Loic de Maisonneuve French, b. 1974
"Carving wood means entering into a dialogue with nature: letting the material speak, and carrying the story of time, of the elements and of emotion."
Born in 1974, Loïc de Maisonneuve is a self-taught French sculptor who works exclusively in wood.
An oceanographer by training, he discovered sculpture while renovating his house: a first, physical encounter with the material that changed the course of his life.
His works, spare and graphic, keep the traces of time: rings, knots, splits. He sometimes adds pigment, not to conceal the wood but to reveal its drawing.
Loïc de Maisonneuve approaches wood as a partner rather than a material. Each piece arrives with its density, its grain, its accidents, and it is from that already written history that he begins.
His approach fits into one sentence, his own: "I like to dive into the waves of the annual rings, to find the power of the elements again and to place my own story there, so that it resonates with this raw material." Carving, for him, is therefore not a matter of mastery but of resonance.
What emerges are calm, contemplative forms: leaves, spirals, doors, passages. Sculptures that invite touch as much as sight, and that sit naturally in a contemporary interior.
Selected exhibitions:
- 2025: Salon des Artistes Français, Grand Palais, Paris; S'MART, Aix-en-Provence; Vivre Côté Sud, Aix-en-Provence; Hamptons Fine Art Fair, USA
- 2024: Aqua Art Miami, USA; S'MART, Aix-en-Provence; Les Arts en l'Île, Vassivière; Moulin de Barbaste
- 2023 and earlier: Art Shopping Biarritz; finalist, Ateliers d'Art de France, Aquitaine; solo and group exhibitions in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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A l'ombre d'un palmier -
Courant XL diptyque
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Feuille arrondie
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La porte 2
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Passage
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Spirale
