Gérard Fromanger
Gérard Fromanger (born September 6, 1939 in Jouars-Pontchartrain , Yvelines department , France ) is a French painter and sculptor who lives and works in Paris and Montauto near San Gimignano , Italy .
life and work
His father was a hobby painter and came from an artistically inclined family; So Fromanger painted and drew very early on. He briefly studied art at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière . He also attended evening classes organized by the Paris City Mayor's Office.
Fromanger initially drew and painted figuratively with light and dark contrasts in gray and earth colors. He also dealt with lithography and subsequently preferred contrasting surfaces. As a reaction to American Pop Art , the narrative figuration emerged in France in the 1960s , and he played a decisive role in shaping it.
In May 1968 in Paris, Fromanger co-founded the Art Academy's People's Atelier, which designed and printed thousands of posters. He later made environmentally friendly sculptures and designed costumes and decorations for ballet. Gradually he changed from a socially committed, militant artist to one who takes pleasure in traces, shapes and colors for their own sake. For him, painting is a means of visualizing global change. His pictures are a symphony of overlapping human silhouettes, of lines that seek, network and run - and a symphony of colors, with red dominating.
Works (selection)
Artistic work
- 1968: American Flag (The Red) (Drapeau américain (Le Rouge))
- 1968: French flag (The Red) (Drapeau française (Le Rouge))
- 1979: My only wish (A mon seul désir); Oil on canvas, 250 × 400 cm
- 1988: Cocody, Treichville rue 3; Pastel and graphite on paper, 65 × 50 cm
- 2011: Gérard (self-portrait); Pastel on paper, 76 × 56 cm
Exhibitions (selection)
- from 1964 various group exhibitions, as well as solo exhibitions in Grenoble, Namur, Paris, Sienna
- 2016: Gérard Fromanger , Center Pompidou , France, February 17 to May 16, 2016
Web links
- Gérard Fromanger 2016 exhibition at the Center Pompidou
- Braun-Vega s portrait by Gérard Fromanger (1984)
Individual evidence
- ^ Fromanger Gérard - graphics, lithography, etching, drawing, illustrated books. Galerie Michelle Champetier, accessed February 21, 2016 .
- ^ The painter Gérard Fromanger. (No longer available online.) Arte TV, archived from the original on February 21, 2016 ; accessed on February 21, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fromanger, Gérard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jouars-Pontchartrain |