À chaque fois que je tombe sur des peintures de José Segrelles, je ne peux pas m’empêcher de repartir à la pêche d’autres images que je ne connaitrais pas.
En plus des quelques sources citées précédemment sur ce blog, on peut y ajouter l’Instagram de la fondation/musée (je ne sais pas trop) consacré(e) à son œuvre (https://www.instagram.com/josesegrelles_art/ et https://museosegrelles.es/). À force de creuser, j’ai fini par m’intéresser au peu d’ouvrages dédiés à son travail, et plus précisément à ses images fantastiques, la partie la plus excitante à mes yeux.
Celui qui revient le plus souvent, c’est José Segrelles Albert : Su Vida y Su Obra (1885 – 1969) publié en 1986 par l’Ayuntamiento de Albaida, Conselleria de Cultura, Valencia. Un livre cher et il a fallu une pseudo-occasion et soi-disant l’approche de mon anniversaire pour que je tente le coup.
Le format et le papier sont typiques des livres d’Art de l’époque : papier épais, reproductions un peu écrasées. Plus gênant, il y a des marges gigantesques et une partie non négligeable des reproductions sont en petit format (peut-être parce que tirées de magazines ou autres livres ?). Un autre point faible, c’est que l’ouvrage traite de toute l’œuvre de Segrelles, notamment la partie religieuse et les portraits de bourgeois de son époque qui sont souvent en pleine page (mais même ces travaux présentent un intérêt pour le curieux). Il reste quand même de la place pour la partie illustration/fantastique où Segrelles déploie son inspiration hallucinée et très originale. Et là, on aborde le dernier point faible du livre : une très grosse part de ces images sont disponibles sur le Web, généralement dans une reproduction plus moderne qui rend plus justice aux originaux.
Vu le prix, l’amateur a intérêt à bien peser le pour et le contre de cet investissement. Il n’y a pas d’alternative au moment où j’écris ce billet, mais c’est un livre dont la qualité de reproduction n’est pas à la hauteur de ce que l’on peut trouver aujourd’hui (notamment chez Illustrated Press). Enfin, quand on trouve des choses…
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