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From 1913 to 1950
1913 |
Georges Rohner was born in Paris 16e, on 20th july. |
1929 |
He discovered the museums of the Louvre and the Luxembourg Palace, and became a student at the Beaux Arts School. |
1930 |
He became a student in Lucien Simon’s studio along with Humblot, Jannot, Lasne, Pellan, Brayer, Civet, Fontanarosa, Fillacier, Albert Rémy, Chauffrey etc. |
1931 |
Journey to Amsterdam |
1934 |
Work on show at the salons des Indépendants and the Tuileries. Spent the next two years in the Island of Guadeloupe where he did his military service. |
1935 |
He completed paintings on the walls of the Basse-Terre Town Hall in Guadeloupe. First group “Forces Nouvelles” exhibition at the Billet-Worms Gallery in Paris. |
1936 |
First New Generation Salon, Galerie Carpentier. Second group “Forces Nouvelles”, Galerie Billet-Worms. First individual exhibition at the the Billet-Worms gallery. |
1937 |
Young Artists’ salon at the Galerie de Berri, prefaced by R. Cognat.
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1938 |
Journey to La Haye. |
1939 |
Third group “Forces Nouvelles”, galerie de Berri. |
1940 |
Called up into the army, Rohner was imprisoned at Trèves (Stalag XII). He decorated the Stalag chapel, of which he preserved the “Prisoners’ Christ” (1941) |
1943 |
Married Suzanne Guy. Exhibited in the Salon des Tuileries on the theme of Music. Birth of his first son Michel. Creation of a tapestry design “Autumn” and a woven test piece at the Manufacture Pinton, Felletin Aubusson |
1946 |
Exhibition at the Galerie Charpentier on the theme: “Silent Life” Individual exhibition at the Galerie Barreiro. |
1947 |
Journey to Holland with Robert Humblot. Individual exhibition at the Galerie Barreiro (17 pictures of Holland) |
1948 |
Showed work in the Biennale de Venise |
1949 |
Salon des Indépendants. Individual exhibition , gallery Georges de Braux in Philadelphia |
1950 |
Salon des Indépendants. |
From 1951 to 1980
1951 |
One-man exhibition at the Galérie Framond (portraits, natures mortes, landscapes). 2 test pièces woven at the Manufacture des Gobelins |
1952 |
Tapestry design « To the Glory of the Armies of Paris » Woven for the Hôtel des Invalides in Paris by the Manufacture Pinton, Felletin. Individual exhibition at the Galerie Motte, Geneva. Birth of his second son, François. |
1953 |
Individual exhibition at the Galerie Framond (natures mortes). Tapestry design « The Earth » woven at the Manufacture Pinton, Felletin-Aubusson for the Chambre Syndicale of the French steel industry in Paris. Creation of a tapestry design « Concerto ». |
1954 |
Tapestry design « Polytechnique » woven for the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, by the Manufacture Pinton, Felletin-Aubusson. |
1955 |
Tapestry design « Fondation de la société des Gens de Lettres » Woven for the Hôtel de Massa (Paris) at the Manufacture Pinton, Felletin-Aubusson. Two more tapestries « the Lot river » and « the Dordogne river » woven for the Préfecture du Lot in Cahors, by the Manufacture Pinton, Felletin-Aubusson. |
1956 |
An outdoor mural painting « The Elements » for the Technical College of Passy Saint-Gervais (Haute-Savoie). Salon d’Automne. Journey to Tuscany . Individual exhibition at the Galerie Framond (compositions). |
1958 |
Salon des Tuileries « A homage to Ingres ». A mural for the Lycée Hélène Boucher in Paris (architects : Dondel, Dhuit). Cachan Technical Centre : mural entitled « Youth ».. |
1959 |
Exhibition « Wrought Iron and Tapestry ». Rohner, Subes and Despierre at the Musée Galliéra. Nominated to teach at the Beaux Arts school. Decorated with the Légion d’Honneur. |
1961 |
Exhibited at the Galerie Aktuaryus in Strasbourg, and the Galerie Saluden in Brest. A mural painted for the C.E.T. in Brest (architects Dondel, Dhuit). |
1962 |
Appointed teacher of drawing and colour at the School of Decorative Arts. An outdoor mosaic « Iron » for the Technical College in Bourges. |
1963 |
Individual exhibition at the Galerie Weil. May Salon « The Raft of the Médusa ». Lycée de Chalons-sur-Marne : mural entitled « Marine ». Salon des Tuileries : « A grey draperie ». Received a décoration : ordre des Arts et Lettres. |
1964 |
Salon Comparisons : « The Drowned Man ». An outdoor mosaic for th gymnasium of the Lycée Paul Valéry |
1965 |
Individual exhibition at the Galerie de Paris (70 pictures). Visited Rome. An outdoor mosaic « Architecture » for the Cité Technique of Annonay |
1966 |
Exhibition, Galerie Anne de Francony in Nice. Exhibition in Bayonville. Second trip to Rome. Lycée in Annecy : « Marines » mural paintings. Exhibited in the Salon de Mai « Les Boules » . Publication of « Carnet de Rome »(published by Bibliothèque |
1967 |
Exhibition : Galérie de Paris “Rome by Rohner” |
1968 |
George Rohner featured, along with reproductions of his works, in a book by François Doult « French Watercolours of the 20th Century » Elected a member of the Académie des Beaux Arts, he occupied the former seat of Ingres. |
1969 |
