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Biography |
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1997 - 1996 |
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Retrospective, touring exhibition in France and Switzerland |
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1910 |
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Born in Tourcoing, Northern France |
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1931 |
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Begins study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lille and Paris; soon decides to distance himself from the Academy |
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1936 |
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First of his numerous journeys to the Netherlands where he sees works by Rembrandt, who impresses him for fifteen years |
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1956 |
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Travels to Spain, where he is much impressed by Goya, Zurbarán, Velasquez nd El Greco; travels to Florence, Arezzo and Urbino. Discovers the work of Masaccio. |
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1972 |
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Travels to New York and Washington; encounters the work of Mark Rothko. |
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1983 |
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First exhibition in Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne |
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1991 |
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"XXI. Biennale", Sao Paulo |
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2000 |
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Dies on May 10th in Wasquehal, Nothern France |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 |
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“Eugène Leroy“, Galerie Fred Jahn, Münich |
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2008 |
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“Hommage à Eugène Leroy“, Michael Werner London, London |
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2008 |
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“Eugène Leroy – Paintings and Drawings”, Julius Werner Berlin, Berlin |
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2008 |
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“Serial Works on Paper”, Julius Werner Berlin, Berlin |
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2008 |
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“Pretty Ugly”, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York |
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2008 |
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“Eugène Leroy”, Musée d’art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris |
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2007 |
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"Eugène Leroy. Gouacher / Gouaches", Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Kopenhagen |
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2007 |
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"Eugène Leroy“, Galerie Haas, Zürich |
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2006 |
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"Eugène Leroy. Bilder aus den 90er Jahren", Galerie Michael Werner, Köln |
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2006 |
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"Eugène Leroy. Autour de la sorcerie", Galerie de France, Paris |
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2004 |
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"Grands nus, Couleurs, Papiers 1979-1985", Michael Werner Gallery, New York |
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2004 |
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"Eugène Leroy: Autoportrait", La Piscine-musée d'art et d'industrie André-Diligent, Roubaix (solo) |
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2004 |
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"Eugène Leroy / Jacques Bornibus: une complicité la peinture années 50", Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tourcoing, France (solo) |
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2004 |
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"Eugène Leroy. Große Aquarelle 1979 – 1985", Galerie Michael Werner, Köln |
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2003 - 2004 |
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“Eugène Leroy,” Alan Koppel Gallery, Chicago |
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2003 |
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Voir en peinture,” FRAC Iie de France – Le Plateau, Paris, collective exhibition |
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2003 |
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“Eugène Leroy: Grands Nus, Couleurs, Papiers, 1979-1985,” Galerie de France, Paris |
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2003 |
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“Eugène Leroy,” Galerie de l’Atelier 2, Villeneuve d’Ascq., France |
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2003 |
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"Eugène Leroy. Ölbilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen", Galerie Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt am Main |
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2002 |
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"Eugène Leroy: Nudes", Michael Werner Gallery, New York |
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2002 |
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“Eugène Leroy,” Galerie Bruno Mory, Besanceuil, France |
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2001 |
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“Ruprecht Geiger, Eugène Leroy: Sunbursts and the Earth’s Shelter”, Roger Smith Gallery, New York |
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2001 |
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“Hommage à Eugène Leroy”, Museée d’art moderne, Villeneuve d’Asq |
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2000 |
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Kunstverein für die Rhinelande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf |
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2000 |
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Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo |
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1999 |
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“The Art of Drawing,” James Kelly Gallery, Santa Fe |
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1999 |
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“Huit Tableaux”, Musée de Grenoble |
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1999 |
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The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada |
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1999 |
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“Goya informe – descendances modernes de Goya,” Musee des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing |
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1998 |
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Galerie de France, Paris |
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1998 |
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Boukamel Contemporary Art, London |
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1998 |
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Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporains Campagne-Ardenne, Reims |
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1998 |
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Musée départmental de Saint-Riquier, France |
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1998 |
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Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne |
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1997 |
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Centre d’Art Présence Van Gogh, Saint-Remy-de-Provence |
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1997 |
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Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing |
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1997 |
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Kunsthalle Basel, Basel; Magnus Fine Art, Ostende |
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1996 |
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Centre Georges Pompidou, new acquisitions exhibition |
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1993 |
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Edward Thorp Gallery, New York |
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1991 |
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“Eugene Leroy: Paintings (1945-1960)”, Magnus Fine Arts, Gent Galerie de France, Paris |
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1989 - 1990 |
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Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels |
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1989 |
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Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne |
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1987 |
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“Eugène Leroy – Drawings”, Galerie Michael Werner, Graphical Rooms, Cologne |
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1986 |
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Galerie Gillespie-Laage-Salomon, Paris |
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1985 |
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Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne |
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1984 |
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Galerie Jean Bernier, Athens |
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1983 |
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Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne |
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1980 |
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Galerie K, Washington |
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1979 |
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“Retrospective and catalogue of etchings”, IVe Biennale de Gravelines Galerie Jean Leroy, Paris |
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1978 |
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Galerie Jean Leroy, Paris |
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1977 |
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École des Beaux-Arts, Lille |
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1972 |
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Galerie Septentrion, Marcq-en-Baroeul |
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1971 |
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Galerie Nord, Lille |
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1970 |
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Galerie Veranneman, Brussels |
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1966 |
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Galerie Pilotes, Lausanne |
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1965 |
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Harvard University, Cambridge |
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1964 |
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Galerie Kaleidoscop, Gent |
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1963 |
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Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris |
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1961 |
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Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris |
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1959 |
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Galerie Synthèse, Paris |
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1958 |
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Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing |
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1957 |
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Awarded Prix Emile-Othon Friez |
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1956 |
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Galerie Creuze, Paris |
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1955 |
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Galerie A. Droulez, Reims |
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1954 |
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Galerie Art Vivant |
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1948 |
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Galerie Marcel Evrard, Lille |
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1943 |
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Galerie Else Clausen, Paris |
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1937 |
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Galerie Monsalut, Lille |
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