François Arnal

After the war he took up painting seriously and moved to Paris, where he associated with established artists such as Pierre Dmitrienko, Serge Rezvani and Bernard Quentin, becoming involved in the lyrical abstraction movement. In 1960 he turned his attention to sculpture and spent much of his time in the United States, working and exhibiting. In the mid-1960s he settled in Paris and experimented with "bombardments", whereby he traced the shapes of objects with spray paint. In 1968 he set up Atelier A (Workshop A) to publicise the work of designers of such everyday things as chairs, tables and lamps. In 1975 he returned to painting and sculpture and also began writing novels and plays. He died in Paris in 2012.

François Arnal studied at Aix-Marseille University (1896-1971). The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by François Arnal is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Modern Art, Musée d'art moderne de Paris, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and Smithsonian American Art Museum.

• Name — François Arnal • Born — 2 October 1924 • Birthplace — La Valette-du-Var, France • Died — 28 October 2012 • Place of death — Paris, France • Field — Painter and sculptor

• L'Éclipse, 1954, oil on canvas, 54.5 × 33 cm, Musée d'Évreux (Évreux museum). • Série des élémentaires pour une dynamique blanche, 1980, acrylic on canvas, 176 × 175 cm, Musée d'art de Toulon (Toulon Art Museum) • Les sombres fêtes de la chair (The Dark Feasts of the Flesh), 1957, oil on canvas, 150 x 200 cm, Art Institute of Chicago AIC

François Arnal was recorded at birth as François Jean Ernest Arnal. He also worked under the name François Arnal. The authorities additionally record the heading Francois Arnal. His recorded language was French. He married Micheline Presle.

François Arnal is recorded as painter, designer, lithographer and artist. Recognition and collections.