Fontainebleau · France
Leo Novoro
Oil on canvas · Glass mosaic · Commissioned portraits
Thirty-five years of painting, one subject: the comedy of power, money and the human mind. Glass, oil and resin serve the same gaze.
Cover workMosaïque de verre sur bois, 140 × 120 cm, 2021
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The gaze
« The painting I make expresses the concept of our civilisation, the games of the human mind. »Leo Novoro
I paint scenes in which power stages itself: a sovereign, a playing card, a logo, a crown. These are not caricatures — they are portraits of our civilisation, painted with the seriousness usually reserved for official commissions.
Oil painting answers glass mosaic: thousands of tesserae cut and set one by one on wood, whose light brings the motif to life. Then resin, sealing colour inside a glassy depth.
Painter and mosaicist, studio in Fontainebleau. More than thirty-five years of practice, from political canvases to glass mosaics.
Three materials
Le verre, l’huile,
la résine
Each technique imposes its own time: mosaic is built tesserae by tesserae, painting is laid down in layers, resin demands the precision of a single gesture.
Glass mosaic
Tesserae cut and set by hand, one by one, on wood. Light passes through the glass and turns the panel into a living object.
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Oil painting
A chronicle of power, money and belief, painted layer upon layer, with the seriousness of an official commission.
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Epoxy resin
Oil sealed under resin: a depth of glass, colours held in suspension, reflections that move with the viewer.
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Quelques œuvres
Saint George
Glass mosaic on wood · 140 × 120 cm
Crown of World Hierarchy
Oil on canvas · 120 × 120 cm
Moscow
Glass mosaic on wood · 110 × 135 cm
Macrohard
Oil on canvas · 195 × 145 cm
Love
Epoxy resin over oil on wood · 80 × 62 cm
Paul McCartney
Oil on canvas
Original works, one-off pieces — 87 references in the catalogue
See all worksCollection
Les Rois de France
painted without crowns
64 portraits, from Childeric I to Napoleon III. No crowns, no attributes: faces caught in everyday life, painted in a contemporary style that keeps the depth of the classical portrait.
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Childeric I
Clovis I
Chlothar I
Chilperic I
Chlothar II
Dagobert I
Clovis II
Childeric II
Dagobert III
Chilperic II
Theuderic IV
Childeric III
Pepin the Short
Charlemagne
Louis I the Pious
Charles II the Bald
Louis II the Stammerer
Louis III
Carloman II
Charles III the Fat
Odo
Charles III the Simple
Robert I
Rudolph
Louis IV
Lothair
Louis V
Hugh Capet
Robert II
Henry I
Philip I
Louis VI the Fat
Louis VII the Younger
Philip II Augustus
Louis VIII the Lion
Louis IX the Saint
Philip III the Bold
Philip IV the Fair
Louis X the Quarrelsome
Philip V the Tall
Charles IV the Fair
Philip VI
John II the Good
Charles V the Wise
Charles VI the Mad
Charles VII the Victorious
Louis XI
Charles VIII
Louis XII
Francis I
Henry II
Francis II
Charles IX
Henry III
Henry IV
Louis XIII
Louis XIV
Louis XV
Louis XVI
Napoleon I
Louis XVIII
Charles X
Louis-Philippe
Napoleon IIICommissioned portrait
Your portrait,
painted in oil
An art portrait does not copy a photograph: layer upon layer, it brings out the sitter’s character and living spirit.
The brief
Classical or contemporary style, format, framing: you set the intention.
The references
Photographs and a conversation about colour and the mood of the portrait.
The painting
Layered paint, a harmony of colours, painted in the studio.
The delivery
Insured shipping by express carrier, in France and worldwide.
Recognition
Distinctions
Three international distinctions, at the moment glass mosaic entered the studio.
International Art Award
International distinction
2009Human Rights Award
Human rights award
2009Nomination
Italian cultural association
2010
Publication
ARTISTE
the artist’s book
“ARTISTE” gathers Leo Novoro’s thinking on his work: the civilisation of the game, subpersonalities, volume and light. The cover reproduces the canvas Subpersonalities (2005).
Contact
A project, a commission,
a question?
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