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Raphael Lonne BIOGRAPHY
1910 - 1989. Known for: Painting.
Raphaël Lonné, French artist, began his working life at the age of twelve as a laborer, then letter carrier in Montfort-en-Chalosse. During the Second World War, threatened with deportation, he... Read full biography
Raphaël Lonné, French artist, began his working life at the age of twelve as a laborer, then letter carrier in Montfort-en-Chalosse. During the Second World War, threatened with deportation, he went underground. After the war, Lonné became a letter carrier in Dax, a position he held until... Read full biography
Raphaël Lonné, French artist, began his working life at the age of twelve as a laborer, then letter carrier in Montfort-en-Chalosse. During the Second World War, threatened with deportation, he went underground. After the war, Lonné became a letter carrier in Dax, a position he held until his retirement. Around 1950, he discovered drawing following a spiritual experience which, according to him, endowed him with the faculties of a "medium-drawer": his hand was directed by... Read full biography
Raphaël Lonné, French artist, began his working life at the age of twelve as a laborer, then letter carrier in Montfort-en-Chalosse. During the Second World War, threatened with deportation, he went underground. After the war, Lonné became a letter carrier in Dax, a position he held until his retirement. Around 1950, he discovered drawing following a spiritual experience which, according to him, endowed him with the faculties of a "medium-drawer": his hand was directed by spirits. From then on, he drew every evening, producing works of lace-like finesse. Lonne's drawings plunge us into his imagination. Fanciful architectures rub shoulders with fantastic animals and human silhouettes. He mainly uses graphite,... Read full biography
Raphaël Lonné, French artist, began his working life at the age of twelve as a laborer, then letter carrier in Montfort-en-Chalosse. During the Second World War, threatened with deportation, he went underground. After the war, Lonné became a letter carrier in Dax, a position he held until his retirement. Around 1950, he discovered drawing following a spiritual experience which, according to him, endowed him with the faculties of a "medium-drawer": his hand was directed by spirits. From then on, he drew every evening, producing works of lace-like finesse. Lonne's drawings plunge us into his imagination. Fanciful architectures rub shoulders with fantastic animals and human silhouettes. He mainly uses graphite, sometimes blurred with his fingers, as well as ballpoint pen, India ink or black felt-tip pen. In his later works, Lonne introduces c... Read full biography
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Raphaël Lonné, French artist, began his working life at the age of twelve as a laborer, then letter carrier in Montfort-en-Chalosse. During the Second World War, threatened with deportation, he went underground. After the war, Lonné became a letter carrier in Dax, a position he held until his retirement.
Around 1950, he discovered drawing following a spiritual experience which, according to him, endowed him with the faculties of a "medium-drawer": his hand was directed by spirits. From then on, he drew every evening, producing works of lace-like finesse.
Lonne's drawings plunge us into his imagination. Fanciful architectures rub shoulders with fantastic animals and human silhouettes. He mainly uses g...But wait, there's more...
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