Bernard Rancillac

Bernard Rancillac studied at Lycée Lakanal. The recorded working language is French. Work by Bernard Rancillac is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Museum of Modern Art, Beaux-Arts Mons, Musée d'art moderne de Paris and Museum of Grenoble.

• Name — Bernard Rancillac • Born — 29 August 1931 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 29 December 2021 • Place of death — Paris, France • Known for — Painting • Movement — Narrative Figuration

Rancillac was born on 29 August 1931 in Paris. He spent his childhood in Algeria and returned to France with his family in 1937. In 1949, under family pressure, he tried to become teacher of drawing at the workshop of Met de Penninghen, where he met Bernard Aubertin. During his military service in Morocco, he first exhibited his drawings in a library of Meknes. In 1961, he received the prize for painting at the Biennial of Paris. In 1962, he became a pioneer of French Narrative Figuration.

• 2017: Rancillac, les années pop, Museum of the Holy Cross Abbey, Les Sables-d'Olonne, Fr • 2017: Rancillac, Rétrospective, Headquarters of the French Communist Party, Paris, Fr • 2014: Encore lui, vie et mort de Mickey, Galerie Lelia Mordoch, Paris, Fr • 2003: Rétrospective, Musée d'art moderne (Saint-Étienne), Fr • 2001: Morceaux choisis, Galerie Sonia Zannettacci, Geneva, Switzerland • 1998: Jazz, Fort Napoléon, La Seyne-sur-Mer, Fr • 1997: Jazz, galerie Hervé Lourdel, Paris, Fr • 1995: Cinécollages, Galerie Convergence, Paris, Fr • 1994: Orient-Occident, Meymac Abbey, Meymac, Fr • 1992: Sud-Sud, Galerie Vincent, Réunion, Fr • 1991: 1931-61-91, Galerie Thierry Salvador, Paris, Fr • 1989: Cinémonde, Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, Fr • 1988: 25 ans d'images provocantes, Galerie Michel Vidal, Paris, Fr • 1987: RANCILLAC., Galerie Convergence, Paris, Fr • 1985: 20 ans de peinture, French Institute of Greece, Athens, Greece • 1980: À la mémoire de…, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Paris, Fr • 1974: Jazz, Galerie Mathias Fels, Paris, Fr • 1969: Pornographie, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, Fr

Bernard Rancillac is recorded as painter, printmaker, sculptor, graphic artist and draftsperson. Recognition and collections.