Georges Rouault (1871 – 1958) – Biography

Georges Rouault (1871-1958)   Georges Rouault was born on May 27, 1871, at the end of the bloody week of the Paris Commune. In 1885, he learned the trade of glass painter from Tamoni. From the summer onwards, he also attended evening classes at the École des arts...

Jean Dubuffet (1901 – 1985) – Biography

Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) Jean Dubuffet is one of the major figures in the art of the second half of the 20th century, the author of a singular body of work that sets itself apart from the art of its time, like an autonomous continent. His creative approach is based...

Chu Teh Chun (1920 – 2014) – Biography

CHU TEH-CHUN (1920-2014) Chu Teh-Chun was born in China’s Anhui (formerly Jiangsu) province in 1920. His father and grandfather were traditional doctors who collected Chinese paintings. Chu learned calligraphy and classical Chinese poetry at an early age. At the...

Jean-Pierre Cassigneul (1935 – ) – Biography

Jean-Pierre Cassigneul (1935-) Jean-Pierre Cassigneul’s figurative work is distinguished by his female portraits, which are an ode to women and exalt their beauty. His women – always the same, tall, slender, elegant, most often wearing a hat – are...

Bernard Cathelin (1919 – 2004) – Biography

Bernard Cathelin (1919-2004) Bernard Cathelin was born in Paris in 1919. After the interruption of the war, he resumed his studies at the École nationale supérieure des Arts décoratifs, where between 1945 and 1948 he studied in the studio of Maurice Brianchon, a...

Olivier Debré (1920 – 1999) – Biography

Olivier Debré (1920-1999) From density to transparency, from paste to fluid matter, from the vertical of signs-persons to the horizontal of signs-landscapes, to arrive at the sumptuous explosion of signs-spaces, Debré’s entire pictorial approach thus moves from...
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