Bernard Rancillac Biography
Paris, France, 1931 -
An established French artist, Bernard Rancillac was one of the founders of the Narrative Figuration movement in 1964. He is highly interested in politics, a subject that influences his work. ?Emotion is necessary in the conception of any artistic creation,? he says. He uses a limited chromatic palette and geometric forms to give a strong sense of rhythm to his pieces.
Rancillac began his career as a drawing teacher, and later studied print making under S.W. Hayter. In 1961 he was awarded a prize in painting at the Paris Biennale.
Selected Individual Exhibitions
2007 - PicassoMio.com.
2001 - Morceaux choisis, Galerie Sonia Zannettacci, Ginegra, Switzerland.
2000 - Algerie, Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maitres, Lyon, France. - Rancillac, Palais des Congres, Paris, France.
1998 - Jazz, Fort Napoleon, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France.
1996 - Extreme Occident, Villa Tamaris Pacha, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France - La leçon de peinture, Centre Culturel Noroit, Arras, France
1994 - Orient-Occident, Abbaye saint Andre, Meymac, France
1992 - Sud-Sud, Galerie Vincent, Isla de la Reunion, France
1991 - 1931-61-91, Galerie Thierry Salvador, Paris, France
1989 - Cinemonde, Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, France
1988 - 25 ans d'images provocantes, Galerie Michel Vidal, Paris, France
1985 - 20 ans de peinture, Institut Français d'Athenes, Athens, Greece. - Images eclatees, Pavillon des Arts, Paris, France.
1980 - A la memoire de..., ARC, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France.
1977 - Les Annees Vitamines, Galerie Krief, Paris, France - Journal colorie, Galerie Jacqueline Storme, Lille, France - Retrospective, Musee de Tourcoing, Tourcoing, Francia y Casa de la Cultura, Amiens, France
1975 - Jazz et politique, Musee des beaux-arts, Nancy, France
1974 - Jazz, Galerie Mathias Fels, Paris, France et Galerie H.M, Brussels, Belgium
1972 - Der Wind, Kunsthalle Hambourg, Von-der-Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany. - Aktion Galerie, Berna, Switzerland
1971 - Le vent, Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France.
1970 - Retrospective, Musee de Saint-Etienne, et de Brest, France.
1969 - Pornographie, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France: Galerie Alfieri, Venice, Italy.
1967 - L'annee 66, Galerie Mommaton, Paris, France. 1965 - Bernard Rancillac: Serie Walt Disney Galerie Mathias Fels, Paris, France. 1963 - Rancillac, Galerie La Roue, Paris, France.
