

Spotlight: Cécile Lempert
Discover a curated selection of new works
This Spotlight presentation debuts new watercolours and works on canvas by German painter Cécile Lempert. In these 4 works, the artist's unique figurative practice explores and shifts boundaries between traditional portraiture and rendered imagery.


Four faces
Date
2021
Dimensions
48 x 35 cm (framed)
45 x 32 cm (unframed)
Medium
Watercolour on stone paper
Details
This is a unique work, hand-signed by the artist on the back of the paper.
Framing option
The framed option comes mounted on acid-free board in a hand-made white oak frame.



Lempert starts painting onto un-stretched canvases, nailed to the wall of her studio. By using computer generated imagery, family photographs and online source material, she creates powerful and timeless human stills.
Turquoise
Date
2022
Dimensions
180 x 190 cm
Medium
Distemper and pastel on canvas
Details
This is a unique work, hand-signed by the artist on the back of the painting.


Running girl
Date
2021
Dimensions
48 x 35 cm (framed)
45 x 32 cm (unframed)
Medium
Watercolour on paper
Details
This is a unique work, hand-signed by the artist on the back of the paper.
Framing option
The framed option comes mounted on acid-free board in a hand-made white oak frame.
Cécile Lempert’s work explores the boundary between reality, computer generated imagery and memory. Her compositions, often characterized by artificial characters and objects, draw on both classical portraiture and rendered imagery. Lempert’s works create a universe that visualizes memories into fictional scenes.



”I build models out of clay or in a virtual program. This way I can try out different angles and sections. Then I make drawings of the picture to get a feeling for the simplification or the colour mood.”
— Cécile Lempert
Orange room
Date
2022
Dimensions
105 x 200 cm
Medium
Distemper and pastel on canvas
Details
This is a unique work, hand-signed by the artist on the back of the painting.

