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Yellow Colonial House, a Zafer style painting by Mauritian artist Pascal Lagesse of a grand yellow Creole manor with a blue roof in a patterned tropical garden.

Pascal Lagesse

Mauritian Artist

Mauritius reimagined in bold colour and patterns. Discover my "Zafer style" vision of the world

I'm a painter born and based in Mauritius. In 2003, I created my own painting style to reinterpret my island through colour and pattern, using spirals, dots, lines and circles to turn familiar scenes into something luminous and hopeful. I paint positivity on canvas.

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Discover my journey as a painter and the story of the Zafer style. Download my portfolio in English or French.

Découvrez mon parcours de peintre et l'histoire du style Zafer. Téléchargez mon portfolio en français ou en anglais.

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Mauritian artist Pascal Lagesse smiling at his easel in his studio, holding a brush, with his Zafer style paintings behind.

Get to Know me

I was born in Mauritius on 7 August 1968, into a family that sparked my passion for art early on. My parents were my first and most passionate supporters.

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I am a Mauritian artist whose work is defined by a vibrant and distinctive style. I create paintings that combine bold geometric forms with realistic perspective, giving my compositions a dynamic, almost architectural quality...

My Last Blog Article

Painting by Pascal Lagesse of a red-roofed church on a sunny green lawn by the sea, with a cross monument, trees, and two people walking.

Painting for Myself
Or for my Father?

Today I'd like to share my personal experience on this subject. When I started painting in oils in 1986, I truly believed I was doing it for myself. At home in Phoenix, I was always surrounded by paintings by Mauritian artists my parents especially loved: works by Roger Charoux, Marcel Lagesse, Yves David, and Maurice Ménardeau (a French Navy painter who painted Mauritius extensively), among others. I spent hours looking at these paintings, dreaming of one day being like them...

Exterior of Pascal Lagesse's art studio in Curepipe, Mauritius, its walls painted with a Zafer style mural of a pink dodo, palms and trees in bright colour.
Interior of Pascal Lagesse's art studio in Curepipe, Mauritius, with colourful Zafer style paintings hanging on the walls and a work table in the foreground.

My studio/gallery

In the heart of Curepipe, my painting studio stands as my personal sanctuary of creativity. I have set up a small gallery where visitors can discover my art and where I can share my love of painting with them. 

 

Visits only by appointment.

Please send me a message.

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