Serge Poliakoff was born at the beginning of 1900 in Moscow. He is the thirteenth born of a sibling of fourteen children. His father supplied horses for the Russian army and owned a racing stable.

In 1914, he began to take drawing classes, ...

After being released from his military obligations following the 1973 conflict, Ra’anan Levy left his family to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. He then moved to Florence to study at the Tovarelli brothers’ studio. Throughout his car ...

Robert Couturier, a lithograph student in Paris, was quickly noticed in 1928 by Aristide Maillol. The latter is seduced by the «badly-done» aspect of his sculpture: «You, Couturier, in the badly-done kind, you will do something very good». Rob ...

Judit Reigl is a painter who was in turn surreal, abstract or figurative.

After arriving in France in 1950 after eight clandestine attempts to cross the Iron Curtain, Judit Reigl found Simon Hantaï, a fellow student at the Beaux Arts in Bu ...

Aristide Maillol was one of the most famous sculptors of his day. His work, based on ample forms developed from the female nude but simplified to the extreme of a pure outline, is silent and represents a true artistic revolution that would lead to ...

Son of a boatman, Camille Bombois went through various professions, such as farm boy, circus wrestler or bobinier, before devoting himself fully to painting.

He moved to Paris in 1907 and, on his return from the war of 1914 – 1918, decide ...

Following a distressing childhood, Jacques Doucet became a revolutionary child, eager for freedom, passionate about painting and poetry. In 1941, he travelled to Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire to meet Max Jacob, who strongly encouraged him to follow the ...

Jean Ève was born in a working-class family. In 1918, he was accepted at the colonial school of le Havre and joined the Spahis. He spent an important part of his journeys painting in watercolor. On his return to Douai, he joined the railway secto ...