Georges Rocher (1927-1984)
Georges
Rocher was born in Casablanca ( Morocco ) on November,
11 1927
- At 8 years (1935): He studied the portrait painter
Maurice Reiff
- At 10 (1937): Student of Professor Brindeau, Director
of Fine Arts in Casablanca
- At age 16 (1943): The exhibition "Motor Show
Club" Casablanca
- 1944: Presentation of thirty paintings at the gallery
and exhibition DERCHE the "Salon des Artistes Independants"
Casablanca
- At 17 (1945): Free student of the National School of
Fine Arts in Paris, at Souverbie Master, member of the Institute
- 1947: Admitted as a student of the National School of
Fine Arts after the success in the competition
- 1948: Exhibits at the "Salon d'Automne" in
Paris
- 1950: After four years of study at the Fine Arts,
military service in Casablanca
- 1953: Exhibition at the "Galerie des Quatre
Vents" Casablanca
- 1954: Living and painting in Paris, in Auvergne, in the
south, in Béarn, in the Vosges, Portugal ...
- 1956: Exhibition at the "Salon d'Automne" in
Paris where one of his paintings won
- Until 1960: Parisian life, discovered the Saint-Michel
district, Montparnasse, Montmartre. Painting and small crafts.
- Always moving,
setting up his easel in both Auvergne, province of origin of his family,
in the Vosges Mountains; he falls in love with Brittany. Appreciating
Theodore Botrel, the boats of Finistère and the ground-cover diversity of
Brocéliande and Huelgoat, he painted the beauty of his
adopted region. He also painted still-lives, portraits and flower bouquets.
- 1972: Exhibition
Wally Findlay Galleries, West 57th St, New York
Georges
Rocher died in Quimperlé March 5, 1984.
A
book entitled "Georges Rocher” was published in 1992 in the Bargain
editions, on the initiative of John Paul Crinquette preface by Charles Le
Quintrec. It has many photographic reproductions of works by the artist. It
also includes his evolution, his influences, his worldview, his world.
Also "Georges Rocher" 1973 Wally Findley Gallery
The
painting of Georges Rocher is in many galleries and private collections
worldwide, by those who appreciate the painter of nature and its colors.
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