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Born 1941 Chateau-Arnoux-Saint-Auban, France. Known for: Painting and sculpture.
Bernar Venet was born on April 20 1941 at Chateau-Arnoux-Saint-Auban in the Alps of Haunte-Provence. His father, Jean-Marie Venet, a schoolteacher and chemist, died at the age of 40, leaving his... Read full biography
Bernar Venet was born on April 20 1941 at Chateau-Arnoux-Saint-Auban in the Alps of Haunte-Provence. His father, Jean-Marie Venet, a schoolteacher and chemist, died at the age of 40, leaving his widow Adeline Gilly in charge of their four sons, of which Bernar is the youngest. 1947-57. School as... Read full biography
Bernar Venet was born on April 20 1941 at Chateau-Arnoux-Saint-Auban in the Alps of Haunte-Provence. His father, Jean-Marie Venet, a schoolteacher and chemist, died at the age of 40, leaving his widow Adeline Gilly in charge of their four sons, of which Bernar is the youngest. 1947-57. School as Chateau-Arnoux-Saint-Auban. As a boy, Bernar Venet suffers from asthma, and is forced to spend long spells at spas and an aerium at Saint-Raphael. With the encouragement of a local artist, he is drawing... Read full biography
Bernar Venet was born on April 20 1941 at Chateau-Arnoux-Saint-Auban in the Alps of Haunte-Provence. His father, Jean-Marie Venet, a schoolteacher and chemist, died at the age of 40, leaving his widow Adeline Gilly in charge of their four sons, of which Bernar is the youngest. 1947-57. School as Chateau-Arnoux-Saint-Auban. As a boy, Bernar Venet suffers from asthma, and is forced to spend long spells at spas and an aerium at Saint-Raphael. With the encouragement of a local artist, he is drawing and painting extensively by the time he is ten. At age 11, Bernar is invited to exhibit in the Salon de Peinture Pechiney on Paris. 1958. Works as a stage designer for the Nice City Opera. Period of highly stylized paintings described by himself as... Read full biography
Bernar Venet was born on April 20 1941 at Chateau-Arnoux-Saint-Auban in the Alps of Haunte-Provence. His father, Jean-Marie Venet, a schoolteacher and chemist, died at the age of 40, leaving his widow Adeline Gilly in charge of their four sons, of which Bernar is the youngest. 1947-57. School as Chateau-Arnoux-Saint-Auban. As a boy, Bernar Venet suffers from asthma, and is forced to spend long spells at spas and an aerium at Saint-Raphael. With the encouragement of a local artist, he is drawing and painting extensively by the time he is ten. At age 11, Bernar is invited to exhibit in the Salon de Peinture Pechiney on Paris. 1958. Works as a stage designer for the Nice City Opera. Period of highly stylized paintings described by himself as "symbolic". 1961. In February, he joins the army, and serves for 22 months. Initially he is... Read full biography
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Bernar Venet was born on April 20 1941 at Chateau-Arnoux-Saint-Auban in the Alps of Haunte-Provence. His father, Jean-Marie Venet, a schoolteacher and chemist, died at the age of 40, leaving his widow Adeline Gilly in charge of their four sons, of which Bernar is the youngest.
1947-57
School as Chateau-Arnoux-Saint-Auban. As a boy, Bernar Venet suffers from asthma, and is forced to spend long spells at spas and an aerium at Saint-Raphael.
With the encouragement of a local artist, he is drawing and painting extensively by the time he is ten.
At age 11, Bernar is invited to exhibit in the Salon de Peinture Pechiney on Paris.
1958
Works as a stage designer for the Nice City Opera. Period of h...But wait, there's more...
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