Gilles Fabre (October 7, 1933 – August 19, 2007) was a French

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

Biography

Gilles Fabre was born on October 7, 1933, in

Blâmont Blâmont () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France. Population Sights The Château de Blâmont is the medieval castle below which the city grew. See also *Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department *Florent ...

, France. In 1950, he passed the entrance examination at the National School of Art and Design of Nancy. He then took a course at the National School of Decorative Arts in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

, before starting a career in advertising. In November 1966, he had his first solo exhibition at Maison des jeunes et de la Culture in

Saint-Cloud Saint-Cloud () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, from the centre of Paris. Like other communes of Hauts-de-Seine such as Marnes-la-Coquette, Neuilly-sur-Seine and Vaucresson, Saint-Cloud is one of France's wealthiest towns ...

. From 1993, he was member of

Académie de Stanislas The Académie de Stanislas is a learned society founded in Nancy, France on 28 December 1750 by the King of Poland, Duke of Lorraine and Bar, Stanisław Leszczyński, under the name ''Société Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Nancy''. It ...

and became its president in 1999. He received

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres The ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' (Order of Arts and Letters) is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is ...

in 1990. Fabre died on August 19, 2007, in Repaix, France.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fabre, Giles 1933 births 2007 deaths 20th-century French painters 21st-century French painters French landscape painters People from Lorraine École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs alumni