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Remy Ladoré (7 October 1932 – 17 July 1996) was a French draftsman, engraver and painter.


Biography


1932 to 1955 : studies of music and drawing

He learns to play the piano, eight hours a day during one year (1942), he will pursues this art playing Mozart and sonatas by
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and
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. 15 years old, decision is made to move to Paris in order to join the Académe Charpentier and get prepared for the admission competition to l'École nationale supérieure des Métiers d'Art. Successful, he spends the following three years studying at Metiers d’Art. Graduated and willing to carry on drawing, he joins the Académie Julian in 1952. Three years later, his first engraving ''Spring'' is published by ''La guilde de la gravure''.


1956 to 1961 : first exhibitions

Rémy Lejeune's first (one-man) exhibition in Paris takes place in the galerie Guénéguaud (1956). Critics are very positive, he will subsequently illustrate (pen and ink drawing) the art magazine ''l'Information artistique'' during three years. Marcel Sauvage, a French art critic writes a laudatory review about his works entitled ''The power and diversity of drawing''. He participates in a group show, Pointe et burin Pointe et burin
(galerie Vendôme), his first engravings are exhibited at the Club du Panthéon (Paris). He designs and produces all decors for the exhibition of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Paris (indoor/outdoor). Illustration (1959 and 1960) of
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by Diderot and Le roman de Renart (Éditions Bibliolâtres de France) woodcuts, two-tone.


1962 to 1978 : illustration of Boileau’s complete works, prix de Rome competition

He is selected by the printer/publisher for book collecting Pierre Bricage to illustrate Boileau’s complete works in five volumes (1962). This choice is made after having been in competition with the 1960
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prize winner. Five years will be necessary to fulfill this work (65 original burin engravings, 39 display letters by woodcut). Competing for the
Prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...
(line engraving) 1962, he obtains the third place. From 1965 to 1978, he works for a company where he is responsible for design and production of stands decors.


1979 to 1996 : various publications, artist name Rémy Ladoré

Publication of 12 drawings (1979) : ''The different Loves or Moments of Paradise'' (limited edition). 1981, Rémy Lejeune decides to adopt the pseudonym Rémy Ladoré. The origin of his choice is the repetition of a group of three musical notes from
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's Tenth Sonata ("La", "Do", "Ré", are French musical notes for "A", "C", "D"). He is selected as professor of drawing and painting for the City of Paris (adult classes) in 1987. This title is due to R. Forgas (painter and professor) intervening with
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(sculptor and member of the
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) focusing on the talent of Rémy Lejeune. 1988, he publishes a Collection of engravings : ‘’Fragments of Happiness nearing Bliss’’, presented at the "
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" ( Grand Palais). The Taylor foundation organizes a one-man exhibition for him in 1989. exhibition of an engraving made for a text by
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(1962 for the
Prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...
competition) and the engravings illustrating the works of Boileau at the
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(1994).


Recognition

The French critic Marcel Sauvage wrote : « There is a nobility in drawing, in personal meaning, in the respect for traditions and in the precise movements of a drawing. Rémy Lejeune is thus one of the first -if not the first- draftsman of his generation to devote himself to realism and surrealism, through the moving purity of line and form, as well as the sensual and spiritual brilliance of the motifs. He pursues these with total objectivity and a serious sense of humor. »


Works

* 40 drawings, size 24x32cm as well as numerous engravings for bibliophily works (1959 to 1962). * 12 printed drawings with title ''Fragments of Happiness nearing Bliss'' limited edition. * Thirty watercolor paintings, twenty oil paintings (1991 to 1995). * A collection of 9 engravings, limited edition, 30x50cm ''Fragments of Happiness Nearing Bliss''. * Large drawings up to 1 meter (1975 to 1992). * A masterwork ''Opera to the mechanics genius'' ended 1990, 2.20mx1.20m.


Exhibitions

* 1956 to 1996, Galerie Guénégaud 1956, Club du Panthéon, Groupe des dix Pointe et burin Galerie Vendome 1959, Galerie Vialetay, Bibliothèque Forney, Deauville (Révélation award) 1988,
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( Grand Palais, Paris) 1988, Taylor Foundation 1989, Cimaises Ventadour,
Salon des artistes français The Salon (french: Salon), or rarely Paris Salon (French: ''Salon de Paris'' ), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art ...
1994, Salon du Dessin et de la Peinture à l'eau 1995 * 1998 to 2015,
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1998, Carrousel du Louvre (
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) 2006, Art Capital ( Grand Palais, Paris) Exhibition of the masterwork ''Opera to the mechanics genius'' (drawing 200 x 120 cm) 2008, Galerie Everarts, Galerie Beatrice Bellat, Art Capital ( Grand Palais, Paris) 2015. Galerie Mona Lisa, Paris 2016.


Publications

* 1959 ''
Rameau's Nephew ''Rameau's Nephew, or the Second Satire'' (or The Nephew of Rameau, french: Le Neveu de Rameau ou La Satire seconde) is an imaginary philosophical conversation by Denis Diderot, probably written between 1761 and 1774. It was first published in 1 ...
'', Diderot, illustrations by Rémy Lejeune (Ladoré), Bibliolâtres de France Edition, 1959 * 1960 '' Les Aventures de Maitre Renart et d'Ysengrin son compère'', illustrations by Rémy Lejeune (Ladoré), Bibliolâtres de France Edition, 1960 * 1961 '' Boileau’s complete works'' (in 5 volumes) illustrated by Rémy Lejeune (Ladoré), Editors Pierre & Berth

1961 * 1979 ''The Different Loves or Moments of Paradise'', Remy Ladoré, 1979 * 1988 ''Fragments of Happiness Nearing Bliss'', collection of 9 engravings by Rémy Ladoré, 1988 * 2001 ''Rémy Ladoré, 1932-1996'', Somogy Editions ()


Awards

* 3rd place
grand prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...
(engraving), 1962Rémy Ladoré, 1932-1996, Éditions Somogy () * ''Revelation'' award Deauville, 1988


References


External links


Artist’s official site



Fichier d’autorité international virtuel

Worldcat

International Standard Name Identifier

Associations des Auteurs dans les Arts Graphiques et Plastiques (ADAGP)

Système universitaire de documentation

Worldcat (2)

Bibliothèque nationale de France

Bibliothèque nationale de France(2)

Geneva Museums

Institut national d’histoire de l’art (INHA), collections Jaques Doucet

Sächsische Landesbibliothek Dresden

Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte München
French draughtsmen French engravers 1932 births 1996 deaths 20th-century French printmakers {{France-painter-20thC-stub