Max Papart Biography - Patinae, Inc.

PAINTER AND MASTER PRINTMAKER

Max Papart 1911-1994


		Max Papart's paintings and graphics are suffused with sunny humor and the bright colors of the French Riviera where he was born.

	Working in the cubist style, he depicted circus scenes, flirting couples, soaring birds and similar cheerful subjects with flat, overlapping planes of contrasting colors and textures.

We represented Max Papart internationally for more than twenty years until he passed away in 1994 at age 83. During this time he created the most wonderful handprinted aquatints, carborundum etchings, lithographs and creative collage graphics, which we published. He was acknowledged as a master printer of the 20th century. The Director of the Bibliotheque National in Paris stated that his aquatints were some of the most significant prints being made in France during this era. We still miss Max... but his wonderful work lives on.


	EXHIBITIONS AND MUSEUMS (PARTIAL LIST)
	Victoria and Albert Museum, London National Gallery, London Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris Musee Cantini, Marseilles Fondation Maeght, St. Paul de Vence Israel Museum, Jerusalem Indianapolis Museum of Art New Orleans Museum of Art High Museum, Atlanta Bibliotheque Nationale de l'Arsenal, Paris Salle de l'Aubette de la ville de Strasbourg Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art Jacksonville Art Museum Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix Syracuse University U.C.L.A. Yale University Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe

Paris, 1980. Max Papart and Ken Nahan discussing a new aquatint in production.

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