Yvon TAILLANDIER - Untitled, 1975 - Original gouache on paper mounted on canvas

Yvon Taillandier : Born in 1926 in Paris, Yvon Taillandier is a french painter, sculptor et writter. He realized his first solo exhibition at the "Galerie de l'art Français" in Lyon in 1942 and since exhibited through the world (Paris, Lille, Rotterdam, Odessa, New Delhi, Washington...) In the 1950's, Taillandier gave up painting for literature (art critic, art history). He collaborated to the "Connaissance des Arts" and "xxe siècle" journals. He was secretary of the Salon de Mai (May Salon) committee during 44 years. Yvon Taillandier's painting is figurative, constantly narrative and created an imaginary world with its characters and events. Creator of the "Taillandierland", the painter describes this invented world with its inhabitants, his universe. Mixing image and language, Yvon Taillandier calles himself a literary painter.