Gallery Bertrand Trocmez - Modern & Contemporary Art - Group 'Forces Nouvelles'

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Biography

1905	Born in Aubusson (Creuse), May 16.
1919	Lycée Michelet in Paris. Meets René Huyghe.
1922- 23	School of Fine Arts, Rouen.
1927-29	Service militaire.
1931	First exhibition, Drouant Gallery.
1932	Exhibition at the Zborowski Gallery. Then a period of pictorial realism follows, marked by exhibitions at the Sperenza Gallery.
1935	Paul Guillaume Award, which establishes his reputation.
1936	Selected for the Venice Biennial.
1938	Decorations (Lycée de Valenciennes) show his interest in the issue of murals.
1939	Selected for an exhibition devoted to French art in Buenos Aires. Must join the army in September.
1944	First exhibition after his return from captivity, at the Berri-Raspail Gallery.
1945	Individual or group exhibitions at the Berri-Raspail Gallery.
1947	Exhibition in New York organized by the French Embassy.
1948	Exhibitions at the Berri-Raspail Gallery and in London. Decorations for different steamliners («Le Liberté», smoking- room of «Le Cambodge», hall of «La Marseillaise»).
1949	Hallmark Award. Establishes his second home in Sauvagnat-Sainte Marthe (Puy- de- Dôme).
1951	Singer Polignac Award. A series of abstract experiments.
1952	Exhibition at the Montmonrency Gallery.
1959	Foreman of the mural-art workshop at the School of Fine Arts in Paris.
1961	Selected for the Venice Biennial, where he meets with Max Ernst.
1962	Exhibition at the Art de France Gallery, as well as the Persier Gallery.
1964	Exhibition at the Athénée Museum in Geneva.
1965	Exibition of watercolour paintings at the Persier Gallery.

After his death, many exhibitions have made it possible to discover his works.