BARDONE Guy

Guy BARDONE (born 1927 in Saint-Claude, Jura) is a French painter and painter.

After studying at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, he entered the École supérieure des arts décoratifs where he received the teachings of Brianchon, Cavaillès and Desnoyers.

In 1950 Guy Bardone met the critic George Besson, who encouraged and advised him. In 1952, he won the Félix Fénéon Prize and began exhibiting in various salons and group exhibitions. Guy Bardone was selected in 1953 at the very important group exhibitions "Celebrities and revelations of contemporary painting" at the Galliera Museum in Paris. He took part for the first time in 1954 in the exhibition "École de Paris" at the Galerie Charpentier.

In 1957, Guy Bardone received the Greenshields Foundation Award, where Vlaminck, Dunoyer de Segonzac and Villon joined the Jury.

His works are regularly exhibited in France and abroad in the United States.

In 1986 an important retrospective was organized at the Château de Chenonceau, followed by a second in 2003. Bardone has made several tapestries, many lithographs. He illustrated books by bibliophilia, including works by Marcel Aymé, Colette, Kessel, Montherlant...