Bernard Cathelin
Bernard Cathelin, painter, lithographer, tapestry designer
Born on May 20, 1919 in Paris and died in the spring of 2004
In 1945, he studied at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris for three years under Maurice Brianchon. Following his graduation, he taught in the preparatory atelier of the Ecole Nationale Superior des Arts Decoratifs in Paris until 1953. Cathelin was the French delegate to the first congress of the International Students Union in Prague. In 1954 he married Régine Steiner.
Cathelin has had regular exhibitions in countries and cities around the world, including Paris (Montmorency Gallery; Marcel Guiot Gallery; Galerie de Paris), New York (David B. Findlay) Switzerland, Belgium, California, London (Art London Gallery), Tokyo, Vancouver, Los Angeles and West Germany.
Select Solo Exhibitions (since 1991):
2006 Retrospective exhibition at Galerie Yoshii, Paris
2005 Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo
Artfrance Gallery, Paris
2004 Shirikaba Museum, Onomichi, Japan (paintings, tapestries)
Galerie Fleur du Rhone, Geneva, Switzerland
2003 Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Palm Desert, California
Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo
2002 L’Orangerie du Domaine de Madame Elisabeth, Versailles, France (paintings, tapestries, lithographs)
2001 Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo
Shirikaba Museum, Onomichi, Japan
2000 Retrospective exhibition at the Shanghai Art Museum, China
Artfrance Gallery, Paris
1999 Buschlen-Mowatt Gallery,Vancouver
The Philharmonic Center for Art, Naples, Florida
1998 Exhibition of Tapestries, The Alliance Francaise in Singapour
1997 Retrospective in the Valence Museum, France
Exhibit Celebrating of 30 years of collaboration, Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo
Europ’Art, Geneva International Art Fair
1996 Seita Museum , Paris
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1995 Trianon de Bagatelle, Paris
Buschlen-Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver
1994 Retrospective at Daimaru Museum, Tokyo of paintings, tapestries, lithographs
1991 Elysium Gallery, New York
Yoshii Gallery in Tokyo
Awards:
1995 Elected to the French Légion d’Honneur by President Francois Mitterand
1991 The “Golden 26” award from the French department of the Drome
1958 Othon Friesz Prize
1953 Emily Loewe Prize
1950 Blumenthal Prize
There have been seven Catalogue Raisonnés of his work published, as well as catalogues published for major exhibitions. Cathelin’s works are owned by museums around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, Paris; and the Museums of Nice, Valence and Jakarta, as well as the Desert Springs Museum in Palm Desert, California. His tapestries are displayed in several public collections, including the Japanese Embassy in Paris and the French Embassy in Tokyo.