Jean Legros

Born in 1917 in Paris. Degree in philosophy, drawing professor at the City of Paris.

1937-1945. The war, the Resistance.

1946-1947. Shepherd school in Sologne which, along with Touraine, was his main source of inspiration, until he met the Beauce plain in 1960.

1958. Stained glass models.

1959-1969. He stopped exhibiting to deepen his research on the motif.

1963-1964. Blue period.

1966. Writes the book: Painting noise, painting silence (from his daily notebooks).

1966-1970. Reliefs and cutouts.

1970-1972. Symbol Period,

1973/1981. Canvas with bands.

1973-1975. Series of Suites, Birds.

1975. Writes the book: Essay of pictorial grammar for today.

1976-1979. Beaubourg cranes.

1976-1980. Geometric sculptures, Bias spaces, Triangles and polygons, enamelled sheets. Cloud Series.

1978-1981. Musics series inspired by contemporary music.

1981. Suicide of Jean Legros.

Public collections, France:

FNAC Paris.

FRAC Alsace.

Museums: Art and History of Belfort, Fine Arts of Besançon, Art and History of Cholet, Ursulines of Macôn, Beaux-Arts of Mulhouse, Grenoble.

Main posthumous exhibitions:

Museums of Pontoise and Mulhouse, France.

Donaueschingen, Germany.

Cour Carrée Gallery, Nancy, France.

Espace-Suisse, Strasbourg.

October 2000. Galerie Lahumière, FIAC, Paris.