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"Flowers of the Grail"
"Happy is he who glides over 1ife and (...)
      understands effortlessly the language of flowers and of silent things!"
Charles BAUDELAIRE (1821-1867) "Les Fleurs du Mal"
A painter expresses himself with his brushes as a poet with words. His work is a quest for harmony and inner peace which he manages to subtilize from Nature filtering them through his own personality. It's this long journey, looking for a world of serenity that Max-Agostini has acccomplished by creating so many canvases on which flowers burst forth in all their glory.






A quest as absolute as that of the Grail, described by the XIIth century writer Chr�tien de Troyes. But this cup is that of the abondance of forms and infinite colors that Nature pours forth on the whole planet. A simple "Gathering of Red Poppies" reminds us as it did Marcel Proust of its:
"magnificence and the naive monotony of its beauty".
All through the ages, flowers have fascinated, cured, relieved; they have sung to the soul of painters and poets. They have brought joy and allegrity to our eyes and our hearts. That Max-Agostini found his Camelot through fields and bouquets, is certain without a doubt, This harmony which is called "Grace" greets us as we encounter these paintings and reassures us that : "Beauty will save the World".

Janet Greenberg                 
December 24th, 2001        
Flight AA#63 Paris - Miami


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