Christopher Wren Photograph

The name of HERNOT is originally from Britany from the city of Landivisiau and its region. The Hernot's family descends from the Juloded aristocraty a wealthy Breton cast known as Julod or Juloded in pluriel of indigeneous background, The Juloded are descibed in books as half-nobles. Before the French revolution the Hernot's were described as Honorable. In 1789 the cast of Juloded represented about 500 Bretons families of indigineous background or about 3000 people. From the 15th century onwards the Julodeds built, paid for and decorated the famous " enclos paroissiaux " of the triangle d' or situated in the Haut Leon in the province of Finistere . They brought Flemish artists as well as artists from England and Spain to decorate their churchs or chapels. These superbs churchs often in the Baroque style are to be visited if you intend to travel to the Leon province in Britany . Start with Roscoff and St Pol de Leon. ** YVES HERNOT was born in 1950 in BELGIUM and raised in Tunisia till 1964. From 1950-1964. First contacts with Art were Roman architecture, Roman mosaics Roman paintings and Tunisian Art forms suh as textiles, jewellery, paintings, wood works.... 1967- 1980 Epoque Anti-conformiste. Yves is then a rebel, anti establishment, an activist for human rights and paints abstract expressionist paintings. In 1971 He is an early activist with the F.H.A.R. see wikipedia. His favourite artists were Soulages, Hartung, Belmer, Tapies, Rothko and Otto Dix. In 1975 Yves migrates to Sydney Australia Yves also spent time in his studio in Brazil in Sao Paulo in the Edificio COPAN build by Oscar Niemeyer. PHOTOGRAPHY 2009: Started working with digital photos. 2011 Semi finalist Doug Moran photographic prize 2012 Semi finalist Doug Moran photographic prize 2014 Finalist Australian photographic competition "Self portrait 2017, April, Alliance Francaise " Le people Exhibition "