Joël Froment
Joël Froment (born April 27, 1938 in Versailles ) is a French painter .
biography
Joël Froment was born into a family with six children. His father was a math, physics and chemistry teacher. A neighbor, an amateur painter, made friends with him and often received him to show him his pictures.
From 1962 to 1968 he studied at the Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1968 he received his diploma and in the same year won the Prix de Rome . Froment then stayed at the Villa Medici in Rome from 1968 to 1972 , where Balthus was the director at the time.
After a period of lyrical abstraction , Froment changed his style towards minimalist geometric abstraction . He is interested in color in its energetic aspect.
In 1985 he joined the MADI International movement (international movement made up of about sixty artists from 15 different countries), of which he was president from 1996 to 2008.
Exhibitions
1988 New York. Greene Gallery. 2000 1996 -Albuquerque. UNITED STATES. Gallery Arte Struktura International -Paris. GalleriArquebusiers. (Interface) 2003 Hamamatsu. Japon. Gallery Dune. 2006 Hamamatsu. Japon. Gallery Dune. 2006 - Paris. Center géométrique international Madi. 2004. 2006. 2009 Hamamatsu. Japon. Gallery Dune. -Paris. White Elephant Gallery. Madi. Paris 2011. Gallery arichi.
Museums (collections)
- Louvre
- Museum of La Plata. Argentina
- Dallas Museum. United States
- Gallarate Museum. Italy
- Madi Mobil Museum. Gyor. Hungary.
- Museum of Sobra. Brazil
- MAGI 900 Museum. Italy
Individual evidence
- ^ Biography of Joel Froment | Joël Froment. Retrieved March 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Biography - JoelFroment.com. Retrieved March 6, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Froment, Joël |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Versailles |