The contemporary sculptor Darbaud was born in 1943 in Aix en Provence. After high school, he entered the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in the classes of Jacques Busse, Jean Aujame and Ozip Zadkine. For many years he worked as a set designer on numerous films for cinema and television, while continuing his activity as a painter and sculptor. In 1993 he exhibited a series of large graphite drawings on wood at the Touchaleaume gallery and moved to the south of France, where he created and directed an academy of painting and sculpture. His works are part of numerous national and international private collections. Apart from bronze sculpture, he also takes pleasure in creating light sculptures and design objects. Every year, the G...