121 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:27:52 +0000
Zoom on black frame, i'm very glad, i can start the homage to Quentin.]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/genesis-of-homage https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306117 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:27:46 +0000
View from the flight Paris - Bucarest for my work,
in the black frame the lands of Coulonges-Cohan and Chamery.
There are many rapeseed fields (yellow) because it's springtime.]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/genesis-of-homage-to-quentin https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306116 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:26:51 +0000
Discovery of the Nieuport C28 among the many planes in the story of aviation.]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/interior-of-museum https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306112 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:26:48 +0000
Between November 1917 and july 1918, 450 planes of this type were used by the US Army to France during the First World War.
Horizontal speed max: 206 km/h
Span: 8.16 meters, length: 6.40 meters and weight 435 kg.]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/description-of-nieuport-c28 https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14306111 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:02:27 +0000
It's very easy to turn around the plane, it's suspended from the ceiling.]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/second-view https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14305958 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:01:28 +0000
You can see the Switzerland's badge on wing.
During my trip to Zürich, I had the idea to make a tryptic symbol of peace for the 3 countries concerned by the history of Quentin, United States, France and Germany.]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/third-view https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14305947 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:00:29 +0000
I taken many pictures during my visit, but chose this first picture to put Quentin on stage.]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/first-view https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:14305934 Sun, 07 Jan 2018 21:27:47 +0000
I finished the third painting study on September 6th
Oil on canvas 80x61, status: private collection
November 2017, I showed these 3 studies to Jacques KRABAL (French National Assembly), he will allow me to expose my paintings to the MAFA ( (Maison Amitié France Amérique) of Château-Thierry. I decide to make a large canvas to this exhibition.]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/study-no-3-germany https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:13781999 Sun, 07 Jan 2018 21:26:35 +0000
Oil on canvas 80x61, status: private collection]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/study-no-2-france https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:13781998 Sun, 07 Jan 2018 21:25:29 +0000
Oil on canvas 80x61, status: private collection]]> https://polycarpe.book.fr/galeries/quentin-roosevelt/study-1-united-states https://polycarpe.book.fr photo-id:13781997