Monumental, more than 1500 m2 , this fresco is also intended to be memorial.

On the immense Caquot hangar intended for aviation, César Malfi unfolds 2000 years of history through four emblematic figures.
The characters invited to his wall owe their fame to their activities in the territory of Fréjus, with its eventful history. General or emperor, poet or aviator, Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Roland Garros and Jean Cocteau coexist on this wall in perfect harmony.

From the first two, Fréjus made its motto, "Julius Caesar gave it his name, Napoleon the Great gave it glory"; Roland Garros left this hangar to achieve the feat of crossing the Mediterranean alone; Cocteau, finally, painted the decor of the chapel of Our Lady of Jerusalem.
To evoke their faces, the urban artist chose a realistic style, partially using statuary, painting or photography, which he fragments according to this singular construction which comes to him from graffiti.
If the chromatic unity is achieved through the blue evoking the Mediterranean context, the artist nevertheless includes, here and there, bright colours circumscribed to geometric shapes to energise this immense surface.

It is finally that César introduces his trademark, this black line, free and refined, which brings spontaneity and naivety to the work, and gives it its modernity. Inherited from his practice as a graffiti artist, his taste for classical forms and the simplicity of modern art, this eclectic work succeeds in the challenge of being readable despite its scale.

Fréjus, François Léotard Nature Base, March 2024.