Jean-Marie Queneau
Jean-Marie Queneau (21 March 1934 – 16 February 2022) was a French painter, engraver, and editor.
Jean-Marie Queneau

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- Name
- Jean-Marie Queneau
- Born
- 21 March 1934
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 16 February 2022
- Place of death
- France
- Occupation
- Painter
- Full name
- Jean Marie Charles Queneau.
- Nationality
- France.
- Languages
- French.
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• Name — Jean-Marie Queneau • Born — 21 March 1934 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 16 February 2022 • Place of death — France • Occupation — Painter
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Jean-Marie Queneau, born on 21 March 1934 in Paris, 14th arrondissement, France and died on 16 February 2022 in Avallon (Yonne), is documented in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Both events are recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Biography
Biography
Jean-Marie was the son of the writer Raymond Queneau and his wife, Janine Kahn. He studied in Paris under the likes of artist Paul Colin. He began to paint while working at the Cinémathèque Française, Citadelles & Mazenod, and Hachette. Queneau began exhibiting in 1958 within France and abroad. His paintings were shown at the Foire internationale d'art contemporain in 1985. His paintings were referenced in works by the likes of Marguerite Duras, Patrick Waldberg, Camille Bourniquel, Jacques Réda, Thomas Owen, Claude Esteban, and others. His works were largely centered around literature, with one of his favorite subjects being libraries. Queneau died on 16 February 2022, at the age of 87.

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- 1.Avis de décès
- 2.État civil sur le fichier des personnes décédées en France depuis 1970
- 3.Geneviève Peigné. Les éditions de la Goulotte : les artistes du livre. nature.on-rev.com.
- 4.Yonne républicaine. Les gouaches de Jean-Marie Queneau. 15/09/2021.
- 5.Marguerite Duras, Apocalyptic desires, Taylor & Francis, 2002 (lire en ligne).
- 6.La Nouvelle Revue française, n° 277, janvier 1976, p. 123 (présentation en ligne).
- 7.Jean-Marie Queneau sur Le Delarge.
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