Paul Rebeyrolle (3 November 1926 in Eymoutiers – 7 February 2005 in
Côte-d'Or
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of the bone, which caused for long periods of immobility. Later he studied in
Limoges
Limoges (, , ; oc, Lemòtges, locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region ...
and joined the
French Communist Party
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. He ultimately broke with the party because of events related to the
Hungarian Revolution of 1956
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.
His art is often concerned with landscapes, but is marked by violence and rage. He received praise from
François Pinault
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Pinault started his business in the timber industry in the early 1960s. Taken public in ...
,
Jean-Paul Sartre
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,
Michel Foucault
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and others. Some of his famous works are called "Frogs" 1966, "Still Life" 1966, and "Trout" 1956.
Where to see his works
Rebeyrolle has his own Museum, the "Espace Paul Rebeyrolle",
located near his birthplace, in Eymoutiers (30 miles east of
Limoges
Limoges (, , ; oc, Lemòtges, locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region ...
).
References
20th-century French painters
20th-century French male artists
French male painters
21st-century French painters
21st-century French male artists
1926 births
2005 deaths
Prix Fénéon winners
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