gabriel bonmati and his imaginary world

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The artwork of Gabriel Bonmati (1928-2005) is a mixture of choice ingredients inspired by his travels around the world. It all started in Morocco in 1928, when he was born into a French/Spanish household. He began his studies in French which eventually lead him to the Paris School of Fine Arts. From 1952-1965 he taught at a girls' high school in Casablanca. At that time, he was also painting and began to exhibit his work in 1965. The same year he was appointed head of the Educational Documentation Center at the Nice Academy by the French ministry of Education. Although he had a successful career, he continued to paint and exhibit in Menton, Monte Carlo and Nice.

Like much of the world, he attended Expo '67 in Montreal and fell in love with the Quebec Landscape. He exhibited some of his work in Montreal and then worked his way to the United States. Meanwhile in France, curators were exhibiting his paintings with the likes of Salvador Dali and Marc Chagall. He holds his own next to these masters with his unique color palette and his ability to understand and recreate the world around him. 

Du fond de la nuit

Du temps ou les infantes

Et le silence prend des parfums d'orange

Et n'être plus qu'un instant

Et s'estompent les heures anciennes

Juste pour rêver

Et s'il lui plait

Et jour soupire

Hier demain rose et noir

Il est encore temps d'aimer

Il était une fois une rose

Juste avant le jour

Images d’hier

La ou poussent les murmures

Le gout d'un été

Les jours sont des joyaux

L’horizon tire a lui un peu de ciel

Loin encor plus loin

Même serait-elle une ombre de demain

Ne plus vouloir qu'aimer

Sortant de la mémoire du temps

Ne sont ni de ce temps

Même les rêves sont en péril

Ou nul ne passe qu’elle

Telle l'image égarée du temps

Pour faire aimer ceux qui passent

Quand les miroirs se mettent a rêver

Quelque part il y a un rêve

Quelqu'un ici a aimé

Quelque part, un peu de ciel

Sil n'y avait que le silence des soleils éteints

Tandis que s'égrène le temps

Telle l'image du jour

Tout ce que femme veut

Une fleur, un coin de ciel

Venus du fond de l'ete

Sound: Lara Fabian - J'y crois encore ; Je suis mon coeur

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