Maurice Estève
Maurice Estève
Born in 1904, in Culan, France.
Died in 2001, in Culan, France.
Presentation
"I do not use a sketch, I paint directly on canvas without drawing first. Color is at the same time as the forms. Everything is looking in the format in the works ... Each work is a series of metamorphoses ... Truly a painting for me is the amount of times that incessant hard until I find myself before a body that I feel alive (...) There is no image of me in advance, no form I want a priori on a canvas. Just when I paint, there occurs an exchange, a conversation is between me and the table as it is organized. "
Estève, in Estève, Zodiac, April 1979
Education
1924 Académie Colarossi, Montparnasse, Paris, France
Award
1970 Awarded the Grand Prix National des Arts
Public collections
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Musée des Beaux Arts, Liège, Belgium
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France
Musée Estève, Bourges, France
Musée Bertrand, Châteauroux, France
Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
Musée d'Unterlinden, Colmar, France
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Havre, France
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille, France
Musée Cantini, Marseille, France
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Metz, France
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Musée-Fondation Françoise et Souza Desnoyer, Saint-Cyprien, France
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano, Italy
Musée de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden, Norway
Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo, Norway
Göteborg Kunstmuseum, Sweden
Fondation Thyssen-Bornemisza, Lugano, Switzerland
Tate Galleries, London, United Kingdom
Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor,
New York, USA
Musée des Beaux Arts, Liège, Belgium
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France
Musée Estève, Bourges, France
Musée Bertrand, Châteauroux, France
Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
Musée d'Unterlinden, Colmar, France
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Havre, France
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille, France
Musée Cantini, Marseille, France
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Metz, France
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Musée-Fondation Françoise et Souza Desnoyer, Saint-Cyprien, France
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano, Italy
Musée de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden, Norway
Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo, Norway
Göteborg Kunstmuseum, Sweden
Fondation Thyssen-Bornemisza, Lugano, Switzerland
Tate Galleries, London, United Kingdom
Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor,
New York, USA
Biography
Maurice Estève was born in the French town of Culan (Département Cher) on May 2, 1904. In 1913 he moved to Paris with his parents, where he soon began his education as an artist. During his visits to the Louvre in the 1920s, Estève was particularly impressed by the painters Jean Fouquet and Paolo Uccello. Among the modern artists, Paul Cézanne had the greatest influence on Estève. Estève was largely self-educated, having only attended the free studio of the Colarossi academy in 1924, where he tried to constructively implement of his motifs according to the model of Georges Braques and Fernand Légers, thus creating a kind of Cubist Fauvism. Estèves extensive work was not limited to the genre of painting. He was also active in collage, textile design and murals. Estèves avoided the extrovert circles of Avant-garde but still beloned to the core of the artists who brought about the breakthrough of 'École de Paris' after 1945. Estèves took part in the Venice Biennale in 1954. His œuvre, just like the works of his art colleagues Riopelle and Bazaine, established a new pictoral language: Lyrical abstractions with the aim of depicting form and color with an almost poetic attitude. His works have established themselves in many well-known museums and collections around the world. Maurice Estève died on June 29, 2001 at the age of 97 in his home town of Culan.
Maurice Estève was born in the French town of Culan (Département Cher) on May 2, 1904. In 1913 he moved to Paris with his parents, where he soon began his education as an artist. During his visits to the Louvre in the 1920s, Estève was particularly impressed by the painters Jean Fouquet and Paolo Uccello. Among the modern artists, Paul Cézanne had the greatest influence on Estève. Estève was largely self-educated, having only attended the free studio of the Colarossi academy in 1924, where he tried to constructively implement of his motifs according to the model of Georges Braques and Fernand Légers, thus creating a kind of Cubist Fauvism. Estèves extensive work was not limited to the genre of painting. He was also active in collage, textile design and murals. Estèves avoided the extrovert circles of Avant-garde but still beloned to the core of the artists who brought about the breakthrough of 'École de Paris' after 1945. Estèves took part in the Venice Biennale in 1954. His œuvre, just like the works of his art colleagues Riopelle and Bazaine, established a new pictoral language: Lyrical abstractions with the aim of depicting form and color with an almost poetic attitude. His works have established themselves in many well-known museums and collections around the world. Maurice Estève died on June 29, 2001 at the age of 97 in his home town of Culan.
