Jacques Monory
Jacques Monory is a French artist (1934 - 2018).
He studied graphic design, painting, fresco and decoration at a school of applied arts. He worked ten years for the art publisher Delpire (artistic direction). Jacques Monory is in contact with the world of photographic documents, reproductions, magazines and art books.
He studied graphic design, painting, fresco and decoration at a school of applied arts. He worked ten years for the art publisher Delpire (artistic direction). Jacques Monory is in contact with the world of photographic documents, reproductions, magazines and art books.
Jacques Monory was one of the main representatives of the "Narrative Figuration" movement, which in the 1960s opposed both abstract, geometric, kinetic or informal painting and the art of the New Realists.
His paintings suggest heavy and threatening atmospheres. Themes are developed through series of paintings and the images he uses are directly from modern civilization. Photographic and cinematographic borrowings, the use of monochrome, the coldness of the touch and the composition characterize a singular style and commitment to representation.
His works are immediately recognizable, the subjects and dramatic atmospheres evoke American novels and films noirs, his blue nights have influenced many filmmakers.
For me he is much more than a Hyperrealist or one of the main representatives of the Narrative Figuration. He remains a unique personality, on the fringe of artistic trends and fashions.
Jacques Monory was one of the main representatives of the "Narrative Figuration" movement, which in the 1960s opposed both abstract, geometric, kinetic or informal painting and the art of the New Realists.
His paintings suggest heavy and threatening atmospheres. Themes are developed through series of paintings and the images he uses are directly from modern civilization. Photographic and cinematographic borrowings, the use of monochrome, the coldness of the touch and the composition characterize a singular style and commitment to representation.
His works are immediately recognizable, the subjects and dramatic atmospheres evoke American novels and films noirs, his blue nights have influenced many filmmakers.
For me he is much more than a Hyperrealist or one of the main representatives of the Narrative Figuration. He remains a unique personality, on the fringe of artistic trends and fashions.
This artist that my grandfather, Aimé Maeght, defended, dedicating three exhibitions to him at the Maeght Gallery in Paris and who is one of the pillars of the "Narrative Figuration", never had an exhibition in the USA.
It was important to me that New Yorkers discover and know this artist whose work is full of references to American literature and cinema.
And so it is done!
So I had the pleasure of working on the organization of his first exhibition in the USA, at the Richard Taittinger Gallery, in 2018. It was a pleasure and an honor for me to give his work the international exposure it deserves.
It was important to me that New Yorkers discover and know this artist whose work is full of references to American literature and cinema.
And so it is done!
So I had the pleasure of working on the organization of his first exhibition in the USA, at the Richard Taittinger Gallery, in 2018. It was a pleasure and an honor for me to give his work the international exposure it deserves.
I think it was a great joy for Jacques to finally be introduced to the American public who are fed on Pop Art and who were unaware of the "Narrative Figuration" movement. The exhibition was a success among collectors, museums and the press.
Here I am, in 2008, with Alain Seban who was then president of the Centre Pompidou and Jacques Monory at the exhibition I presented at the Maeght Gallery with his paintings from the "Technicolor" series. A few months later, an exhibition "Tiger" was presented at the Maeght Foundation.
Here I am, in 2008, with Alain Seban who was then president of the Centre Pompidou and Jacques Monory at the exhibition I presented at the Maeght Gallery with his paintings from the "Technicolor" series. A few months later, an exhibition "Tiger" was presented at the Maeght Foundation.
For the Football Cup of 1982, Maeght published 12 posters for the twelve Spanish cities hosting the matches. The one for the city of Vigo is signed Jacques Monory who is one of the main representatives of the Narrative Figuration movement.
Deeply concerned with the violence of everyday reality, Monory suggests heavy and threatening atmospheres. Although his work is often bathed in a blue monochrome, the artist has found warmer hues to evoke football and Spain.
I love the idea of inscribing Vigo and 82 on the shirt.
Jacques Monory, who has always been accompanied by dogs, strokes Giacometti's in the courtyard of the Maeght Foundation.
Deeply concerned with the violence of everyday reality, Monory suggests heavy and threatening atmospheres. Although his work is often bathed in a blue monochrome, the artist has found warmer hues to evoke football and Spain.
I love the idea of inscribing Vigo and 82 on the shirt.
Jacques Monory, who has always been accompanied by dogs, strokes Giacometti's in the courtyard of the Maeght Foundation.
