Timeline

1931

Born on August 29th in Paris on rue Hallé. He is the oldest of five brothers of whom one: Paul became the sculptor Jean-Jules Chassepot. Spent most of his youth up until 1937 in Algeria. Throughout the war, he was in his father's house in Yssingeaux in the Haute-Loire and studied at a religious college. After the war, he returned to Bourg-la-reine. Finished his studies at the Lycée Lakanal.

1949

Under family pressure, he prepars without convinction for a 'Professorat de dessin' at Met de Penninghen's studio where he meets Bernard Aubertin.

1953

Military service in Meknès. A local bookstore, 'la Comédie humaine', exhibits his first drawings.

1955

Returns to France. First studio at Bourg-la-reine while acting as an instructor.

1956

First solo exhibition at the Galerie Le Soleil.

1958

A contract with the Doctor Audouin, collector, allows him to quit teaching.

1959 - 1962

He studies engraving at the Atelier 17 of S.W. Hayter

1961

Painting prize at the Biennale de Paris. He maries MArie-Claude Teuma and installs at the rue des Carmes.

1963

Around Galerie Fels the first core of the Nouvelle Figuration forms

1964

With Gassiot-Talabot, Télémaque and Foldes, he co-organizes the exhibition 'Mythologies quotidiennes'. The birth of his daughter Nathalie; he creates a piece in honor of her each year.

1965

His exhibition at Mathias Fels surprises the public and critics.

1967

Séjour in Havana with the salon de mai.

1968

May. Serigraphic posters at the Atelier populaire des beaux-arts.

1969

First retrospectives at Vitry then at Museums in Saint-Etienne and Brest.

1970

Studio in the Bastille.

1971

He installs in the Ecluse de Boran-sur-Oise where he works for around 10 years. In charge of a course at the Univerisité de Paris I.

1982

Takes on the 'Images éclatées' in his new studio in Arcueil. Between 1982 and 1987, he creates theater scenes for the plays by Michel Puig at the Théâtre des Ulis and tries different roles: Téramène dans Phèdre de Racine, Trissotin dans les Femmes savantes de Molière, Basile dans le Barbier de Séville d’après Beaumarchais et Rossini.

1986

Marries Arghyro Paouri and moves to Malakoff the following year.

1988

Travels to China where he presents at conferences for the 'Principales écoles des beaux-arts'.

Currently lives and works in Paris