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Gerald Passet
French, 1936-2013
La Seine et le Pont des Arts
Oil on canvas
29 by 29 in. W/frame 37 by 37 in.
Signed Gerard Passet (lr); signed Gerard Passet and inscribed as titled on the reverse 

Provenance:

Private Collection New York
Le Trianon Fine Art & Antiques

Inventory Number: Art P102
1950-present City Scene European Landscape Period 1950-Present Contemporary Modernist

See Artist Bio below.


Gerald Passet
French, 1936-2013

Passet was born in 1936 in Villeneuve-le-Roi. He was the pupil of Marcel Roch and Goerg and was also the chief of Yves Brayer’s studio at the Grande Chaumiere Academy.

He has exhibited in numerous one-man and group shows throughout France and the world. Passet has achieved international recognition through the many prizes, scholarships, and awards he has received during his art career.

He is represented in various museums including: The Modern Art Museum of Paris, The Museum Cantini (Marseilles), and The Museum of I’lle de France (Sceaux).

The French Government and the City of Paris have also purchased many paintings by Gerard Passet. Passet died on November 17, 2013.

Education:

School of Applied Arts – Paris (1950) Académie de la Grande Chaumiere – Paris (1956) Academy Montparnasse – Paris (1956) Introduction to Visual Arts at the age of 16, subjects : landscapes, figures, portraits and interior scenes

Career:
On Permanent Exhibition Arnot Gallery, New York USA The first works that mark the beginning of his career were executed in 1970.

Gérard Passet exhibited for the first time in 1961 in Paris . Price Pebeo Award for Young Painting – Gallery Drouant – David Paris 1955
Medal of the City of Paris, Paris 1956
Scholarship at the Salon of Young Painting, Paris 1957
Travel grant from the French government in 1957
Price Henri Farmann Salon National des Beaux Arts Paris 1957
Medal of the City of Paris, Paris 1957
Medal Award Othon Friesz 1957
Price Amtral Paris 1959
Taylor Prize Foundation 1959
Youth Grand Prix at the Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts, Paris 1959
Price of Arts and Letters, Juvisy 1966
Price of the General Council, Taverny 1967
Guest of Honor of the City of Vitry sur seine 1985
Guest of Honor of the City of Charenton 1975
Guest of Honor of the City of Villeneuve King 1970
1984 Guest of Honor of the City of Yerres
1992 Guest of Honor of the City of Ablon sur Seine
1995 Special exhibition organized by the City of Ablon sur Seine
1995 Grand Prix of the European Foundation (Belgium) 1998
1999 Guest of Honor of the City of Villeneuve St. Georges
2009 Guest of Honor of the City of Villeneuve Triage
2009 International Association of Plastic Arts – UNESCO
Special Prize of the City of Villeneuve King
2013 Special Prize Art’issime
2013 Bibliography:New literary (John Daueveze)
1971 Cross ( Miss Baron)
1971 Painter (John Chabanon)
1977 Who’s Who
1977 20 great contemporary signatures
1998 History of the Salon d’Automne in 1903 to the present day (Patrick F. Barrer) Cities and villages along the Seine ( Amatteis editions )
2006 Twenty Great Contemporary Signatures (Editions du Chêne Vert )Website of the Society of Authors in the Graphic and Plastic Arts (image bank )
Participation in the illustration of the book Walk with Painters, Montereau Seine Port 2005

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