Philippe Derome (born 18 February 1937 in

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) is a French figurative painter.

Biography

Philippe Derome grew up in

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and in

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. In 1956 he settled in Paris where he studied with Paul Colin. From 1960 to 1970 he was privileged enough to be part of the sophisticated and artistic circles of Paris. In Paris, he met black American students and writers such as

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. Baldwin fed his interest on issues related to black American identity and the Civil rights movement. Later in the 1980s he also painted themes about the black people in France. The staggered representation of recreation is another dominant theme seen in Derome's work.

Themes

His main subjects are : *The leisure civilisation :

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, Paris - Collection Roger Hauert -

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NY *

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, Civil Rights Movement,

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and later black people in France.Galerie

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, Houston *

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Techniques

*Oils and acrylics on canvas, gouaches on paper. *Objects and painted furnitures.Collection Charles Sévigny - Yves Vidal Christie's auction house 2009 Suite de "MICROMISS ILES" No. 12 *Collages : books of photograpics assemblies or colors papers

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cut and stuck as artwork

Artworks

*''Still Life with Mackerel and Red Mullet<'' (1954) *''Riot'' (1963) *''Selma marche'' (1968) *''Black head'' (1971) *''Le Flore'(1973) *''Jusqu'à quand ?'' (1974) *''Skieurs'' (1976) *''Harmony'' (1987) *''Tank rouge'' (1994) *''AIDS, hotel Bailey, NY'' (1997)Bailey House website
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Shows

*1959 : Galerie Luc Burnap. Saint-Tropez. France *1960 : Luc Burnap Gallery. New York. USA *1967 : Biennale du Grand Palais, Paris (« Ph. Derome peint une conversation au Flore à la manière de Jean-Luc Godart », J. Warnod, le Figaro *1968 : Salon de Mai «A very hard-working young painter who knows what he wants and worries very little about –isms and the théories and ideas of others. » Edouard Roditi, NY Diplomat *1973 - 1980 : Galerie

Paris *1974 : Collection Jean Pierre Brasseur-Gregor. Munich (with a documentary realized by Fassbinder) *1978 : Marbella Club.

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Notes and references

External links

Philippe Derome : ''Black paints''

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