Dec

6

Salon of the French School in Versailles

Published on 2024-12-06 by Eric Bourdon | Comment
Category(ies) : Exhibitions, Painting, Sculpture  


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     Painter Eric Bourdon is taking part in the 2024 Salon of the French School, in Versailles. This 109th edition of the Salon of the French School (Salon de l’École Française) will be held from Tuesday 10 to Sunday 15 December at the “Carré à la Farine”, from 11am to 6pm, Place du Marché Notre-Dame, 70 bis rue de la Paroisse, a few streets from the Château… [ See on OpenStreetMap ].

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Jan

15

Saint George crushing the dragon

Published on 2024-01-15 by Eric Bourdon | Comment
Category(ies) : Painting, Sculpture  


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Saint George crushing the dragon

Original acrylic painting on linen canvas
Artwork size : 25.59 x 21.26” / 65 x 54 cm

© Gallery of painter Eric Bourdon
Lille, France, 2023



     With the acrylic painting on canvas titled “Saint George crushing the dragon,” Eric Bourdon follows the straight line of a long pictorial, artistic and literary tradition !

     In the legend, the dragon extorted tribute from villagers. When they ran out of livestock for the dragon, they started giving up human tributes, chosen by lottery. When one day, the lot fell on the king’s daughter ! The king offered all his gold and silver to have his daughter spared, but the people refused. The princess was sent out to the lake, dressed as a bride, to be fed to the dragon. The saint thereupon rescued the princess and killed the dragon.

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