MONA - Julienne METBACH, peintre manouche (Fr)....

*** Julienne Metbach - " Mona " ( English ):

Coming from a circus family Sinti-Manouches, contortionist from the age of three, Mona lived in a vardo ( wooden Gypsy caravan ) and then later in a caravan in France and Belgium, and drew as a child in the sawdust of the circus ring or on the damp misty windows.
Only much later at the age of fifty, she started to paint as an autodidact after she had received a gift of some painting materials and canvas.
Some of her works are in the Museum de l'Art Brut in Begles. The paintings are always made in her caravan depending on whether they are on the way and stored in her van and then exhibited at markets and in various institutions and galleries.
Mona uses oil paint, applied in many layers with vivid colors and works with brush and palette knife. Her subjects are taken from daily life: her own memories , vardo sites, with landscapes, swirling skies , bright flowers , striking expressive characters of the family, shows, little vardo's at the edge of the woods,
Mona herself says: ... " I'm the only one who is still doing it this way " ...
Always on the road, with a strong will and visible joy she overcomes difficulties due to her poetic view of the world : ... Mona paints and gives visible evidence of her Manouche culture, her freedom and love for the road, and for countries once travelled through.
Together with her husband Mateo Bauer, she is committed to the recognition of the world of travelers and the Genocide during World War II.
Her paintings are prayers to mankind ...!

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***Julienne Metbach - “Mona” ( Nederlands):

Komend uit een circusfamilie Sinti-Manouches, slangenmens vanaf driejarige leeftijd, woonde Mona in een woonwagen en vervolgens later in een caravan in Frankrijk en België, en tekende als kind in het zaagsel van de piste of op de vochtig beslagen ramen.
Pas later op vijftigjarige leeftijd begon ze als autodidact te schilderen nadat zij wat schildermateriaal en doek cadeau had gekregen.
Sommige van haar werken bevinden zich in het Museum de l'Art Brut in Begles. De schilderijen worden altijd gemaakt in haar caravan al naargelang zij onderweg is en opgeslagen in haar bestelbus en vervolgens tentoongesteld op markten en in diverse instellingen.
Mona maakt gebruik van olieverf, toegepast in vele lagen met levendige kleuren en werkt met penseel en schildersmes. Haar onderwerpen komen uit het dagelijkse leven: haar eigen herinneringen, de woonwagen-standplaatsen, landschappen, wervelende luchten, heldere bloemen, treffende expressieve karakters uit de familie, voorstellingen, woonwagentjes aan de bosrand,
.... Mona zegt zelf: ..."Ik ben de enige die dit nog op deze manier doet “...
Altijd op weg, met een wilskracht en zichtbare vreugde overwint zij moeilijkheden dankzij haar poëtische kijk op de wereld : ... Mona schildert en geeft zichtbaar blijk van haar Manouche-cultuur, haar vrijheid en liefde voor de weg, voor de doorreisde landen.
Samen met haar man Mateo Bauer, zet ze zich in voor erkenning van de reizigerswereld en de genocide .
Haar schilderijen zijn gebeden aan de mensheid...
Texte:...TANIA MAGY - visual artist (Fr.)
( Translations in Dutch and English: Wout J. van Vloten )

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Comment by Wout J. van Vloten on March 2, 2015 at 16:58
Comment by Wout J. van Vloten on March 2, 2015 at 17:02

VIDÉO Expo...Expo MONA Julienne Metbach (peintre)....Hall de la Mairie de Mourenx 16 octobre 2014.....Interviennent: Mona Metbach, V. Alvarez, P. Laurent - Maire de Mourenx... http://iberia-mourenx.fr/videos/vernissage/

Comment by Wout J. van Vloten on March 2, 2015 at 17:07

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