biografía de Bernard LAMOTTE (1903-1983)

Lugar de nacimiento: Montparnasse, Paris

Lugar de defunción: NYC

Direcciones: NYC/New Milford, CT

Profesión: Painter, muralist

Estudios: …cole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1921; apprenticed to F. Cormon; Lucien Simon

Exposiciones: Wildenstein Gal., NYC, 1936 (first solo); AIC, 1941; PAFA Ann., 1941; Carstairs Gal., NYC, annually, 1941-50s; Palm Beach Gal., 1965 (solo); Hatfield Gal., Los Angeles, 1975 (solo); Vose Gal., Boston, 1993 (retrospective)

Asociaciones: SI, 1935

Obra: Barnes Fndtn.; MusÈe Luxembourg, Paris; MoMA Paris; Tokyo Mus.

Comentarios: A "School of Paris" painter, he made his first trip to NYC in 1932, then returned to settle there in 1935. By 1946, he was dividing his time between his studio above La Grenouille restaurant in NYC, and a home in New Milford, CT. He painted in Tahiti in 1932, 1941, and 1978. He painted murals for the ocean liner "France," and for leading NYC restaurants such as Côte Basque.

Fuentes: WW53; WW47; exh. cat., Vose Gal. (Boston, 1993); Falk, Exh. Record Series.