" I wish for my art to be seen as one would read poetry, and wander into its imagery. I do not have a message but feel compelled to convey the feelings flowing through me as I attempt to create something beautiful. My work escapes time and space while expressing the spirit that I share with a river or a tree."
Christian was born in the town of Saint Brieuc, on the Northern coast of Brittany, France. He studied at the Beaux Arts Academy in Paris before moving to San Francisco in 1981. Quintin create oils and pastel paintings and pen and ink and graphite drawings, alternating between mediums as in music, each piece calling for its own instrument. His art reflects his consciousness, what he see or feels as well as his love of nature in romantic landscapes where trees like human figures sway among swirling skies. Christian has been exhibited in many solo and international group shows. He was represented by the famed Vorpal Gallery in San Francisco and New York, which gave its first U.S. show to M.C. Escher. He was also the recipient of numerous public commissions and was represented by the Lorin Gallery in Los Angeles and Paris.
Education
1975, 1976 Beaux Arts Academy, Paris, France
Awards
1987 Grumbacher Award, San Francisco
1990 Award of Excellence, California State Fair, Sacramento, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Lorin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Calabi Gallery, “The Aviary”, Santa Rosa, CA
2018 Gallery 2850, Santa Rosa, CA
2017 Gallery 2850, Santa Rosa, CA
2015 Hattie Weber Museum, Davis, CA
2012 Calabi Gallery, Petaluma, CA
2010 Quick Silver Mine Gallery, Forestville, CA
2007 Tsao Gallery, Davis, CA.
2007 Artisan Gallery, Sacramento, CA.
2006 Center Line Gallery, “A Sky Color of Oranges” Woodland, CA.
2005 Dorion Gallery, Sacramento, CA.
2005 International House Gallery, Davis, CA.
2003 Pence Gallery, “Trees,” Davis, CA.
2004 Dorion Gallery, Sacramento, CA.
2004 John Natsoulas Gallery, Recent Paintings, Davis, CA.
2000 Vorpal Gallery, “Landscapes,” San Francisco, CA.
1999 Vorpal Gallery, “The Open Door”, San Francisco, CA.
1999 Maturango Museum of Art, Ridgecrest, CA.
1996 Ritts Gallery, “Island of the Mind,” Sacramento, CA.
1995 Peach Pitt Gallery, “Intimate Scapes,” Sacramento, CA.
1993 Gallerie Le Rouge Vif, Paris, France
1993 Gallerie Atlantide des cinq Sens, Paris, France
Selected Exhibitions
2025 Morrison Gallery, Kent, Connecticut
2023 Parker Gallery, Los Angeles
2023 Woaw Gallery, Hong Kong, Joan Tucker “Welcome to Wonderland”
2023 KIAF, Seoul, South Korea
2023 Future Art Fair, New York
2023 Art Central, Hong Kong
2023 Wow Gallery, Hong Kong
2022 On the Road to Basel, Lorin Gallery, Paris, France
2022 KIAF, Lorin Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2014 Annex Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
2013 Art Expo, New York 2012, Annex Gallery
2009 Byatt-Claeyssens Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA.
2006 Artisan Gallery, “Les Amours Jaunes”, Sacramento, CA.
2004 Noël Flynn Gallery, Roseville, CA.
2003 International House Gallery, Davis, CA.
1999 J Glenn Gallery, “Recent Works,” Davis, CA.
1998 Still Life Gallery, “C’est Moi,” Sacramento, CA.
1997 Still Life Gallery, “The Artist,” Sacramento, CA.
1996 Ad Group Gallery, “Surrealist Works,” Auburn, CA.
1995 Phantom Gallery, “Paradise,” Sacramento, CA.
1995 Auburn Art Gallery, “Visitors,” Auburn, CA.
1994 Auburn Art Gallery, “Pastels & Inks,” Auburn, CA.
1990 Gallery Mesa, San Francisco, CA
Selected Commissions and Public Projects
2014 Painting, lobby Golden Gate North, Santa Rosa, CA
2013 Drawings, US Army corps of Engineers, San Francisco, CA
2013 Painting, “Chinese Fluorite”, The Arkenstone, Dallas, Texas.
2012 Mural, Casa Nuestra Winery, St Helena, CA
2011 Mural, City of Indianapolis, Art Commission, Indiana.
2009 Painting, lobby Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO.
2008 Painting, lobby of Mercy General Hospital, Folsom, CA.
2007 California State Fair Mural, Sacramento, CA.
2005 Paintings, North Coast Co-op, Eureka, CA.
2004 Painting, Davis Food Co-op, Davis, CA
2003 Mural, City of Ione, CA
2003 Painting, lobby of Families First, Davis, CA
2002 Mural, California Youth Authority lobby, Sacramento, CA.
Permanent Collections
Hattie Webber Museum, Davis, CA
State of Colorado Art Collection, CO
Robert Lavinsky, The Arkenstone, Dallas, TX
Gail Spam, Dallas, TX
Reviews
2025 Mark Makers Quarterly, Winter 2025
2021 Elizabeth Sherwin, Davis Entreprise, March 2021
2021 Dan Taylor, Press Democrat, Emerging Beauty, April 7.
2010 Alhia Warren, Art Critic. “Beautiful Intimate Mystery”,
2007 Davis Enterprise, CA. “Museum level work”, by Suzanne Munich,
2004 Solano Magazine, Ca., “I Am What I See, I See What I Am,”
2003 Davis Enterprise, CA. “Mental landscapes,” by Suzanne Munich,
2003 Amador Ledger Dispatch, Jackson, Ca., “Ione Mural,” by Sean Rabé,
2003 Davis Enterprise, CA, Nancy Servis.
2002 Davis Enterprise, CA., “Muse in Davis,” Elizabeth Sherwin,
1999 Ridgecrest Tribune, CA., “Introspective Exhibit,” by Helen Huntley, 1998 Davis Enterprise,CA., “Extraordinary Art in Davis,” Marilyn Moyle, 1995 Brainchild Magazine, Los Angeles, CA, 1995.
1990 The New Fillmore, San Francisco, CA