Jean RANSY (Baulers, 1910 - Courcelles, 1991)

Virtuoso technician, Jean Ransy took great pleasure in bringing out the velvet in wood, the chill of metal, the softness of feathers. This aesthetic tendency distanced the artist from the pure surrealist trend that some people attribute to him.

Using several symbols with subtlety, this artist managed to create a universe that went beyond the frontiers of any painting. Surrealism, symbolism, hyper-realism, all gave rise to works infused with warm colours, which softened the worrying impact of mystery.

His sense of composition and his pronounced taste for drawing gave his paintings a classical sense of balance that he dedicated to deserted lagoons, dark sanctuaries, age-old stones. Along with G. Camus, A. Darville, M. Gibon, J. Grégoire and A. Mascaux, Ransy was a member of the association "Les artistes des cahiers du Nord" founded in 1946.