Claude-Max Lochu (born 1951) is a French artist, painter and designer. Lochu was born in

Delle Delle () is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France. Delle is the last French town on the railway line from Belfort to Berne, in Switzerland. The railway station in Delle is served by ...

Territoire de Belfort The Territoire de Belfort () is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, eastern France. It had a population of 141,318 in 2019.Franche-Comté and completed his degree at the École des Beaux-Arts of

Besançon Besançon (, , , ; archaic german: Bisanz; la, Vesontio) is the prefecture of the department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzer ...

. Lochu was exhibited in the Museum of Fine Arts, Dole, and is now exhibited permanently in Faure Museum as well as in 2 galleries in Paris and Lyon.

Biography

Claude-Max Lochu completed his National Diploma of Painting at

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(atelier ) in 1975 and first exhibited his works in 1976 in Rabat and

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. In 1979, he set up in

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and exhibited his work at the ''

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Contemporary Art Show'' in 1981 and 1982. During a first trip to Japan in 1982, he studied the Sumi-é, an ink painting technique, with the Japanese painter . In 1985, he returned to Japan to visit

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's Tōkaidō road between Kyoto and Tokyo, and was inspired by the concept of fueki ryūkō, permanence and movement, developed by Bashō, the haiku poet. Lochu was exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Dole in 1985. Claude-Max Lochu also works on still life, interiors, landscapes of south of Europe, such as

Mont Ventoux Mont Ventoux (; oc, Ventor, label= Provençal ) is a mountain in the Provence region of southern France, located some northeast of Carpentras, Vaucluse. On the north side, the mountain borders the department of Drôme. At , it is the highest ...

and

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Aix-les-Bains Aix-les-Bains (, ; frp, Èx-los-Bens; la, Aquae Gratianae), locally simply Aix, is a commune in the southeastern French department of Savoie.

, Valley Di Cecina and

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, where he looks for poetry rather than the representation. In addition to his works at the Artima gallery in

, Lochu exhibited at Faure Museum of Aix-les-Bains. Since 2001, he has held personal exhibitions at the Accademia libera natura e cultura in Querceto in Italia. Since 2006, he has participated in the Peace and Light Festival for the project of

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to be built by the

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Center in Normandy with a view to promoting

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. In 2000 at Faure Museum, he exhibited ''Aix les Bains depuis le Boulevard des Anglais'', a painting that he performed on his first visit at

Aix-les-Bains Aix-les-Bains (, ; frp, Èx-los-Bens; la, Aquae Gratianae), locally simply Aix, is a commune in the southeastern French department of Savoie.

which is now exposed in the entrance of the museum. It represents an overview of the city and landscape. In 2012, his portrait of Auguste Rodin is added to the collections of the museum. GYALWA KARMAPA-HST-80x80-IV 08

In 2012, he exhibited at the Faure Museum in Savoie. In 2013, he exhibited at the Musée des beaux-arts de Gaillac in the Tarn. From July to September 2013, 26 of his oil paintings, gouaches and drawings are presented at the

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Sochaux Sochaux () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Geography Sochaux lies east of Montbéliard, and southeast of Paris. Population Inhabitants are known as ''Sochaliens''. Economy S ...

in the Doubs. The visitor center of the Pays des Impressionnistes, focused on

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who painted along the

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, organized a tour of his

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in January 2014 in Carrières-sur-Seine. In March 2016, he exhibited at the Gavart gallery, rue d'Argenson in Paris. In May and June 2017, an exhibition of his paintings entitled Voyages is held at the Jean Vilar cultural center in

Marly-le-Roi Marly-le-Roi () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the administrative region of Île-de-France, France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the centre of Paris. Marly-le-Roi was the location of the Château de Marly, t ...

. From June to August 2018, he is one of the 37 artists to participate in ''Jubilons → Jubilez – Rétrospective et Perspectives'', the last exhibition organized at the Faure museum by its curator, André Liatard. In 2017, he moved to

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, where he produced a series of landscapes and exhibits at the Galerie Cezar in 2021.Fictions arlésiennes
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Publications

Catalogue of exhibition of Claude-Max Lochu, 1985, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dole
* Illustrations of ''La Princesse qui aimait les chenilles'' by René de Ceccatty in collaboration with Ryôji Nakamura, 1987, éditions Hatier, * ''Claude Max Lochu : exposition, Aix-les-Bains, Musée Faure, 7 avril-15 mai 2000'', éditeur Aix-les-Bains : Musée Faure, 2000, * ''Claude-Max Lochu: Pour solde de tout compte : expositions, Musée Faure, Aix-les-Bains, 7 avril-17 juin 2012 et Musée des beaux-arts, Gaillac, 1er trimestre 2013'', éditeur Musée Faure, 2012, * Claude-Max Lochu, Bruno Smolarz, ''Objets intranquilles & autres merveilles'' Atéki éditions, 2021,

References

External links

Official Site of Claude-Max Lochu

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