{"id":320,"date":"2026-09-03T14:50:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T11:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artstac.com\/?post_type=product&p=320"},"modified":"2026-09-07T13:10:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T10:10:19","slug":"marcel-peltier-horses-1994","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/artstac.com\/et\/product\/marcel-peltier-horses-1994\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcel Peltier \u2014 Horses, 1994, 87 cm x 75 cm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marcel Peltier\u2019s Horses<\/em> (1994) captures the intensity of a horse race at the moment when the field surges towards the viewer, transforming speed and competition into a vibrant study of movement, colour and light.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rather than describing every detail with photographic precision, Peltier concentrates on the sensation of the race. Horses and jockeys emerge from a luminous green landscape through broad, energetic passages of paint. The central chestnut horse advances directly towards the viewer, creating a powerful focal point, while the surrounding riders establish the rhythm and momentum of the composition.<\/p>\n

The brightly coloured racing silks \u2014 turquoise, yellow, violet, blue and white \u2014 punctuate the predominantly green palette. Peltier uses these flashes of colour to distinguish individual riders while simultaneously reinforcing the movement of the group. The horses themselves are rendered in deeper browns and blacks, giving them visual weight against the softer, atmospheric background.<\/p>\n

Particularly characteristic is the artist\u2019s treatment of light and atmosphere<\/strong>. The distant landscape is deliberately dissolved into pale greens, yellows and blues, while the foreground becomes progressively richer and more substantial. This transition creates depth without relying on rigid academic detail and gives the painting its immediate, spontaneous quality.<\/p>\n

Marcel Peltier<\/h3>\n

Marcel Peltier (1924\u20131998)<\/strong> was a French painter and lithographer whose work developed within the tradition of twentieth-century French figurative painting.<\/p>\n

He studied at the \u00c9cole nationale sup\u00e9rieure des Arts D\u00e9coratifs in Paris from 1944 to 1946<\/strong> and later continued his artistic education at the \u00c9cole des Beaux-Arts de Rouen<\/strong>. During his development as a painter, he also received guidance from French painter Lucien Fontanarosa<\/strong>, an important representative of post-war figurative painting.<\/p>\n

Peltier became particularly associated with atmospheric landscapes and scenes in which light, reflection and movement<\/strong>play a central role. His paintings frequently favour the immediate visual impression of a scene over meticulous descriptive realism, placing his work in dialogue with the enduring legacy of French Impressionism while maintaining a distinctly twentieth-century painterly language.<\/p>\n

His career included exhibitions in France and internationally. In 1975<\/strong>, Peltier exhibited at Galerie Marie-Jeanne Garoche in Paris and Galerie Hamon in Le Havre, while later exhibitions included presentations at Zantman Art Galleries in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Peltier also received recognition during his career, with biographical records listing distinctions including the Prix de la Jeune Peinture<\/strong> and a medal from Arts-Sciences-Lettres<\/strong>, alongside several regional painting prizes in France.<\/p>\n

Works by Marcel Peltier are recorded in French public collections, including the Mus\u00e9e des Beaux-Arts de Rouen<\/strong> and the Fonds national d\u2019art contemporain<\/strong>, demonstrating the institutional recognition achieved during his career.<\/p>\n

Painted in 1994<\/strong>, only a few years before the artist\u2019s death, Horses<\/em> belongs to Peltier\u2019s mature period. The assured brushwork and economical treatment of the figures reveal an experienced painter interested less in literal description than in capturing the fleeting impression of a moment.<\/p>\n

Presented in its ornate gilt frame, the painting combines the elegance of a traditional equestrian subject with the freshness and immediacy of modern French figurative painting.<\/p>\n

Oil on canvas, 1994.
75 \u00d7 87 cm including frame.
Signed lower left.
Original artwork.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Marcel Peltier (1924\u20131998),<\/p>\n

Horses<\/em>, 1994.<\/p>\n

Oil on canvas,<\/p>\n

75 \u00d7 87 cm including frame.<\/p>\n

Original artwork. Signed lower left.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0},"product_brand":[48],"product_cat":[19],"product_tag":[101,102,96,97,22,100,99,98,95,94,103,93,61,62,63,104],"class_list":["post-320","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_brand-marcel-peltier","product_cat-paintings","product_tag-101","product_tag-20th-century-art","product_tag-equestrian-art","product_tag-equestrian-painting","product_tag-french-art","product_tag-french-figurative-art","product_tag-french-painting","product_tag-horse-painting","product_tag-horse-racing","product_tag-horses","product_tag-impressionist-influence","product_tag-marcel-peltier","product_tag-oil-on-canvas","product_tag-original-painting","product_tag-signed-painting","product_tag-sporting-art","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artstac.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artstac.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artstac.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artstac.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artstac.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artstac.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artstac.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=320"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artstac.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=320"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artstac.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}