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French Artist Transforms Boring City Walls Into Vibrant Scenes Full Of Life
Imagine yourself coming back home from a long trip and… not being able to find it.
This might actually happen if you lived in one of the buildings that got touched by this talented French street artist Patrick Commecy. Together with his team, he creates huge murals of hyper-realistic facades that bring blank and boring city walls to life.
What’s interesting here is that while these realistic yet fake facades trick you at first glance, some of the people painted there were once real. Commecy often paints many notable people from the history of the town the mural is in. Can you spot any of them?
More info: a-fresco.com
Juliette et les esprits
Renaissance
La galerie V
Cinéma-Cannes
Au fil de Loire
Le café des acteurs
Tableaux d’Eyzin-Pinet
Clochemerle
La fée verte
Café de l’Aqueduc
Roméo et Juliette
Les Dolto
La guinguette
Stars’ kisses
Porte des Lavandières
Porte de l’amour courtois
L’arbre aux oiseaux
Cinéma “Le Vallois”
Vive la récré
Aquarium
L’Arlesienne
Les guides de Chamonix
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MadameButterfly 8 years ago
Unbelievably beautiful,fantastical and creative! Like windows in time.
Aleta Boddy 8 years ago
Yes! And a lot of the "before" photos are fake too, you can see some Photoshop brush strokes that repeat. What the heck?
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Lela Rahmi 8 years ago
i think the painters did this because everyone loves active facades than the passive one
Richard Scavone 8 years ago
That's awesome!! Reminds me of http://www.muralsbytalent.com here in Virginia Beach, VA!!
Anna Salerno 8 years ago
This kind of art/talent needs to be shared with the world. What a happy feeling just viewing the pictures of these stunning buildings after being painted! I hope it catches on in the United States!
-1,000,000 Total Upvotes 8 years ago
I wonder how many people ran into the wall on the second one thinking those were actual stairs.. One person, that would be me..
Kate Sherman-Munro 8 years ago
Knowing me I'd mistakingly try to walk into one of the "storefronts" because they look that real! Well done!
Renata (Post author) 8 years ago
Anyway, to answer your question, on his website you can find some pictures of the team during the process, for example here: http://a-fresco.com/pages/metier.html. So yeah, it's real!
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Imaily Cruz 8 years ago
Someone should do this on the buildings in Puerto Rico. It is beautiful!
Michel Guntern 8 years ago
What a great way to brighten up dull buildings. Many inner cities should employ Patrick Commecy.
Michael Timme 8 years ago
Amazing work that adds so much to the neighborhood. Unfortunately, around here some idiot would spray paint graffiti on it.
Vincent Jay 8 years ago
These are very nice. I confess that I like these better than some of the urban art which I see in the U.S.
Vickie Chan 8 years ago
I just wonder... who pays for all this? Those are super large surfaces. If nothing else, the paints alone must have already been a fortune.
Hicham Elothemany 8 years ago
Some of them are clearly fake.. So i assume that all of them are.
MadameButterfly 8 years ago
Unbelievably beautiful,fantastical and creative! Like windows in time.
Aleta Boddy 8 years ago
Yes! And a lot of the "before" photos are fake too, you can see some Photoshop brush strokes that repeat. What the heck?
Load More Replies... Lela Rahmi 8 years ago
i think the painters did this because everyone loves active facades than the passive one
Richard Scavone 8 years ago
That's awesome!! Reminds me of http://www.muralsbytalent.com here in Virginia Beach, VA!!
Anna Salerno 8 years ago
This kind of art/talent needs to be shared with the world. What a happy feeling just viewing the pictures of these stunning buildings after being painted! I hope it catches on in the United States!
-1,000,000 Total Upvotes 8 years ago
I wonder how many people ran into the wall on the second one thinking those were actual stairs.. One person, that would be me..
Kate Sherman-Munro 8 years ago
Knowing me I'd mistakingly try to walk into one of the "storefronts" because they look that real! Well done!
Renata (Post author) 8 years ago
Anyway, to answer your question, on his website you can find some pictures of the team during the process, for example here: http://a-fresco.com/pages/metier.html. So yeah, it's real!
Load More Replies... Imaily Cruz 8 years ago
Someone should do this on the buildings in Puerto Rico. It is beautiful!
Michel Guntern 8 years ago
What a great way to brighten up dull buildings. Many inner cities should employ Patrick Commecy.
Michael Timme 8 years ago
Amazing work that adds so much to the neighborhood. Unfortunately, around here some idiot would spray paint graffiti on it.
Vincent Jay 8 years ago
These are very nice. I confess that I like these better than some of the urban art which I see in the U.S.
Vickie Chan 8 years ago
I just wonder... who pays for all this? Those are super large surfaces. If nothing else, the paints alone must have already been a fortune.
Hicham Elothemany 8 years ago
Some of them are clearly fake.. So i assume that all of them are.
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