Bernard Rancillac was a French painter and sculptor. He was one of the pioneers of Narrative Figuration.[1][2][3]

Bernard Rancillac
Rancillac in 1995
Born(1931-08-29)29 August 1931
Paris, France
Died29 December 2021(2021-12-29) (aged 90)
Paris, France
Known forPainting
MovementNarrative Figuration

Early life and career edit

Rancillac was born on 29 August 1931 in Paris. He spent his childhood in Algeria and returned to France with his family in 1937. In 1949, under family pressure, he tried to become teacher of drawing at the workshop of Met de Penninghen, where he met Bernard Aubertin. During his military service in Morocco, he first exhibited his drawings in a library of Meknes. In 1961, he received the prize for painting at the Biennial of Paris. In 1962, he became a pioneer of French Narrative Figuration.[4]

Solo exhibitions (Selection) edit

  • 2017: Rancillac, les années pop, Museum of the Holy Cross Abbey, Les Sables-d'Olonne, Fr[5]
  • 2017: Rancillac, Rétrospective, Headquarters of the French Communist Party, Paris, Fr
  • 2014: Encore lui, vie et mort de Mickey, Galerie Lelia Mordoch, Paris, Fr
  • 2003: Rétrospective, Musée d'art moderne (Saint-Étienne), Fr[6]
  • 2001: Morceaux choisis, Galerie Sonia Zannettacci, Geneva, Switzerland[7]
  • 1998: Jazz, Fort Napoléon, La Seyne-sur-Mer, Fr[8]
  • 1997: Jazz, galerie Hervé Lourdel, Paris, Fr
  • 1995: Cinécollages, Galerie Convergence, Paris, Fr
  • 1994: Orient-Occident, Meymac Abbey, Meymac, Fr
  • 1992: Sud-Sud, Galerie Vincent, Réunion, Fr
  • 1991: 1931-61-91, Galerie Thierry Salvador, Paris, Fr
  • 1989: Cinémonde, Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, Fr
  • 1988: 25 ans d'images provocantes, Galerie Michel Vidal, Paris, Fr
  • 1987: RANCILLAC., Galerie Convergence, Paris, Fr
  • 1985: 20 ans de peinture, French Institute of Greece, Athens, Greece
  • 1980: À la mémoire de…, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Paris, Fr
  • 1974: Jazz, Galerie Mathias Fels, Paris, Fr
  • 1969: Pornographie, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, Fr

References edit

  1. ^ "Bernard Rancillac, peintre politique, est mort". Le Monde.fr (in French). 30 November 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  2. ^ Manus, Elizabeth (8 November 2014). "Bernard Rancillac Is Mickey Mouse's Agent". Artnet News. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  3. ^ Baudouin, Nicolas (13 March 2017). "Bernard Rancillac, when history painting becomes photography". The Eye of Photography Magazine. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Pop Art, but not as you know it – DW – 09/21/2015". dw.com. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  5. ^ Poste, L'Adresse Musée de la; Sainte-Croix, MASC-Musée de l'Abbaye; Faroux, Renaud; Rageot-Deshayes, Gaëlle; Vasseur, Bernard; Rasle, Josette; Ammad, Djohar; Rancillac, Bernard; Rasle, Josette-Yolande (2017). Bernard Rancillac : [exposition, Paris, Musée de la poste, Espace Niemeyer, 21 février-7 juin 2017, Les Sables-d'Olonne, Musée de l'Abbaye Sainte-Croix, 18 juin-24 septembre 2017]. Paris: Musée de la Poste. ISBN 978-88-366-3420-0.
  6. ^ "Bernard Rancillac". Galerie Françoise Livinec. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Bernard Rancillac: Biographie | Sonia Zannettacci - Art Gallery - Geneva, Switzerland". www.zannettacci.com. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Bernard Rancillac Biography". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 27 January 2023.