Trained at ENSAAMA Olivier de Serres in the “Mural Decoration Fresco – Mosaic” department, Arthur Baud has developed a unique artistic vision thanks to his technical mastery.
Through his work, he explores the aesthetic meaning of an urban reality marked by concrete and oblivion. By observing the world around him, he finds inspiration in everyday scenes, to which the finesse of his touch and the level of detail give unexpected depth. His sensitive gaze captures beauty where it is not immediately perceptible, revealing the hidden soul of urban spaces, mundane landscapes, and other everyday objects. The precision of his details and the almost photographic rendering are reminiscent of the work of American hyperrealist painters like Richard Estes or Ralph Goings.
His artistic approach relies on a complex narrative perspective. Arthur Baud enjoys playing with overlapping frames and elements, enriching the main plane of his compositions. This original process gives his works a cinematic dimension, like fragments of stories whose beginnings or endings the viewer could imagine. The superposition of elements and composition also evoke Edward Hopper’s narrative approach in his way of capturing suspended and melancholic moments.
By sensitively embracing the ephemeral and the banal, Arthur Baud transcends the everyday to magnify it and give it great narrative power. His paintings invite the viewer to see urban landscapes with fresh eyes, offering them a unique beauty.
