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Léopold Rabus

The work of Swiss artist Léopold Rabus involves detailed paintings and installations inspired by the artist’s experience in his small hometown with the people closest to him. Rural themes and portraiture dominate his oeuvre, emphasizing the slow passing of time and a sense of ritual repetition characteristic of small rural communities. Though his images provoke a grand visions of mortality, complex emotion, and the natural world, the richness of Rabus’ work lies in the small details. 


Rabus has exhibited extensively, having held solo exhibitions at GEM The Hague, Jacobshalle Basel, La Carré SainteAnne in Montpellier and Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven in Germany. He is the recipient of the Swiss Art Award (2006) and the Italian Premio Lissone (2005).


 

Born 1977
Hometown Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Education
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris,France, 2000
Ecole d’Art Chaux-de-Fonds, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, 1994
Art School de Meuron, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 1994
Permanent Collection

Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Frissiras Museum, Athens, Greece

Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Netherlands

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart (MONA), Tasmania, Australia

Scheringa Museum voor Realisme, Spanbroek, The Netherlands

Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, MUDAM, Luxembourg

Collection David Beitzel, New York, USA

JoMo Art Collection, Belgium

Collection Julius Bär, Zurich, Switzerland

Private collection Anna and Michael Haas, Berlin, Germany

Collection Alexander Hoorn, Leiden, Netherlands

Collection Asante, Switzerland

Collection Olbricht, Essen, Germany

Osram Collection, Munich, Germany

Collection Pieter and Marieke Sanders, Aerdenhout, The Netherlands

Fondation pour l'art contemporain Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, France

Schmidt collection , Zürich , Switzerland

Alain Servais, Brussels, Belgium

Wolfgang Schoppmann, Germany

Philippe & Michele Lévy, F

The Azibert collection, France

Cookie & Cedric Liénard de Jeude, Brussels

Collection Joshua P. Smith, Washington, USA

Reydan Weiss, Essen, Germany

Zabludowicz Art Trust, London, UK

Ella , Aedan & Dariya Casimiro collection, B/Russia