Biography

1938 Born in Paris
1954 Became a typographical apprentice
1956 Moved to Paris
1962 Exhibited for the first time
1964 First solo show, in Paris
1967 Won the Prix de la Biennale de Paris
1989 Published 'La nature morte'
1997 Won the Prix International d’Art Contemporain Duc de Valverde d’Ayala Valva, Monte Carlo
2004 Designed the set for a Berlin staging to 'Don Pasquale'

Selected solo exhibitions

1963 Librairie des Ursulines, Paris
1965 Centrum Kultury w Gsdansku, Poland
1973 Galerie du Dragon, Paris
1987 L’Autre Musée, Brussels
1992 Salon de Mars, Paris exhibited by Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris
1999 Institut Français de Tel Aviv, Israel
2002 Galleria Marieschi, Monza
2005 Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris
2007 Galerie Jérôme Ladiray, Rouen
2012 Espace Muraille, Geneva
2013 Galerie Paul Poutré, Paris
2016 Redfern Gallery, London

Selected group exhibitions

1962 Galerie Creuze, Paris, ‘Donner à voir 1 et 2’
1967 Salon de Mai, Biennale de Paris
1972 Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, ‘31 Artistes Suisses Contemporains'
1979 Musée des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, ‘Nouvelle Subjectivité’
1986 National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
1993 Galleria Forni, Bologna, ‘Ateliers a Parigi’
1997 Fête de l’Humanité, Paris, ‘Hommage à Aragon’
2004 Galerie Saint-Jacques, Saint-Quentin, ‘Nouveaux Regards sur le Pastel’
2008 Basel Art Fair, exhibited by Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva
2012 Château de La Roche-Guyon, ‘Le musée éphémère'

Collections

Palais de l’Elysée, Paris
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Mairie d’Antibes
Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago del Chile
Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Musée de Nice
Musée de Soisson

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