Valérie FAVRE (b. 1959). "Cavalier", 1997. Oil on canvas signed, dated and titled on the back. Height 160 cm - Width : 160 cm Provenance : - Galerie Nathalie Obadia. Exhibition: - Paris, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, "Confrontation" Nov 22-Dec 11, 1997, reproduced in the exhibition catalog. Note: A Swiss actress and feminist painter, she left France for Berlin in 1998, where she developed a style of painting that blends narrative, mystery and inner exploration. Her visual universe draws heavily on mythology and fantasy, which she revisits through hybrid figures, enigmatic scenes and theatrical spaces. Favre's expressive gestures and formal freedom make her contemporary painting profoundly narrative and imaginative. His work is often compared to that of James Ensor, Edvard Munch or Max Beckmann.