Born in Montpellier in 1950, he began painting in 1973 after studying economics.
He lived in Paris for twenty years before returning home in 1999. ‘His home was Palavas-les-Flots, where he set up his studio.
In 1971, his first watercolours. In 1974, he began working in oil on canvas. In 1975, he held his first exhibition in Bougival, where he won a prize.
Influenced by the English School and the watercolour techniques of Turner, Bonington, Cox and Cozens, he imagines the effects in a mist that is both mysterious and transparent.
Recognised in the Parisian salons, he obtained the recognition of his peers;
There's something of Turner in his paintings,’ said one art critic.
Winter Salon,
Prize from the town of Bougiva,
Prize from the town of Garches,
Guest of Honour at the Chatou Salon,
He was awarded the Medal of Arts, Sciences and Letters.
His works are exhibited both in France (Barbizon, Honfleur) and abroad (London, San Francisco, Chicago and Tokyo).
His calm, serene paintings convey a happy vision of the world, of life, a vision full of power.
The exhibition brings together some forty works in acrylic on canvas, watercolours and gouache, on the main themes of ‘Venice’, ‘Seascapes’ and ‘Landscapes’.
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