The Belgian artist Francis Méan was born in Liège in 1952. He trained at the Institut Supérieur des Beaux Arts St Luc Liège. He lives and works in Louvain. He began his career in 1977 after winning the Philippe d'Arschot prize (art critic) for his poetic work.In addition to exhibitions in renowned art galleries in Belgium and abroad (France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the USA, Canada), his art was quickly distributed by international publishing houses such...

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  The Belgian artist Francis Méan was born in Liège in 1952. He trained at the Institut Supérieur des Beaux Arts St Luc Liège. He lives and works in Louvain. He began his career in 1977 after winning the Philippe d'Arschot prize (art critic) for his poetic work.
  In addition to exhibitions in renowned art galleries in Belgium and abroad (France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the USA, Canada), his art was quickly distributed by international publishing houses such as Börjeson (Malmö), Antarès (Paris), Weber (Geneva), Christies (London) and Lamers (Dortmund).
  In the world of Francis Méan, slate blue, garnet, solar yellow and colours heavy with heat dominate. There are only gardens, pond edges, valleys and forests full of beating wings. It is a universe of landscapes that are more suggested than described and that bathe in a poetic reality."Francis Méan uses feelings that we can all feel and words that we could all say. / …/ What he does not talk about are the discoveries that he makes us make. By allowing us to look through the windows that are his paintings, he makes us discover a world that belongs only to him," writes Guilio-Enrico Pisani (Zeitung Letzeburger Vollek, 2007).Painter (on canvas and paper) and sculptor (bronze, silver jewelry), the engraver has participated in numerous editions, including a series on The Fables of La Fontaine, The Seven Days of Creation, The Book of Job and The Ten Commandments.He decorated the new Sheraton Hotel (now Hilton) in Malmö, Sweden, created a triptych for the ING headquarters in Antwerp, and illustrated biblical scenes for Plantijn Publishing, also in Antwerp.Francis Méan exhibited at the Ben Gurion Centre in Brussels on the occasion of the 3,000th anniversary of Jerusalem. His art is present in national museum collections, including the Royal Palace of Belgium. and international collections, in private collections.
  

  

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