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LEROY Eugene
(1910-2000)
"Je voudrais toucher la peinture comme la peinture vous touche. La "toucher", je le dis comme on aime une femme."
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Eugene LEROY, a few dates |
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1910 |
born on August 8th 1910 in Tourcoing |
1931 |
studies at the Art schools of Lille and Paris |
1954 |
exhibits his works in Paris with Sam Francis, Poliakoff and Marcel Pouget first participation to the May exhibition in Paris in 1956 |
1964 |
begins working print |
1996 |
receives the National Price for painting |
2000 |
died on May 10th in Wasquehal (North France) |
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