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2020 Maeght Foundation, Saint-Paul de Vence
2018 Richard Taittinger Gallery, New York USA
2017 Ernst Hilger Gallery, Vienna Austria
2016 Château du Val Fleury, Gif sur Yvette
2016 Sonia Zannettacci Gallery Geneva, Switzerland
2015 Stampfli Sitgès Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
2015 Capucins de Landerneau, Fonds Michel-Edouard Leclerc
2014 L'Aspirateur, place of contemporary art, Narbonne
2013 Space Studios, London, Great Britain
2009 Maeght Foundation, Saint-Paul de Vence
2008 Maeght Gallery, Paris
2007 Ernst Hilger Gallery, Vienna Austria
Espace Jean Legendre Souvenir, Théâtre de Compiègne
2006 Années 70, Maeght Gallery, Paris
2005 Mac/Val, Museum of Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine
Vitrines W, Gallery Ernst Hilger, Vienna, Austria
2004 Claudine and Jean-Marc Salomon Foundation, Alex
Maison des Arts de Malakoff
2003 Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany
Space Paul Rebeyrolle, Eymoutiers
2002 Priory Castle of Montsempron-Libos
1999 Museum of Fine Arts, Dole
Museum of Fine Arts of Angers, Chemellier room, Angers
Regional School of Fine Arts and Grandes Galeries-Aître Rouen
Palais des Congrès, Paris
Gallery Guimpel fils, London, Great Britain
1998 House of Contemporary Art Le Petit Chailloux, Fresnes
Museum of Sainte-Croix, Les Sables-d'Olonne
Museum of Fine Arts, Chartres
1997 Municipal Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
1996 Gallery du Théâtre, Cherbourg
Villa Tamaris, La Seyne-sur-mer
1992 Gallery Andata/Ritorno, Geneva, Switzerland
French pavilion, universal exhibition of Sevilla, Spain
1991 Gallery Andata/Ritorno, Geneva, Switzerland
1990 Gallery Sonia Zannettacci, Geneva, Switzerland
Cultural Center of Aosta, Italy
1989 Abbaye des Cordeliers, Châteauroux
1988 Centre de développement culturel, Calais
Saint-Roch Museum, Issoudun
1984 A.R.C., Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1983 House of Culture of Grenoble
1982 Museum of the Chartreuse, Douai
House of Culture, Nevers
Museum of Fine Arts, Pau
1981 Maeght Gallery, Paris
1980 Maeght Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Lunds Konsthalle, Lunds, Sweden
1979 Maison de la Culture de Rennes
1978 Maeght Gallery, Paris
Maeght Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
1977 Maeght Foundation, Saint-Paul de Vence
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium
Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
1976 Maeght Gallery, Paris
1975 Louisiana Museum, Humlebaeck, Denmark
Maeght Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
1974 C.N.A.C. Centre National d'Art contemporain, Paris
1973 Galleria Arte Borgogna, Milan, Italy
Cultural Centre of Villeparisis
1972 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
Museum of Saint-Etienne
Neue Gallery, Aachen, Germany
1971 Gallery Klang, Koln, Germany
Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
1969 Galleria II Punto, Turin, Italy
Studio d'Arte Condoti 85, Rome, Italy
Galleria Forni, Bologna, Italy
1968 Gallery B. Mommaton, Paris
1967 Gallery B. Mommanton, Paris
Galleria II Punto, Turin, Italy
1966 Gallery Schwarz, Milan, Italy
1965 Gallery H. Legendre, Paris
1959 Gallery La Hune, Paris
1958 Gallery l'entracte, Lausanne, Switzerland
1955 Gallery Kléber, Paris
2018 Richard Taittinger Gallery, New York USA
2017 Ernst Hilger Gallery, Vienna Austria
2016 Château du Val Fleury, Gif sur Yvette
2016 Sonia Zannettacci Gallery Geneva, Switzerland
2015 Stampfli Sitgès Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
2015 Capucins de Landerneau, Fonds Michel-Edouard Leclerc
2014 L'Aspirateur, place of contemporary art, Narbonne
2013 Space Studios, London, Great Britain
2009 Maeght Foundation, Saint-Paul de Vence
2008 Maeght Gallery, Paris
2007 Ernst Hilger Gallery, Vienna Austria
Espace Jean Legendre Souvenir, Théâtre de Compiègne
2006 Années 70, Maeght Gallery, Paris
2005 Mac/Val, Museum of Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine
Vitrines W, Gallery Ernst Hilger, Vienna, Austria
2004 Claudine and Jean-Marc Salomon Foundation, Alex
Maison des Arts de Malakoff
2003 Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany
Space Paul Rebeyrolle, Eymoutiers
2002 Priory Castle of Montsempron-Libos
1999 Museum of Fine Arts, Dole
Museum of Fine Arts of Angers, Chemellier room, Angers
Regional School of Fine Arts and Grandes Galeries-Aître Rouen
Palais des Congrès, Paris
Gallery Guimpel fils, London, Great Britain
1998 House of Contemporary Art Le Petit Chailloux, Fresnes
Museum of Sainte-Croix, Les Sables-d'Olonne
Museum of Fine Arts, Chartres
1997 Municipal Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
1996 Gallery du Théâtre, Cherbourg
Villa Tamaris, La Seyne-sur-mer
1992 Gallery Andata/Ritorno, Geneva, Switzerland
French pavilion, universal exhibition of Sevilla, Spain
1991 Gallery Andata/Ritorno, Geneva, Switzerland
1990 Gallery Sonia Zannettacci, Geneva, Switzerland
Cultural Center of Aosta, Italy
1989 Abbaye des Cordeliers, Châteauroux
1988 Centre de développement culturel, Calais
Saint-Roch Museum, Issoudun
1984 A.R.C., Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1983 House of Culture of Grenoble
1982 Museum of the Chartreuse, Douai
House of Culture, Nevers
Museum of Fine Arts, Pau
1981 Maeght Gallery, Paris
1980 Maeght Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Lunds Konsthalle, Lunds, Sweden
1979 Maison de la Culture de Rennes
1978 Maeght Gallery, Paris
Maeght Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
1977 Maeght Foundation, Saint-Paul de Vence
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium
Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
1976 Maeght Gallery, Paris
1975 Louisiana Museum, Humlebaeck, Denmark
Maeght Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
1974 C.N.A.C. Centre National d'Art contemporain, Paris
1973 Galleria Arte Borgogna, Milan, Italy
Cultural Centre of Villeparisis
1972 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
Museum of Saint-Etienne
Neue Gallery, Aachen, Germany
1971 Gallery Klang, Koln, Germany
Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
1969 Galleria II Punto, Turin, Italy
Studio d'Arte Condoti 85, Rome, Italy
Galleria Forni, Bologna, Italy
1968 Gallery B. Mommaton, Paris
1967 Gallery B. Mommanton, Paris
Galleria II Punto, Turin, Italy
1966 Gallery Schwarz, Milan, Italy
1965 Gallery H. Legendre, Paris
1959 Gallery La Hune, Paris
1958 Gallery l'entracte, Lausanne, Switzerland
1955 Gallery Kléber, Paris