French painter born October 25, 1925 in Moulins in the Allier, France, he died June 27, 1990 in Montord (Allier). He was first a painter from Bourbonnais (Charroux), until his installation in 1952 in Provence in Fontvieille, a small picturesque village in the Arles region.

 

Since his childhood, he has been fascinated and amazed by nature that he will never stop painting or drawing whether in the foreground, in filigree, or even in implication, thus becoming one of his major sources of inspiration.

 

At the end of the 50s, he transgressed reality with the " TRIGONOMETRIC VENUS ", then during the 60s, influenced among other contemporaries by Nicolas de Staël , he embarked on a period that was deliberately more and more abstract. 'will lead to a creative impasse and a deep questioning.

 

In 1969, it was therefore humbly that he returned to nature. From this return, at the same time and as in response to the exuberance of the colors of the series "FOLIAGE" and of derivative works, will be born, of a graphic design mixing austerity and lyrism appearing Indian ink, a whole essential part of its work, the series " ARBRES ET PIERRES ", personal incantation in black and white of the landscapes of Provence. It was also at this time that he reconnected with Bourbonnais, acquiring a property in a rural environment surrounded by fields, the latter themselves subsequently becoming a source of inspiration through their geometric organizations.

 

The end of the 70s saw the emergence of the high point of his work with the " BATHERS ", oils on paper and on canvas in which, on an organization in horizontal registers, one or more voluptuous feminine silhouettes flourish at will hours, matter, elements ...

 

Along with the infinite variations of this theme, the "CHAMPS" and "FLAMMES" series were born in the mid-80s, which he managed to bring together, on the eve of his death, by merging them with the "Bathers" in an astonishing cosmic fairyland.