Solo shows at Ceysson Gallery
Maurice Estève, Lyon
September 14 - October 21, 2023
Group shows at Ceysson Gallery
Bissier - Estève - Magnelli, Luxembourg
April 16 - June 01, 2009
Maurice Estève, Lyon
September 14 - October 21, 2023
Group shows at Ceysson Gallery
Bissier - Estève - Magnelli, Luxembourg
April 16 - June 01, 2009
Solo shows
2006
Monotypes de Maurice Estève, 1963-1964, Galerie Daniel Gervis, Paris, France
Maurice Estève 1904-2001, Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings and Monotypes, The Redfern Gallery, London, UK
2005
Maurice ESTEVE - Aquarelle, encres et fusains - Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France
Le Monotype, un forme de l'unique, Estève Museum, Bourges, France
2003
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France
Les étapes de la Création, Estève Museum, Bourges, France
2001
Soixante ans de dessins - Galerie Tendances, Paris, France
1998
Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, France
1994
Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, France
1990
Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, France
1987
Inauguration of the Estève Museum, Hôtel des Echevins, Bourges, France
1986
Retrospective, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Grand Palais, Paris, France
1984
Tribute to Estève, Salon d'Autumne, Paris, France
1983
Proposition pour une Rétrospective, Maison de la Culture, Bourges, France; Musée Bertrand, Châteauroux, France
1982
Galerie Monique Prudhomme, Culan, France
1981
Touring show, Musée Cantini, Marseilles, France; Musée de l'Etat, Luxembourg;
Musée de Metz, Metz, France
1978
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France
1977
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France
1974
Neue Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
1973
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France
1965
Neue Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
1961
Retrospective, Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland;
Kunstverein, Düsseldorf, Germany;
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark;
Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Sweden
1960
Galerie Villand-Galanis, Paris, France
1956
Retrospective, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
1955
Galerie Galanis, Paris, France
1948
Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, France
1930
Galerie Yvangot, Paris, France
Group shows
2007
Julius Bissier, Maurice Estève, Pablo Picasso - Neuerwerbungen - Galerie Art 204, Düsseldorf, Germany
Augenlust - Kunsthaus Apolda Avantgarde, Apolda, Germany
2005
Une sélection d'artistes - Accrochage de groupe - Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France
Accrochage de groupe - une sélection d´artistes... - Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France
"Kunst Unter Euro 5000" - Galerie Boisserée, Cologne, Germany
2004
Kunst der Ecole de Paris nach 1950 - Galerie Boisserée, Cologne, Germany
2002
Hommage à François Pluchart - FRAC - Bourgogne, Dijon, France
1984
An Overture - Michel Soskine Inc. - New York, New York, USA
1959
documenta 2 - Documenta, Cassel, France
1947
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
1946
Stedelijik Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1945
Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, France
1943
Galerie de France, Paris, France
1938
Galerie l'Equipe, Paris, France
Paris 1938, S.V. Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
1929 - 1938
Salon des Surindépendents, Paris, France
1937
Peinture Française, Svenska-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm, Sweden
2006
Monotypes de Maurice Estève, 1963-1964, Galerie Daniel Gervis, Paris, France
Maurice Estève 1904-2001, Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings and Monotypes, The Redfern Gallery, London, UK
2005
Maurice ESTEVE - Aquarelle, encres et fusains - Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France
Le Monotype, un forme de l'unique, Estève Museum, Bourges, France
2003
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France
Les étapes de la Création, Estève Museum, Bourges, France
2001
Soixante ans de dessins - Galerie Tendances, Paris, France
1998
Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, France
1994
Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, France
1990
Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, France
1987
Inauguration of the Estève Museum, Hôtel des Echevins, Bourges, France
1986
Retrospective, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Grand Palais, Paris, France
1984
Tribute to Estève, Salon d'Autumne, Paris, France
1983
