Applicat-Prazan gallery was established in 1993 on the Left Bank in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area of

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at 16 rue de Seine (75006 Paris, France) under the initiative of Bernard Prazan, a keen art collector. Logo Applicat-Prazan 2017

Franck Prazan, Bernard Prazan's son and former managing director of

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in France, has been running the gallery since 2004. In 2010 a second location was added on the Right Bank, at 14 avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris. On the eve of its 30th anniversary, the gallery showcased from October 29th to December 17th, 2022 an exhibition entitled:

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, Paintings 1951-1962 Since its foundation the gallery specializes exclusively in the important post-war European painters and specifically in the most significant artists of this period such as :

Jean Dubuffet Jean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet (31 July 1901 – 12 May 1985) was a French Painting, painter and sculpture, sculptor. His idealistic approach to aesthetics embraced so-called "low art" and eschewed traditional standards of beauty in favor of what ...

Maurice Estève Maurice Estève, (2 May 1904, Culan ( Cher) – 29 June 2001), was a French painter. Biography Maurice Estève was born in the French town of Culan (Département Cher) on 2 May 1904. In 1913 he moved to Paris with his parents, where he soon b ...

Jean Fautrier Jean Fautrier (May 16, 1898 – July 21, 1964) was a French painter, illustrator, printmaker, and sculptor. He was one of the most important practitioners of Tachisme. Early life Jean Fautrier was born in Paris in 1898. He was given his unwed m ...

, Hans Hartung, Jean Hélion,

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, Alberto Magnelli,

Alfred Manessier Alfred Manessier (5 December 1911, Saint-Ouen – 1 August 1993, Orléans) was a non-figurative French painter, stained glass artist, and tapestry designer, part of the new School of Paris and the Salon de Mai. Biography Manessier was born amo ...

, André Masson,

Serge Poliakoff Serge Poliakoff (January 8, 1900 – October 12, 1969) was a Russian-born French modernist painter belonging to the 'New' Ecole de Paris (Tachisme). Biography Serge Poliakoff was born in Moscow in 1900, the thirteenth of fourteen children. Hi ...

Jean-Paul Riopelle Jean-Paul Riopelle, (October 7, 1923 – March 12, 2002) was a Canadian painter and sculptor from Quebec. He had one of the longest and most important international careers of the sixteen signatories of the ''Refus Global'', the 1948 manif ...

Pierre Soulages Pierre Jean Louis Germain Soulages (; 24 December 1919 – 26 October 2022) was a French painter, printmaker, and sculptor. In 2014, President François Hollande of France described him as "the world's greatest living artist." His works are held ...

, Nicolas de Staël, Maria Elena Vieira da Silva and

Zao Wou-Ki Zao Wou-Ki (; 1 February 1920 – 9 April 2013) was a Chinese-French painter. He was a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Zao Wou-Ki graduated from the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, where he studied under Fang Ganmin and Wu ...

Exhibitions

Over the years the gallery has gained a large international recognition, thanks to its monographic or thematic exhibitions, notably: * Soulages, major works (1996) * Great painters, small paintings (1999) * The

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of the 50s in the year 2000 (2000) * Schneider (2001) * Estève, Freundlich,

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: Three masters of colours (2001) * Estève, watercolours and charcoal (2003) * Schneider (2006) * Mes années 50, the collection of

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(2007) * Présence, Silences, homage to

Geer van Velde Gerardus "Geer" van Velde (5 April 1898, Lisse – 5 March 1977, Cachan, Paris) was a Dutch painter. Biography Early life Van Velde was the second son of Willem Adriaan van Velde, then owner of a small case of inland waterway transport ...

(2007) *

(2008) * Atlan (2008) * Dialogues around

(2009) * Atlan, the distempers (2010) * Pincemin (2010) *

(2010) * 14 Matignon (2011) * André Masson (2012) *

, Tours, Favellas and other monumental paintings (2012) *

, works on paper (2013) *

, the gallery's 20th anniversary exhibition (2013) *

(2014) *

, Paintings 1929-1994 (2015) * Zoran Music (2016) * Le grand Œil de Michel Tapié (2018) * Justice! 2 chefs-d’œuvre de Roger-Edgar Gillet (2019) *BBB (2019) *

, Paintings 1951-1962 (2022)

Events

The gallery regularly participates in the following events: * artgenève * TEFAF Maastricht * Art Basel Hong Kong * TEFAF New York Spring * Art Basel *

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Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain The Paris International Contemporary Art Fair (Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain or FIAC) is a contemporary art event that occurs in Paris. It was usually held in October in the Grand Palais. In 2022, Art Basel surprisingly evinced FIA ...

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* Paris + by Art Basel * Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale In 2016, Applicat-Prazan participated in Art Basel Hong Kong for the second time. The gallery showed a majority of works by

. In 2017, Applicat-Prazan has been selected to sell two paintings on behalf of the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA)

Organisations

The gallery is a member of the following organizations: * Syndicat National des Antiquairesfiche sur le site du syndicat
* Comité Professionnel des Galeries d’Art

References

External links

Applicat-Prazan website

on Franck Prazan's blog
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