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Biography |
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1928 |
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Born in Paris |
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1939 |
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Entered the Lycée Carnot, Paris, after studying at the École des Jésuites. |
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1943 |
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Expelled from the Lycée Carnot. Started attending an evening class in drawing. |
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1943 |
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In December of this year, he gained a place at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, working in the studio of Eugène Narbonne (b 1885). |
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1945 |
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Left the École des Beaux-Arts and travelled to Brittany with his mother, but after her sudden death he returned to Paris, where he devoted himself to painting. He then moved to Massy-Palaiseau, just south of Paris, to work with his friend Robert Mantienne. |
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1947 |
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Met the writer Pierre Descargues, who became one of his earliest and most ardent supporters, writing the catalogue preface for his first one-man show in 1947. |
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1999 |
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Died in Tourtour |
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Exhibitions |
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2007 |
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Auktion 24, Lehr - Auktionshaus und Galerie, Berlin |
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2006 |
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La force de l'art - Superdefense, Galeries naitonales du Grand Palais, Paris |
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2005 |
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Tauchfahrten. Zeichnung als Reportage, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf |
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1996 |
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Beaux-arts Mueseum, Kaoshiung |
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1995 |
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The Odakyu Museum, Tokyo |
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1994 |
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Documents Halle, Kassel |
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1993 |
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Gustave Courbet Museum, Ornans |
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1991 |
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Pouchkine Museum, Moscou |
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1991 |
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Ermitage Museum, Saint-Petersbourg |
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1991 |
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Hyundai Museum, Seoul |
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1987 |
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The Odakyu Museum, Tokyo |
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1985 |
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Refectoire des Jacobins, Toulouse |
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1983 |
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Seedamm Cultural Center, Zurich |
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1978 |
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The Postal Museum, Paris |
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1977 |
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At the Gemeentmuseum, Wieger Deurne, Holland |
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1969 |
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Unterlinden Museum, Colmar |
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1963 |
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The Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo |
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1959 |
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The French Institute, Berlin |
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1959 |
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At Knokke le Zoute, Belgium |
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1958 |
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Galerie Charpentier, Paris |
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