In 1989, while pursuing a career in local government, Gérard Sendrey created the La Création franche site in Bègles, dedicated to the raw and singular arts, which became a municipal museum in 1996. He devotes all his spare time to painting and drawing, preferring paper and small formats, and creating his motifs in the form of pen-and-ink "knits" that have made him so distinctive and renowned. Gérard Sendrey was born in Bordeaux on March 12, 1928. He began his career in local government, first at Bordeaux town hall, then at Bègles town hall, where he became General Secretary. In 1989, with the help of Noël Mamère, he created the Création Franche site, which became a municipal museum in 1996. Gérard Sendrey had been drawing and painting since early childhood. At the age of thirty-nine, he devoted all his free time to them. His output was considerable. He experimented with all kinds of techniques, from Indian ink to paint, from pastel to graphite, to simple ballpoint pen and calamus. He painted on canvas, but paper remained his preferred medium. He worked in series, with a preference for small and medium formats. His works included portraits, knitwear, genre scenes, landscapes, fantastical animals, formations of original worlds, characters from Greek mythology, dancers, and more. Gérard Sendrey lived in Bègles, where he died on January 22, 2022. His work can be found in numerous public collections: La Neuve Invention in Lausanne, the LAM Lille Métropole, the Fabuloserie in Dicy, the Folk Art Museum in New York...