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  Clovis Trouille

  French surrealistic painter (–)

  Camille Clovis Trouille (24 October &#; 24 September ) was a French artist known for paintings of erotic and anti-clerical subjects.

  Career

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  Trouille was born in La Fère, France, and was trained at the École des Beaux-Arts of Amiens from to ^[1] His service in World War I gave him a lifelong hatred of the military, expressed in his first major painting Remembrance (). The painting depicts a pair of wraith-like soldiers clutching white rabbits, an airborne female contortionist throwing a handful of medals, and the whole scene being blessed by a cross-dressing cardinal.

  This contempt for the Church as a corrupt institution provided Trouille with the inspiration for decades of work:

  • Dialogue at the Carmel () shows a skull wearing a crown of thorns being used as an ornament.
  • The Mummy shows a mummified woman coming to life as a result of a shaft of light falling on a large bust of André Breton.
  • The Magician () has a self-portrait satisfying a group of swooning women with a wave of his magician's wand.
  • My Tomb () shows Trouille's tomb as a focal point of corruption and depravity in a graveyard.

  Trouille's other common subjects were sex, as shown in Lust (), a portrait of the Marquis de Sa

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  The Blasphemous Sensuality of Camille Clovis Trouille

  Fig ‘Oh! Calcutta! Calcutta!‘ () (Source: )

  Complete Nudity

  Oh! Calcutta, Calcutta! produced in , is Trouille’s most famous painting (Fig). More than two decades later, the title was used for the notorious and subversive musical revue by Kenneth Tynan. The controversy surrounding this show was caused due to its extended scenes of complete nudity, both male and female.

  Fig ‘The Palace of Wonders‘

  Fig ‘Funerailles’ (My Funeral)‘ (/46)

  Fig ‘Sleeping in‘ ()

  Fig ‘Religieuse italienne fumant la cigarette’ (Italian nun smoking a cigarette)‘()

  Fig ‘Odalisque (The Oasis)‘ () (Source: )

  Fig ‘Dolmancé et ses fantômes de luxure (Dolmancé and his phantoms of lust)‘ ()

  Fig ‘El Confessor‘ ()

  Fig ‘Faites-moi Cygne (Make Me Into a Swan)‘ ()

  Fig ‘Long Live Wine, Love and Tobacco‘ ()

  Fig ‘Le Salon‘ ()

  The following video features a substantial amount of work by Trouille…

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  For me personally, this is an artist that I appreciate more and more every time I come across his work! How do you value Clovis Trouille’s art? Start or join the discussion in the comment box below…!!
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