GAVEAU Claude
Biography of Claude Gaveau
Claude Gaveau is a French painter known for his compositions of nudes and still lifes. Born in 1940 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, he created his first oil paintings during his adolescence in 1953. An artistic anecdote, his grandfather created the orchards of the Jardins des Plantes in Paris.
Two years later, he joined the School of Applied Arts in Paris, where he studied for 5 years. In this prestigious school, he studied various artistic fields such as oil painting, fresco, mural art, and stained glass art.
History of Claude Gaveau
Continuing his art education, he pursued his studies for seven years at the Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-arts in Paris. In 1963, he won the first prize and a scholarship from the Academy of Antwerp, and had his first solo exhibition at the Galerie Angle Aigu in Paris in 1965. His career took off internationally in 1968 when he received the Critics' Prize. Mysterious yet not abstract, his work is unique and colorful.
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