Proposition pour une Rétrospective, Maison de la Culture, Bourges, France; Musée Bertrand, Châteauroux, France
1982
Galerie Monique Prudhomme, Culan, France
1981
Touring show, Musée Cantini, Marseilles, France; Musée de l'Etat, Luxembourg;
Musée de Metz, Metz, France
1978
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France
1977
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France
1974
Neue Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
1973
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France
1965
Neue Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
1961
Retrospective, Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland;
Kunstverein, Düsseldorf, Germany;
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark;
Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Sweden
1960
Galerie Villand-Galanis, Paris, France
1956
Retrospective, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
1955
Galerie Galanis, Paris, France
1948
Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, France
1930
Galerie Yvangot, Paris, France
Group shows
2007
Julius Bissier, Maurice Estève, Pablo Picasso - Neuerwerbungen - Galerie Art 204, Düsseldorf, Germany
Augenlust - Kunsthaus Apolda Avantgarde, Apolda, Germany
2005
Une sélection d'artistes - Accrochage de groupe - Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France
Accrochage de groupe - une sélection d´artistes... - Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France
"Kunst Unter Euro 5000" - Galerie Boisserée, Cologne, Germany
2004
Kunst der Ecole de Paris nach 1950 - Galerie Boisserée, Cologne, Germany
2002
Hommage à François Pluchart - FRAC - Bourgogne, Dijon, France
1984
An Overture - Michel Soskine Inc. - New York, New York, USA
1959
documenta 2 - Documenta, Cassel, France
1947
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
1946
Stedelijik Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1945
Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, France
1943
Galerie de France, Paris, France
1938
Galerie l'Equipe, Paris, France
Paris 1938, S.V. Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
1929 - 1938
Salon des Surindépendents, Paris, France
1937
Peinture Française, Svenska-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm, Sweden
Publications
1999
Estève, Monique-Prudhomme. Estève, catalogue raisonné des collages, Éditions du musée de Bourges, France
1995
Robert Maillard, Maurice Estève, Neuchâtel, Éditions Ides et Calendes, Switzerland
Monique Prudhomme-Estève et Robert Maillard, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peinte de Maurice Estève, Neuchâtel, Ides et Calendes, Switzerland
1993
Lydia Harambourg, Maurice Estève, dans L'École de Paris 1945-1965, Dictionnaire des peintres, Neuchâtel, Ides et Calendes, Switzerland
1990
Monique Prudhomme-Estève, Collection du Musée Estève, Éditions des musées de la ville de Bourges, Bourges, France
1987
Peyré, Yves and Jean Leymarie. Estève, Editions RMN, Paris, France
1986
Estève, (Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 1986-1987), Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, France
1975
Hommage à Estève (numéro spécial de la revue xxe siècle), Édition Société internationale d'art du XXe siècle, Paris, France
1974
Joseph-Emile Muller, Estève, Fernand Hazan, Paris, France
1961
Joseph-Emile Muller, Estève, Fernand Hazan, Paris, France
1960
Frank Elgar, Estève, Dessins, Éditions Galanis, Paris, France
1956
Pierre Francastel, Estève, Éditions Galanis, Paris, France
1999
Estève, Monique-Prudhomme. Estève, catalogue raisonné des collages, Éditions du musée de Bourges, France
1995
Robert Maillard, Maurice Estève, Neuchâtel, Éditions Ides et Calendes, Switzerland
Monique Prudhomme-Estève et Robert Maillard, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peinte de Maurice Estève, Neuchâtel, Ides et Calendes, Switzerland
1993
Lydia Harambourg, Maurice Estève, dans L'École de Paris 1945-1965, Dictionnaire des peintres, Neuchâtel, Ides et Calendes, Switzerland
1990
Monique Prudhomme-Estève, Collection du Musée Estève, Éditions des musées de la ville de Bourges, Bourges, France
1987
Peyré, Yves and Jean Leymarie. Estève, Editions RMN, Paris, France
1986
Estève, (Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 1986-1987), Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, France
1975
Hommage à Estève (numéro spécial de la revue xxe siècle), Édition Société internationale d'art du XXe siècle, Paris, France
1974
Joseph-Emile Muller, Estève, Fernand Hazan, Paris, France
1961
Joseph-Emile Muller, Estève, Fernand Hazan, Paris, France
1960
Frank Elgar, Estève, Dessins, Éditions Galanis, Paris, France
1956
Pierre Francastel, Estève, Éditions Galanis, Paris, France