He took part in the Salon d’Automne. Travelled in Spain. One-man exhibition at the Galerie de Paris oils and watercolours). |
1970 |
Took part in the Salon d’Automne. Travelled to Greece. His works for Architecture in Schools were presented in an exhibition « Art and Architecture » in the Halles de Paris. |
1972 |
Exhibition at the Galery de Paris. Exhibited at the Manoir du Mad (Meurthe et Moselle). |
1973 |
Preview in Paris of the exhibition later presented in London and New York. One-man exhibition, Wildenstein Gallery in London. |
1974 |
One-man exhibition at the Wildenstein Gallery in New York. One-man exhibition, Galerie de Paris |
1976 |
Exhibition at the Orangerie Gallery in Nantes. |
1977 |
One man exhibition at the Galerie de Paris. |
1979 |
Took part in the exhibition « Art in the Thirties in France » at the Musée d’Art et d’Industrie in St. Etienne. Individual exhibition of oils, drawings, watercolours at the Galerie de Paris. |
1980 |
Retrospective exhibition of the « Forces Nouvelles » group at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Participation in « Les Réalismes 1919-1939 » at the Centre Georges Pompidou. Rohner was the guest of honour at the Salon d’Art of Mantes-la-Jolie |
From 1981 to 2000
1981 |
A ten minute film on the pictures of Georges Rohner by Philippe Lopez-Curval. Rohner was the guest of honour at the Salon d’Art du Raincy. |
1982 |
A Homage to Georges Rohner » at Saint Germain l’Auxerrois. Exhibition in Madrid with the Galerie de l’Orangerie. The Modern Art muséum, Pompidou Centre, acquired two drawings. |
1983 |
One-man exhibition at the Galerie Framond. |
1984 |
40 paintings 1933-1984 exhibited at the Galerie Framond. Exhibition « Georges Rohner, painter and illustrator of the legend of Napoleon |
1986 |
ndividual exhibition at the Galerie Framond. |
1987 |
Retrospective at the Fine arts Museum in Quimper |
1988 |
An important painting entitled « Rue Bonaparte » acquired by the state for the Musée Gaston-Rapin in Villeneuve-sur-Lot. |
1989 |
Took part in the Fine Arts Academy’s exhibition in Moscow |
1990 |
Group exhibition at the Galerie Guériden in Metz. One-man exhibition, Galerie Framond. |
1991 |
One-man exhibition, Galerie Framond (nude and draperies). |
1993 |
Work shown at the Galerie Framond. Personal exhibition in the city of Issoire. |
1994 |
Group exhibitions at the Bibliothèque Nationale of Paris and the Galerie Framond. Guest of honour at the Académie of Neuilly-sur-Seine Charenton-le-Pont. |
1995 |
Group exhibitions : Fine Arts Museums of Orleans, Bruyère-la-Bussière and Arras, fourth Biennale. Espace Cardin in Paris : « Today l’Académie des Beaux-Arts ». Galerie Framond : »la Musique ». Exhibition at the Château of Vascoeuil (Eure). |
1996 |
Galérie Framond « Encounter IX-96 » and « Nudes and Still-Lifes » |
1997 |
Paris Modern Art Museum : « The threatening times of the thirties in Europe » Montpellier, the Château d’O , « Drawings of the 50ème anniversary of the Galerie Framond : « 40 works of the years 50 to 70 » |
1998 |
Galerie Framond « 25 oil paintings of the thirties », « 40 drawings – 1930 – 1990 » Musée National des Arts et Traditions Populaires |
1999 |
Galerie Framond : »Les Nourritures terrestres ».Galerie Framond : « Les Nourritures Terrestres » (from André Gide : Earthly Nourishment) |
2000 |
Galerie Framond « Large Compositions 1941 – 1993 » Lannion, Côtes d’Armor, Chapelle des Ursulines, rétrospective. |
Gallery
![Instruments de musique, quintet](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Instruments-de-musique-quintet194565x54.jpg)
![Mozart](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Mozart1970146x114.jpg)
![Les cors](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Les-cors196073x116.jpg)
![La mandoline](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/La-mandoline194365x92.jpg)
![Le concerto inconnu](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Le-concerto-inconnu1993-130x195.jpg)
![Rome, pont sur le Tibre (Le Tibre et l’île Tibérine)](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Rome-pont-sur-le-Tibre-Le-Tibre-et-l-ile-Tiberine-196538x57aquarelle-510x382.jpg)
![Route de campagne aux Christophes](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Route-de-campagne-aux-Christophes-1958-385x57-aquarelle-.jpg)
![Violon et draperie rouge](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Violon-et-draperie-rouge-197738x57aquarelle.jpg)
![Plage des Sables Blancs, Locquirec](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Plage-des-Sables-Blancs-Locquirec-1968-38x56-aquarelle-.jpg)
![Le pont du Carrousel](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Le-pont-du-Carrousel-198538x57aquarelle.jpg)
![La baie et le port de Locquirec à marée basse-](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/La-baie-et-le-port-de-Locquirec-a-maree-basse-1970-38x57-aquarelle-510x382.jpg)
![Balises rouges et éclairantes](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Balises-rouges-et-eclairante-1970-38x57-aquarelle-510x382.jpg)
![Autoportrait](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Autoportrait194292x65.jpg)
