Biography
1910 Born in Tourcoing, Northern France
1911 Death of his father
1931 Began study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lille and Paris; soon decided to leave the Academy
1933 Married Valentine ; settled for two years by the river Meuse in Belgium. Two sons will be born in 1934 and 1944
1936 First of his numerous journeys to the Netherlands where he sees works by Rembrandt, who impresses him for fifteen years
1937 First solo exhibition in Lille , France
1943 First exhibition in Paris, France
1954 Exhibition in Paris with Sam Francis, Poliakoff and Marcel Pouget
1956 In Spain, much impressed by Goya, Zurbarán, Velasquez nd El Greco; travelled to Florence, Arezzo and Urbino. Discovered the work of Masaccio.
1972 Travel to New York and Washington; discovered the work of Mark Rothko.
1982 Retrospective show in Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Gent, Belgium
1983 First exhibition in Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany
1988 Exhibition in Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
and Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris (ARC), Paris, France
1991 "XXI. Biennale", Sao Paulo
1992 Dokumenta IX in Kassel, Germany
2000 Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo (NY), USADies on May 10th in Wasquehal, Nothern France
« Alles ist Farbe - Eugène Leroy 1910 6200 », Kunstverein, Düsseldorf, Germany
Selected Exhibitions
2009 “Visage”, New Galerie de France, Paris, France
Une Place au soleil - Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris,
France
Slough - David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY
Magie der Farbe. Pastose Malerei, Farbkörper, Farbräume, Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabruck
2008 “ Eugène Leroy“, Galerie Fred Jahn, Münich
2008 “Hommage à Eugène Leroy“, Michael Werner London, London
2008 “ Eugène Leroy – Paintings and Drawings”, Julius Werner Berlin, Berlin
2008 “Serial Works on Paper”, Julius Werner Berlin, Berlin
2008 “Pretty Ugly”, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York
2008 “ Eugène Leroy”, Musée d’art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
2007 " Eugène Leroy. Gouacher / Gouaches", Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Kopenhagen
2007 " Eugène Leroy“, Galerie Haas, Zürich
2006 " Eugène Leroy. Bilder aus den 90er Jahren", Galerie Michael Werner, Köln
2006 " Eugène Leroy. Autour de la sorcerie", Galerie de France, Paris
2004 "Grands nus, Couleurs, Papiers 1979-1985", Michael Werner Gallery, New York
2004 " Eugène Leroy: Autoportrait", La Piscine-musée d'art et d'industrie André-Diligent, Roubaix (solo)
2004 " Eugène Leroy / Jacques Bornibus: une complicité la peinture années 50", Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tourcoing, France (solo)
2004 " Eugène Leroy. Große Aquarelle 1979 – 1985", Galerie Michael Werner, Köln
2003 “ Eugène Leroy,” Alan Koppel Gallery, Chicago
2003 Voir en peinture,” FRAC Iie de France – Le Plateau, Paris, collective exhibition
2003 “ Eugène Leroy: Grands Nus, Couleurs, Papiers, 1979-1985,” Galerie de France, Paris
2003 “ Eugène Leroy,” Galerie de l’Atelier 2, Villeneuve d’Ascq., France
2003 " Eugène Leroy. Ölbilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen", Galerie Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt am Main
2002 " Eugène Leroy: Nudes", Michael Werner Gallery, New York
2002 “ Eugène Leroy,” Galerie Bruno Mory, Besanceuil, France
2001 “Ruprecht Geiger, Eugène Leroy: Sunbursts and the Earth’s Shelter”, Roger Smith Gallery, New York
2001 “Hommage à Eugène Leroy”, Museée d’art moderne, Villeneuve d’Asq
2000 Kunstverein für die Rhinelande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf
2000 Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
« Alles ist Farbe - Eugène Leroy 1910 6200 », Kunstverein, Düsseldorf,Germany
1999 “The Art of Drawing,” James Kelly Gallery, Santa Fe
1999 “Huit Tableaux”, Musée de Grenoble
1999 The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
1999 “Goya informe – descendances modernes de Goya,” Musee des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing
1998 Galerie de France, Paris
1998 Boukamel Contemporary Art, London
1998 Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporains Campagne-Ardenne, Reims
1998 Musée départmental de Saint-Riquier, France
1998 Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
1997 Centre d’Art Présence Van Gogh, Saint-Remy-de-Provence
1997 Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing
1997 Kunsthalle Basel, Basel; Magnus Fine Art, Ostende
1996 Centre Georges Pompidou, new acquisitions exhibition
1992 Dokumenta IX in Kassel, Germany
1993 Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
1991 “Eugene Leroy: Paintings (1945-1960)”, Magnus Fine Arts, Gent
Galerie de France, Paris
1989 Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels
1989 Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
1987 “ Eugène Leroy – Drawings”, Galerie Michael Werner, Graphical Rooms, Cologne
1988 Exhibition in Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
and Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris (ARC), Paris, France
1986 Galerie Gillespie-Laage-Salomon, Paris
1985 Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
1984 Galerie Jean Bernier, Athens
1983 Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
1980 Galerie K, Washington
1979 “Retrospective and catalogue of etchings”, IVe Biennale de Gravelines Galerie Jean Leroy, Paris
1978 Galerie Jean Leroy, Paris
1977 École des Beaux-Arts, Lille
1972 Galerie Septentrion, Marcq-en-Baroeul
1971 Galerie Nord, Lille
1970 Galerie Veranneman, Brussels
1966 Galerie Pilotes, Lausanne
1965 Harvard University, Cambridge
1964 Galerie Kaleidoscop, Gent
1963 Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris
1961 Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris
1959 Galerie Synthèse, Paris
1958 Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing
1957 Awarded Prix Emile-Othon Friez
1956 Galerie Creuze, Paris
1955 Galerie A. Droulez, Reims
1954 Galerie Art Vivant
1948 Galerie Marcel Evrard, Lille
1943 Galerie Else Clausen, Paris
1937 Galerie Monsalut, Lille
French painter
