2011

In November – A 3rd bronze statue is made available to the public (with a choice of patinas) « Large Bigouden Woman in Period Costume » Height 60 x 34 x 30 cm Original created in 1947. This sculpture, first released in ceramic by the Henriot company, was given as a gift to General de Gaulle by the population of Sein Island when the statesman visited Quimper in June 1949. It was awarded Historical Monument status in December 2006. Information on the subscription is available through the contact form.

– The exhibition Micheau-Vernez, Breton Celebrations, 50 photographic panels 70 x 90 cm. created for the 40th Interceltic Festival in 2010, is available on loan to any organization, on request. use Contact

- Du 6 au 30 août Le Festival Interceltique et la Ville de Lorient (Morbihan) présentent une grande exposition à la Galerie du Faouëdic (Hôtel de Ville) « Micheau-Vernez, artiste breton ouvert sur le monde de l’art » (peintures, dessins, illustrations,affiches, sculptures, faïences, icônes, vitraux) Ouverture tous les jours de 14 h à 19 h

Huile sur toile, 1984 – 92 x 73 cm

Fishing boats coming into harbor oil, 1982 – 92 x 73 cm

– June 18 – July 20. The town of Le Croisic (Loire Atlantique) presents A Tribute to Micheau-Vernez  (Brest 1907 – Le Croisic 1989) a retrospective exhibition at the Ancienne Criée on 600 sq. m

– May 2 – June 10 The Museum of Art and History of GRASSE (Maritime Alps) presents : Micheau-Vernez, an alchemist of colour  (works on the theme of flowers and the Provence area) Museum website

Huile sur toile, 1978, 73×60cm

2010 – August 6-15 – Exhibition at the Club K, for the Lorient Interceltic Festival, of 50 photographic panels, 70 x 90 cm, on Breton Celebrations. A selection of posters, illustrations, paintings, ceramics from the work of the Artist Micheau-Vernez.

In June: The Breton Museum in Quimper presents an exhibition on « The Art Deco Appartment Inspired by the Popular Art pf Cornouaille » showing a six-piece bedroom furniture set designed by Micheau-Vernez in 1932 (see picture). The exhibition will last until April 17th 2011.

In June: casting of a new reproduction in bronze of « The Loctudy Bigouden mother and her child » (height 37 cm, 8 copies). This version restores all the relief of the original ceramic figurine. This reproduction, presented here in a havana-colored patina, can be produced in another patina. (see picture)

April 1st, the Society of Writers of Western France awarded, at the premises of the Ile et Vilaine General Council, the Prix du Grand Ouest for the art book on Micheau-Vernez (see above), written by the Curator J.-M. Michaud and published by Liv-Edition.

Mikaël Micheau-Vernez and Jean-Marc Michaud at the award ceremony

– February 17, conference in Lorient, at the Breton People’s University, on the painter Micheau-Vernez, given by J.-M. Michaud, Head Curator of the Morbihan Museums.

2009 –  From May 29th to September 27th, the Douarnenez Port-Museum, in the Finistère area of Brittany, presented in its art gallery an exhibition of seascapes, including a large decorative panel representing the Douarnenez port, panel now housed by the Museum. huile sur toile, 1982, 97 x 130 cm

From June 12th to October 4th, the Le Faouët Museum, in the Morbihan area of Brittany, presented its great retrospective of the artist’s work. This exhibition was the year’s great event in Brittany, hailing the discovery of the modernity of this major painter, largely ignored in his own native land. The visitors were astonished and delighted, to an extent rarely witnessed in a museum, by the scope of his oeuvre (see extracts from the visitors’ book at the bottom of the page).

In conjunction with this exhibition, an art book (21 x 29.7 cm – 120 pages, 200 reproductions) was published by Liv’Editions in June, authored by Jean-Marc Michaud, Head Curator of the Morbihan Museums, with the assistance of Bernard Jules Verlingue, Curator of the Quimper Ceramics Museum and Mikaël Micheau-Vernez, president of the RMV Society. This work is available in bookshops.

Many magazines, radio and television stations reported on these events, including Ar Men in its July/August issue (cover illustration and an 8-page article), and Le Chasse-Marée in its September/October issue (a 6-page article).

2007 – The Breton Museum in Quimper acquired, in a public auction, a complete set of bedroom furniture created in 1932 according to the artist’s design. After the 2004 Ceramics Museum catalogue, a second book referred to the painter, thanks to Jacqueline Duroc, art historian, who focused on his pictorial work in Volume 5 of her “Painters of the Breton Coasts”, published by the Editions du Chasse-Marée.

2005 – Quimper was the first city to name a street after the artist.

The RMV Society edited a reproduction in bronze of the artist’s last sculpture (he was 81), a bas-relief representing three women in the Bigouden costume of the early 20th century (60 x 73 cm).

The year 2004 saw the creation of the Robert Micheau-Vernez Society, the objectives of which are to protect and display the painter’s work, and to make a full inventory.

2004 – The Quimper Ceramics Museum presented a retrospective of his ceramic work. Bernard Jules Verlingue, the Curator, and Mikaël Micheau-Vernez edited together the exhibition catalogue (21 x 29.7 cm, 106 pages, 180 photos). This catalogue is on sale on the Museum website : www.quimper-faiences.com

Micheau-Vernez Exhibition, June 12th to October 4th 2009
presented by JM Michaud, Head Curator of the Morbihan Museums

Congratulations on this dazzling and fascinating exhibition.

What colors, what joy in these works, an entire life devoted to painting, our thanks to he who is no longer with us and to you for showing us this.

A wonderful exhibition, it hits you like a blow as soon as you walk in, every canvas vibrates with the artist’s own style.

What an incredible exhibition, you can contemplate all at once the whole density of his art.

What beautiful harmony of colors! What a gorgeous feeling of happiness and what an alchemy of textures in these daring constructions, how modern!!!

Thank you for allowing us discover a great artist.

So much sun, so much light, it’s rapture.

A genuine discovery, an artist’s life overflowing with imagination, so much work but what marvelous results.

I was moved by the diversity, the radiance, the warmth, the humanity of the artist’s work. How I would love to have a few of his paintings to look at every day.