Elisabeth Calmes

Elisabeth Calmes (born July 30, 1947 in Luxembourg ) is a Luxembourg painter .

Life

Calmes first studied interior design at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Appliqués et des Metiers d'Art (ENSAAMA) and then painting at the Akademie de Port-Royal in Paris . She lives and works in Paris and Luxembourg . Her studio is in Paris and the Dordogne. From 2008 to 2010 she also had a studio in New York City . Since 1987 her works have been exhibited in numerous galleries in Europe and the USA. A number of books of her works have been published.

Works

• Confronting the mystery of things (1993-2006)
• O, time, suspend your flight (1994-2002)
• Colors of the countryside (1995-20054)
• For places enrich the mind (1995-2003)
• The colors of possibility (1998-2011)
• Brush stroke of the soul (2001-2005)
• Doors and passageways (2002-2004)
• Of tastes and colors (2004)
• Meandering through New York (2008-2010)
• Itinerary - resonance (2012)
• Journey through Bulgaria (2013-2014)

Solo exhibitions

• Ludwigshafen - Germany (1987)
• Maikammer - Neustadt - Germany (1987)
• Mairie de Montclar - France (1988)
• Restaurant Mathes - Ahn - Luxembourg (1988/89)
• Château de Stadtbredimus - Luxembourg (1990/91)
• Mairie de Frankenthal - Germany (1990)
• Château de Bourglinster - Luxembourg (1993)
• Chambre de Commerce Belgo - Luxembourgeoise - Paris (1995)
• Gallery Lucien Schweitzer - Luxembourg (1995)
• Lorette Gallery - Paris (1996)
• Château de Montbazillac - France (1998)
• Le Bugue - France (1998)
• Gallery Lucien Schweitzer - Luxembourg (1999)
• Rochebonne Gallery - Paris (2001)
• Nolan-Rankin Galleries - Houston - USA (2002)
• Gallery Lucien Schweitzer - Luxembourg (2003)
• Ambassade du Luxembourg - Paris (2006)
• Luxembourg House - New York - USA (2006)
• Nolan-Rankin Galleries - Houston, TX - USA (2006)
• Luxembourg House - New York - USA (2008)
• Embassy of Luxembourg - Washington, DC - USA (2009)
• Commission européenne, Berlaymont - Bruxelles (2010)
• Cercle Münster - Luxembourg (2010)
• Gallery Spiren - Luxembourg (2011)
• Nolan-Rankin Galleries - Houston, Tx (2011)
• Luxembourg House - New York - USA (2008)
• Conference Center Poleczki - Warsaw - Poland (2012)
• Ambassade du Luxembourg, Varsovie - Pologne - Mars (2012)
• Conference Center Poleczki - Warsaw - Poland (2012)
• Gallery Mostra - Varsovie - Poland (2012)

Group exhibitions

• Salon d'Automne - Paris
• Salon des Artistes Français - Paris
• Salon d'Art de Mantes-la-Jolie - France
• Salon de la Celle-Saint-Cloud - France
• Salon de Printemps - Luxembourg
• Salon du Cercle Artistique - Luxembourg
• Groupement Européen des Ardennes et de l'Eifel - Germany
• Salon de Peintures - Clairac - France
• Artistes Luxembourgeois - Krymskiwall Museum - Moscow
• Taide Museum - Helsinki
• Palais de la Culture et de la Science - Warsaw
• Vision d'Europe - Paris
• Arcade Euro - Chartres - France
• Center Européen d'Echanges Economiques et Culturels - Paris
• Europ'Art sans Frontières - Paris
• Journées des Pays Francophones - Paris
• Salon des Peintres Francophones - Paris
• California Gallery - Paris
• Salon de Printemps - Le Bugue - France
• Salon du dessin et de la Peinture à l'eau - Grand Palais - Paris

Publications

• 1995: Elisabeth Calmes Edition Lucien Schweitzer, Art Gallery
• 1999: Elisabeth Calmes Edition Lucien Schweitzer, Art Gallery
• 2003: Résonances Joseph Leydenbach - Elisabeth Calmes - Brochure DEXIA, Banque Internationale Luxembourg
• 2003: Joseph Leydenbach Bibliothèque Nationale Luxemburg
• 2006: Calmes-paintings Luxembourg
• 2011: Meandering through New York Paris
• 2012: Itinerary - Luxembourg -Paris - New York - Warsaw with music by Frederik Heringa - Paris

Web links

• Official website of Elisabeth Calmes