Francis Gruber was a French painter and founder of the Nouveau Réalisme school.
Born in Nancy, he was the son of stained glass artist Jacques Gruber and he first exhibited at the age of 18.
While other artists were becoming more and more abstract, he preferred to paint human figures that were highly sculpted…
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One minute on video with Francis Gruber and André Marchand
As part of the GREEN, Spring palettes exhibition.
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Selection of works by Francis Gruber currently available
Sous-bois, forêt de Fontainebleau
1943
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower left
81 x 65 cm
L’amour quitte la terre
1946
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower left
92 x 73 cm
Le parc
1941
Oi on canvas, 81 x 65 cm
L’orage
1938
Oil on canvas, 102 x 102cm
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Francis Gruber, defender of figuration
Francis Gruber was a French painter and founder of the Nouveau Réalisme school.
Born in Nancy, he was the son of stained glass artist Jacques Gruber and he first exhibited at the age of 18.
While other artists were becoming more and more abstract, he preferred to paint human figures that were highly sculpted.
Gruber was influenced by Hieronymus Bosch and Albrecht Dürerand the Lorraine engraver Jacques Callot and became friends with the Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti.
He died in Paris.
Latest exhibitions dedicated to Francis Gruber
- 1976 Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris
- 2009 Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy
- 2009 Musée d’Art Roger Quilliot de Clermont-Ferrand.
- 2017 Galerie de la Présidence : “Giacometti-Gruber, A shared look”
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