![Forêt de Dreux](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Foret-de-Dreux1958-81x130.jpg)
![Salle Ingres au Louvre](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Salle-Ingres-au-Louvre-1995-130x195.jpg)
![Le déluge](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Le_deluge-5508.jpg)
![L’artiste dessinant la main de M. BERTIN](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Lartiste-dessinant-la-main-de-M.-BERTIN199480x80.jpg)
![Joueurs de boules II](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Joueurs-de-boules-II-1982114x146huile.jpg)
![Joueurs de boules I](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Joueurs-de-boules-I-1982114x146huile.jpg)
![Un voilier et deux Flambarts en pêche à Locquémeau](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Un-voilier-et-deux-Flambarts-en-peche-a-Locquemeau-1945-11x175-dessin--510x382.jpg)
![Sieste de prisonnier](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Sieste-de-prisonnier194014x18dessin.jpg)
![Main de Néron](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Main-de-Neron-1965-37-5x56-dessin-510x382.jpg)
![Fessier de nu allongée](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Fessier-de-nu-allonge-1969-38x56-5-dessin-510x382.jpg)
![Fenaisons V (Homme agenouillé)](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Fenaisons-V-Homme-agenouille-1943-41-5x32-dessin-510x382.jpg)
![Agnès accoudée II](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Agnes-accoudee-II-1971-38-5x56-dessin--510x382.jpg)
![L’Institut sous ciel orageux](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/LInstitut-sous-ciel-orageux198673x116.jpg)
![Le Colisée](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Le-Colise-196589x116.jpg)
![Le Pont des Arts](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/le_pont_des_arts_1985_97x195_cm_8597.jpg)
![Bouquiniste devant la Conciergerie](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Bouquiniste-devant-la-Conciergerie198573x92.jpg)
![Nu allongé II (Micheline)](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Nu-allonge-II-Micheline-1983-114x146-huile-510x382.jpg)
![Le carré noir](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Le-carre-noir-1970-162x162-1-510x382.jpg)
![Le Concerto](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Le-Concerto-1953-260x430-tapisserie-.jpg)
![La tempête](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/La-tempete-1955-300x440-tapisserie-510x382.jpg)
![L’arbre aux oiseaux](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Larbre-aux-oiseaux-1957-320x420-tapisserie-.jpg)
![L’ Automne](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/L-Automne-1942-200x300-tapisserie-.jpg)
![Fondation de la société des gens de lettres](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Fondation-de-la-Societe-des-gens-de-lettres-1958-410x250-tapisserie--510x382.jpg)
![À la Gloire des Armées](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/A-la-Gloire-des-Armees-1952-320x260-tapisserie-510x382.jpg)
![Paysage de Dijon](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Paysage-de-Dijon-193781x130.jpg)
![Bateau dans le grain](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Bateau-dans-le-grain197365x92.jpg)
![Venise](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Venise195889x130.jpg)
![Les modèles dans l’atelier](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Les-modeles-dans-l-atelier-1954-97x195-.jpg)
![Les grands espaces](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Espaces-II-I-III-1983-162x130-x3-.jpg)
![La Cuirasse](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/La-Cuirasse-1985-114x195.jpg)
![Le musée Imaginaire](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Le-Musee-imaginaire-1974-130x230-huile--510x382.jpg)
![L’Homme et la machine](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Georges_Rohner_Homme_et_la_machine_1980_huile_sur_toile_162x390cm.jpg)
![Les moissonneurs](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Les-moissonneurs1950190x230.jpg)
![Micheline, assise, vu de face](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Nu-I-Micheline-assise-vue-de-face1983146x114huile.jpg)
![Le fauteuil Rouge](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Le-fauteuil-rouge-1949-130x162-huile-.jpg)
![Locquirec, L’arc en ciel](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Locquirec-larc-en-ciel195789x130.jpg)
![Deux baigneuses](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Deux-baigneuses1945146x97.jpg)
![Le Pont de Brooklyn](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Le-pont-de-Brooklyn197497x195-huile.jpg)
![Pastèques, pêches et tomates](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Pasteques-peches-et-tomates-1981-510x382.jpg)
![Nature Morte au melon, pastèque, aubergines](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Nature-morte-au-melon-pasteque-aubergines-1981-100x81-1-510x382.jpg)
![La fontaine du Bernin Place Navone](https://georges-rohner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Fontaine-du-Bernin-Place-Navone.jpg)