Van Gogh exhibition by Stéphane Guisserando and Georges Autran

Come and meet the artists:

Stéphane Guisserando:

Provencal figurative painter
Born on 06 August 1951 in Marseille. He mainly paints landscapes, nudes, still lifes and marine works using oil with knives, pastels, ink, watercolour, charcoal and red chalk.

Rognac June 1999 :

An original, a nullity! Such was the description given to Vincent Van Gogh by his peers. Despite this, he proved to us through his work, his hard work and his thirst for success that he was a man with a big heart and an immense talent.

Life's disappointments and the love he wanted to give to those around him, to no avail, led him to take refuge in painting. He found his subjects in his everyday environment, and his talent transformed a pair of clogs found on a rubbish tip into a remarkable masterpiece.

Through my reproductions, in which I have invested myself, which make up this exhibition, I wish to be an accomplice to this humble man, who throughout his life was misunderstood, repressed, shunned, a hated genius, a social suicide.

The choice of subject for all my reproductions is not the result of a meticulous calculation or a structured decision, but of a particular and intuitive attraction.

Once the drawing has been completed and executed with precision, all that remains is to find the right colours, the right serif and the right direction for the lines. It's a fascinating experience in which what might seem easy is not always, in fact, obvious.

What's interesting for me is that my friend Georges Autran and I have brought together some forty works, including some little-known canvases, in one place, to share and make accessible to everyone some of the works of this great painter, Vincent Van Gogh.

1995: Painter's prize from the town of Rognac at the 35th Salon de peinture.

1997: Medal of honour at the Marseille International Painter's Grand Prix.
2nd Grand prize for painting at the Marseille International Exhibition
Diploma awarded by the jury of the 7th great prize of painting of the town of Châteauneuf les Martigues.

1998: Guest of honour at the painters in the street der the town of Châteauneuf les Martigues.
Prize of the painter of the city of Rognac in the 38th living room of painting.
President of the jury of the painters of the street St Tulles.

1999: 1st prize for watercolour at the 39th Rognac painting show, 7th honour diploma, Grand prix Gillette and Prix du public de Sainte Tulles. President of the jury of painters in the street of Vitrolles.

2000: Guest of honour at the Salle Voutée in Cassis.

2003: President of the jury at the Salon d'Amateur in La Ciotat.

Various exhibitions :

Permanent exhibitions :

Galerie Guisserando 14 Rue des Frères Blanchard La Ciotat
Galerie Dutilleul in Albi and Toulouse.

Van Gogh exhibition:

Between 1999 and 2005 in Vitrolles, St Chamas, St Tulles, Velaux, Aix en Provence, Carnoux, Marignane, La Ciotat, Bouc Bel Air, Meyzieu, Gréasque, Rognac, Berre and Ventabren.

Georges Autran:

Born in 1941 in Aix-en-Provence

1955-58: School of Fine Arts in Aix-en-Provence

1996: 1st solo exhibition at the Galerie des Mis des Arts in Aix-en-Provence.

1962: Produces murals for the army in Dakar

1988 : His meeting with Jean Marie Cerene led him to join the ‘Feu Naitre’ group. He held an exhibition at the Velaux village hall and won the Prix de l'Olivier in Istres.

1989: Exhibition in Velaux and selection for numerous major prizes: Marseille, Simiane, Eguilles, Rognac, Lambesc, Salon, Ventabren...

1990: Appointed Vice-Chairman of the ‘Feu Naitre’ group of 140 painters.
Member of the Club International des Beaux-Arts
Member of the Association of Painters and Sculptors of France and the World.
Member of the Club des Créateurs Artistiques.
Awarded the PEBEO prize in Lambesc.
Exhibition in Vitrolles.

1991: Exhibition in Marseille at the Galerie de la Cathédrale
Bronze medal at the Salon International des Seigneurs de l'Art at the Palais des Congrès in Arles.
He takes part in the International Master of Galleries in New York at Central Park.
Exhibition at Grandbois with the Painters of the Venaissin Contract in the presence of Mrs Tasca, Minister for the French-speaking world.
He took part in the Salon d'Automne in Carpentras and founded the Peintres de la Rotonde group in Aix-en-Provence.
He donated a painting to the TALLES foundation.
He creates the Grand Prix of the town of Velaux.
EURO 10 exhibition in Marignane.
He was awarded the Silver Medal of the City of Paris by the Superior Commission of Rewards of the International Academy of Lutetia and crowned by the French Academy.

1992: He is elected President of ‘Feu-Naitre’ and takes part in the New York Master.
He becomes a permanent member of the ‘Provence Art Amérique’ Gallery in Miami (Florida).
He is officially listed on the ‘Akoun’ and appears for the first time in the Akoun quotations catalogue at 200f/Point; 3000 francs for 15 fig.
Exhibition in Marseille at the ‘Forum Ars Gallicana’ Gallery.
Exhibition in Marseille at the ‘Maracana
Awarded the ‘Pyramide’ prize at the ‘Grande Foire’ in Marseille.

1994: Member of the Amis des Arts Aixois.
President of the Jury at the Art +Cadre Painting Prize in Rognac.
President of the Jury at La Fare.
Member of the Jury and guest of honour at the OMJC prize of the town of PRIX Rognac.
President of the Jury ‘Les peintres dans la Rue’ in St Chamas.
Founding member of the Association ‘Un chevalet , un poète’ in Lignane.

1995 : Invited to the 24th Salon de la Ste Victoire in Puyloubier.
Invited to a Prestige exhibition under the patronage of the Conseil Général in Marseille on the theme of ‘The sea and the fishermen’ alongside Picasso, Ambrogiani, Arene Baboulene, Buffet, Briata, Mandin, Priking, Triolet, Floutard.
Winner of the Cerene Prize.
Prix de la coté des arts
Selected for the 1st Grand Prix de la Grande Motte (professional painters)

1996: Founded the ‘Les peintres provençaux’ workshop at the Moulin d'Oli with Magot (60 students).
President of the Jury in St Chamas.

1997: Exhibition at the Amis des Arts for 40 years of painting.

1998: Guest of honour in Marseille, Port de Bouc and Marignane.
Conclusion of a partnership with the ‘Art Dealer’ Gallery directed by Jacqueline Rindonne in Beckley.
Listed in the international directory ‘Le monde des arts’.
Listed Akoun in Progression from 5500 to 7000 for 15 pts.
Won 3rd prize in all Professional categories at Rognac.

1999-2002: Devotes 3 years to the production of 80 reproductions of Van Gogh with Guisserando for travelling and educational exhibitions throughout the PACA and Rhône Alpes regions.

2000: Invited by the Marseille Chamber of Commerce to celebrate the city's 2,600th anniversary by creating one canvas per century with 25 other famous painters.

2002: Invited by the St Mandrier Town Hall to exhibit at the Rancilio Gallery.
Van Gogh exhibition at La Ciotat Chapelle des Pénitents Bleus.

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