Bernard Métranve

Bernard Métranve is a French artist born in the Ardennes in 1949. After studying literature and art, he turned to creation very early on. He began his career as a painter and worked concurrently in sculpture using various materials: wood, plaster, clay, bronze, and even concrete.

In 1989, he met the founder Abel Marta in Tivernon and began to favor bronze.

In 2013, he settled with his wife in Barbizon and created an art gallery with her.

His work, primarily abstract and conceptual, is most often inspired by human and natural forms. Always seeking rhythm and the lightness of forms, he renews the somewhat frozen image of traditional bronze by choosing transparent patinas and unusual colors.

From 1988 to 2010, his sculptures brought together complementary realities. He described them as analogical (water is associated with woman, the bandages of time with life and birth, walking with the meaning of life...).

After 2010, he developed the CLARES and CODEX series, which propose a conception of sculpture based on movement, balance, and sensuality.

Following very painful experiences, his art turned toward existential questioning (Interrogation, l'Etrangère, Questionnement, Renaissance) and the exploration of the theme of duality (Dualité I, II, III and les Mystères de la dualité) (2023-2026).