André Brasilier was born in 1929 in the central French town of Saumur. Growing up in a country house surrounded by natural scenery made a profound mark on Brasilier's memory and creative consciousness. He enrolled in the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, where he studied under Maurice Brianchon (La Réalité Poétique). In 1953, he won the storied Prix de Rome. Having exhibited his work nearly every year from 1960 to the present, his fame spread through the Far East. In 1974, he was invited to his first Japanese art exhibition. Seeped in Eastern theory, the art Brasilier saw was full of Eastern aesthetic wisdom expressed through both its composition and brushwork. Brasilier is accustomed to keeping pen and paper at hand for drawing sketch whenever inspiration comes out. He regards the horse as a symbol of the divinity of natural creation. Similar to equestrianism, the artist captures, through paint, the noble bearings of horses and riders. Adorning a bare landscape, the horses are painted sparsely, emphasizing their divine dexterity and agility.