Annick Gendron is a French abstract painter, (?? Châtin

Châtin

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, Nièvre

Nièvre

Nièvre is a department in the centre of France named after the Nièvre River.-History:Nièvre is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...

 - 22 October 2008 Saint-Cloud

Saint-Cloud

Saint-Cloud is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.Like other communes of the Hauts-de-Seine such as Marnes-la-Coquette, Neuilly-sur-Seine or Vaucresson, Saint-Cloud is one of the wealthiest cities in France, ranked 22nd out of the 36500 in...

).

Art

In the 1970s Gendron’s innovative way of using and manipulating industrial material and tools as plastic, glass, hydraulics press and centrifuges. Gendron’s painting and thought process has always revolved around using often surprising materials plexiglas, fossils, toy soldier

Toy soldier

A toy soldier is a miniature figurine that represents a soldier. The term applies to depictions of uniformed military personnel from all eras, and includes knights, cowboys, pirates, and other subjects that involve combat-related themes. Toy soldiers vary from simple playthings to highly realistic...

, glitters, sponges. Uncommon themes such as the limits to scientific knowledge and the Pan-European identity

Pan-European identity

Pan-European identity refers to the sense of personal identification with Europe. The most concrete examples of pan-europeanism are the European Union and the older Council of Europe...

 are central to her work.

Annick Gendron has been painting and exhibiting since 1965. Her work has been shown at the Raymond Duncan

Raymond Duncan

Raymond Duncan was an American dancer, artist, poet, craftsman, and philosopher, and brother of dancer Isadora Duncan.-Biography:...

 Gallery, at the Bernheim-Jeune Gallery, at the Salon des Indépendants and Surindependant at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris

Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris

Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris is the City of Paris Museum of Modern Art dedicated to the arts of the 20th/21st centuries. It is located at 11 Avenue du Président Wilson in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.-Description:...

, at the Salon des Artistes Français at the Grand Palais

Grand Palais

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 and the Salon d'Automne

Salon d'Automne

In 1903, the first Salon d'Automne was organized by Georges Rouault, André Derain, Henri Matisse, Angele Delasalle and Albert Marquet as a reaction to the conservative policies of the official Paris Salon...

 in Paris.

Spin painting

At the end of the 1960s she was one of the first artist to use centrifugal force to produce large-sized artworks. Inspired by children's games : spin art

Spin art

Spin art is an art form that primarily uses paint, a canvas and a spinning platform. It is primarily used to entertain and expose children to the process of art creation, although it can be enjoyed by people of all ages.-Techniques:...

, spin painting, her goal was to transcend this modest use to get the most spectacular effects from it.
Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst

Damien Steven Hirst is an English artist, entrepreneur and art collector. He is the most prominent member of the group known as the Young British Artists , who dominated the art scene in Britain during the 1990s. He is internationally renowned, and is reportedly Britain's richest living artist,...

 got the same idea in the 1990s, as her he transcends the original practice, by the use of more spectacular materials, sizes, shapes, and skill improvement.

Gallery

After winning the ORTF prize in 1971 and the Art Society Medal for Science and Literature, Gendron opened the Annick Gendron Gallery in the 5th arrondissement of Parisin 1973. During a period of 10 years, Gendron exhibited with artists and friends such as Philippe Derome

Philippe Derome

Philippe Derome is a French figurative painter.- Biography :Philippe Derome grew up in Boulogne-Billancourt and in Villeurbanne. In 1956 he settled in Paris where he studied for two years with Paul Colin. From 1960 to 1970 he was privileged enough to be part of the sophisticated and artistic...

, Eugène de Kermadec

Eugène de Kermadec

Eugène de Kermadec was a French painter.-Biography:Eugène de Kermadec studied at the École des Arts Decoratifs in 1915 and later at the École des Beaux Arts. During this time Paris was the center of the avant-garde, and the painterly language was Cubism...

, Chu-Teh-Chun, Albert Feraud

Albert Féraud

Albert Féraud was a French sculptor, author of sans titre exposed at the Musée de la Sculpture en Plein Air in Paris and friend off French painter Annick Gendron.-External links:...

, Ladislas Kijno

Ladislas Kijno

Ladislas Kijno is a French painter. Born in Warsaw, he moved with his family to France in 1925, settling in the community of Nœux-les-Mines in the Pas-de-Calais. Before becoming a painter he studied philosophy with Jean Grenier....

 and 1940s artists and designer as Chana Orloff

Chana Orloff

-Biography:Chana Orloff was born in Ukraine. She immigrated to Ottoman Palestine in 1905 and settled in Jaffa, where she found a job as a cutter and seamstress. Zvi Nishri , the pioneer in physical education in Israel, was her brother....

, Paul Dupré-Lafon, Jean Dunand

Jean Dunand

Jean Dunand was a Swiss lacquer, sculptor, dinandier and interior designer.He is considered the greatest lacquer artist of the Art Deco period.-Biography:...

, André Arbus.

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