Held every year without interruption since 1769, the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition showcases a diverse array of contemporary works, including prints, paintings, films, photography, sculpture, and architectural works.
This year’s show features work by François Xavier Saint Pierre:
Villa with Obelisk and Umbrella Pine,(red) and (blue) oil on panel, 56 x 38 cm 2025
This imagined crepuscular landscape was inspired by the view through the Loggia of the Villa Medici, French Academy in Rome, where Saint Pierre was an artist in residence a few years ago. These two paintings reflect his dual interests in the reception of antiquity, in its various incarnations as well as the legacy of modernist painting, with its emphasis on summary paint handling and tactile sensations.