Gérard Manset (also known as Manset; born 21 August 1945 in
Saint-Cloud
Saint-Cloud () is a French commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, from the centre of Paris. Like other communes of Hauts-de-Seine such as Marnes-la-Coquette, Neuilly-sur-Seine and Vaucresson, Saint-Cloud is one of France's wealthie ...
, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French singer-songwriter,
painter
Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...
, photographer and writer. He is best known for his musical work. Since 1972, the covers of his albums state his name as simply "Manset".
Life
Manset spent his childhood in the suburbs of Paris (Saint-Cloud) and then in the sixteenth
arrondissement
An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, and certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands.
Europe
France
The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissem ...
of Paris. He failed his
baccalauréat
The ''baccalauréat'' (; ), often known in France colloquially as the ''bac'', is a French national academic qualification that students can obtain at the completion of their secondary education (at the end of the ''lycée'') by meeting certain ...
due to a failing grade in French.
In 1964, Manset was the recipient of the
Concours général
In France, the Concours Général (), created in 1747, is the most prestigious academic competition held every year between students of ''Première'' (11th grade) and ''Terminale'' (12th and final grade) in almost all subjects taught in both genera ...
, and enrolled in the
École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs
The École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (; ÉnsAD) also known as Arts Decos' and École des Arts décoratifs, is a public grande école of art and design, constituent member of PSL Research University. The school is located in the R ...
. The
Salon d'Automne welcomed Manset in its
engraving
Engraving is the practice of incising a design on a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a Burin (engraving), burin. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or Glass engraving, glass ar ...
section in 1966. Manset's work was also shown at the
Paris Salon
The Salon (), or rarely Paris Salon (French: ''Salon de Paris'' ), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art event in the Western world. At the ...
. At the same time, Manset approached various French advertising agencies with his drawings, without success.
Manset began to play guitar, but was also interested in the
drums
The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...
. He borrowed his sister's piano book, and began learning to play the piano as well.
The mystery that was created around Manset was born from the rarity of his media appearances, his refusal to give concerts, and what has been presented as the ’uncompromising’ character of his work.
Discography
Albums
*1968: ''Gérard Manset''
*1970: ''La mort d'Orion''
*1972: ''Long long chemin''
*1975: ''Y'a une route''
*1976: ''Rien à raconter''
*1978: ''2870''
*1979: ''Royaume de Siam''
*1981: ''L'atelier du crabe''
*1981: ''Le train du soir''
*1982: ''Comme un guerrier''
*1984: ''Lumières''
*1985: ''Prisonnier de l'inutile''
*1989: ''Matrice''
*1991: ''Revivre''
*1994: ''La vallée de la paix''
*1998: ''Jadis et naguère''
*2004: ''Le langage oublié''
*2006: ''Obok''
*2008: ''Manitoba ne répond plus''
*2014: ''Un oiseau s'est posé''(remix)
*2016: ''Opération Aphrodite''
*2018: ''A bord du Blossom''
*2022: ''Le crabe aux pinces d'homme''
*2024: l'Algue Bleue
Compilations
*1971: ''Gérard Manset 1968''
*1976: ''Il voyage en solitaire''
*1982: ''Comme un guerrier''
*1988: ''Man Set''
*1990: ''Toutes choses''
*1992: ''Entrez dans le rêve''
*1999: ''Best Of''
*1999: ''Manset''
*2002: ''Capitaine courageux''
*2004: ''Best Of +''
*2007: ''Platinum Collection''
*2015: ''Classic 2015 Alternatif best Of''
*2016: ''Mansetlandia The Ultimate Artefact''
Tribute albums
*1996: Various artists: ''Route Manset''
*2015:
Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), now generally known in English as Raphael ( , ), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of paintings by Raphael, His work is admired for its cl ...
: ''Solitude des latitudes''
Writings and travel notes
*1987 : ''Royaume de Siam'' – Éditions Aubier
*1987 : ''Chambres d'Asie'' – Éditions Aubier
*1994 : ''Wisut kasat'' – Éditions Les Belles Lettres
*1994 : ''Aqui te espero'' – Éditions Les Belles Lettres
*2000 : ''72 heures à Angkor'' – Éditions Les Belles Lettres
*2007 : ''Les Petites Bottes vertes'' – Éditions Gallimard
*2008 : ''À la poursuite du Facteur Cheval'' – Éditions Gallimard
*2011 : ''Visage d'un dieu inca'' – Éditions Gallimard
*2011 : ''Journées ensoleillées'' – Éditions Favre
*2012 : ''La terre endormie'' – Filigranes Editions
*2012 : ''Abbaye de Fontevraud'' – Éditions Abbaye de Fontevraud
*2012 : ''Bruxelles'' – Editions Zanpano
*2015 : ''Ephémère-Francofolies 1987 et 2014'' – Editions Filigranes
*2018 : ''Cupidon de la nuit'' – Editions Albin Michel
*2019 : ''Récits barbares'' – Editions Albin Michel
;Joint collective works
*2013 : ''Oh ce sera beau'' – éditions Zanpano (text and drawings)
Books about Gérard Manset
*1995 : ''Gérard Manset – Celui qui marche devant'' – Daniel Lesueur, Editions Alternatives
*2010 : ''Manset – Légende de l'Inini'' – Alexis Omble, Editions Les belles lettres
References
External links
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Manset, Gerard
1945 births
Living people
People from Saint-Cloud
French male singer-songwriters
French singer-songwriters
20th-century French painters
20th-century French male artists
French male painters
21st-century French painters
21st-century French male artists
French photographers
Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres