Art Of The Day Weekly

Martin is back

ROUBAIX – An apostle of the ill-known creators of the XXth century, la Piscine pulls out of oblivion Jean Martin (1911-1996). Of a modest background and with a rather ordinary name, the most common in France – he was one of the artisans of the renewal of sacred art. He held a gallery in the most religious district of Paris, Saint-Sulpice, and he went back to ancestral techniques such as tempera. Martin also used his science of décor for movies, television and theatre. He was close to the realism of Fougeron, and nourished a long friendship with Marc Barbezat, the founder of the review l'Arbalète and the first editor of Jean Genet.
• Jean Martin, de l’atelier à la scène, at la Piscine, from 25 June to 9 October 2016.

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