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Bernard Lorjou Biographie
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1908 |
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Born in Loir et Cher, France
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1948 |
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Formed the artistic group "L'Homme Témoin" with the art critic Jean Bouret to defend figurative painting
Co-recipient of the Prix de la Critique award with Bernard Buffet
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1977 |
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Guest of honor at the Salon des Artistes Francais, Paris, France
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1986 |
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Died in St. Denis sur Loire, France
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| Expositions sélectionnées |
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2009
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Bernard Lorjou, Centre Culturel Valery Larbaud, Vichy, France (solo)
Bernard Lorjou: Bullfights, Espace Van Gogh, Arles, France (solo)
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2006
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LORJOU: Witness to the times, Kunsthalle Weimar Harry Graf Kessler, Weimar, Germany (solo)
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2005
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Lorjou Retrospective, Musee des Beaux Arts - Palais Carnoles, Menton, France (retrospective)
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2003
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Lorjou the Painter: Drawings from his last 20 years, Chateau de Blois, Blois, France
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2000
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Lorjou Retrospective, Presbytere Saint-Jacques, Bergerac, France (retrospective)
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1998
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Circus, Bullfights and Musicians, Chateau de Carrouges, Carrouges, France
Lorjou: Witness Painter, Espace Belleville, Paris, France (solo)
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1994
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Lorjou and Mottet, Galerie d'Art de la place Beauvau, Paris, France
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1991
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Lorjou Drawings, Salon d'Exposition de Hankyu, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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1989
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Homage to Lorjou, Salon d'Automne, Paris, France (solo)
Carvings and Lithographies, Salon d'Exposition de Hankyu, Tokyo, Japan
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1988
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Lorjou Oils and Gouaches, Galerie Expression, St. Tropez, France (solo)
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1987
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Lorjou: Retrospective 1938-1986, Galerie Florence-Basset, Flassans sur Issole, France (retrospective)
Lorjou Tapestries, Chateau de Blois, Blois, France (solo)
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1986
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Lorjou Pinturas Recientes, Sala de Exposiciones Fundacion Eugenio Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela (solo)
Lorjou Rock AIDs Tarps, Galerie Epsilon, Paris, France (solo)
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1985
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Lorjou Paintings Drawings Sculptures, Menton, France (solo)
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1984
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Lorjou Recent Works (1979-1984), Hotel de Ville de Bruxelles / Salle de la Milice, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
Lorjou in Private French Art Collections, Chateau de Blois, Blois, France (solo)
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1981
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Recent Paintings, Galerie Beauvau-Miromesnil, Paris, France
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1980
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Shadows and Suns, Galerie Beauvau-Miromesnil, Paris, France
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1978
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Recent Paintings, Galerie du Theatre, Geneva, Switzerland
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1976
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The Bullfights in Small Format, Gallerie Govaerts, Brussels, Belgium
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1975
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Lorjou, Picquigny, France (solo)
Lorjou, Wally Findlay Galleries, Paris, France (solo)
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1974
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The Fair, Casino de Monaco, Monaco
Gouaches, Galerie Govaerts, Brussells, Belgium (solo)
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1973
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Recent Works, Wally Findlay Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
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1972
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Lorjou, Sculptures, Burnt Wood, Bronzes, Polychromes, La Bastide Grande, Saint-Tropez, France (solo)
Loves and Massacres, Galerie Drouant, St. Honore, Paris
Lorjou New Paintings and Sculptures, Hilton Gallery, Waterloo, Brussells (solo)
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1970
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The Assassination of Sharon Tate, Musee Galliera, Paris, France (solo)
Murderers and Flowers, Galerie Petrides, Paris, France (solo)
Lorjou in America: paintings, drawings and lithographs, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tuscon, Arizona (solo)
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1969
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The Marbella Workshop, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
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1968
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Homage to Yvonne Mottet and Bernard Lorjou, Musee D'Orleans, Orleans, France
Yvonne Mottet and Bernard Lorjou, Hotel de Ville, Bobigny, France
Bernard Lorjou-Small Formats, Galerie Nihonbashi, Paris, France (solo)
30 Drawings "Hunger", Galerie Bussiere, Paris, France
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1966
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Paris and flowers in small formats-exhibit Lorjou, Paris Galerie Urban, Paris, France (solo)
Lorjou : Apollinaire's Beastiary, Galerie Rene Kieffer, Paris, France (solo)
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1965
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Color Lithographies, Galerie Sagot Le Garrec, Paris, France
Bernard Lorjou: Whites and Blacks, Galerie A.Gattlen, Lausanne, Switzerland (solo)
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1963
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Lorjou Lithographies, Galerie Marcel Bernheim, Paris, France (solo)
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1962
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Floating Exhibition on the Seine River, Paris, France
Third Manifest of Man as Witness, Moulin Rouge, Paris, France
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1958
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Paintings by Lorjou, Wildenstein Gallery, London, England (solo)
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1957
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Lorjou; Mottet, Fundacion Eugenio Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela
Massacres of Rambouillet, Esplanade des Invalides, Paris, France
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1956
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Lorjou Drawings, Galerie d'Art du Faubourg, Paris, France (solo)
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1954
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Lorjou Drawings, Wildenstein Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Ecole de Paris 1954, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, France
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1953
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Buffet, Lorjou, Vallat, Venard, Switzerland Musee de l'Athenee, Geneva, Switzerland
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1951
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Current Events of the Atomic Age, Galerie d'Art du Faubourg, Paris, France
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1950
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Studies for the Atomic Age and the Waste Plant for the City of Paris, Galerie Claude, Paris, France
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1947
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100 Studies, Drawings, Paintings and Sculptures for the Miracle of Lourdes, Galerie du Bac, Paris, France
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1946
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Recent Works of Bernard Lorjou, London, England (solo)
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1945
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Bernard Lorjou, Galerie du Bac, Paris, France (solo)
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| Littérature |
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1989
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Gerard, Georges. Lorjou, Le Peintre du Siecle. Paris: Publisud, 1989
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