Renee Martine Crappier

Born September 24, 1949, in Paris.
Lives in Le Mans. France.

"My painting has greatly evolved since my last exhibition in New York. It seems I had found my very unique and personal way of dealing with watercolor, so I chose to free myself from the constraints that this medium required. Now I go to the basic, the essence, the movement, the color scheme, to convey as directly as possible the emotions I feel. I have also gone beyond the need for models which I was so fond of. It seems they now are an integral part of me. I have now given free rein to all sorts of art disciplines which I once considered secondary: drawing for the art of drawing, the inks, the gouaches, the paper collages, and also my writing which I used to do casually. In fact, these past two years, I have devoted a great deal of my time to the making of books, which I create with pleasure and pride without calling myself a poet

Solo exhibitions:

1979-1981Galerie Pleine Lune. Le Mans. France
1982Galleria Baguttino. Milan. Italy
1983Galerie Barbizon. Doesburg. The Nederlands
1984Kunsthandel Ina Broerse. Laren. The Nederlands
1988Centro Culturale San Fedele. Milan. Italy
1990Galerie Art Investissement Contemporain, Paris. France
1991La Galerie. Oslo. Norway
1994Galerie Lemercier. Le Mans. France
1997Galerie des remparts. Le Mans. France
1997The Emerging Collector. New York City USA
1998Galerie Palissandre. Bruxelles. Belgium
1999Galerie des remparts. Le Mans. France
1999The Emerging Collector. New York City. USA.
2000Ecrirature. Public library. Le Mans.
2001Livre dart du mois. Le Printempss show room. Paris
2002Memoire vide. Fire Patrol #5 Art. (aka The Emerging Collector) NY.C USA
2004FNAC. Le Mans
2004Espace Setram. Le Mans
2007Colloque Georges Jean

Press and catalogues:

1987Renee Martine Crappier. Text by Catherine Paysan
1989Renee Martine Crappier, Text by Pr Giorgio Mascherpa. Fine Arts University. Milan. Italy
1991Exhibition catalogue. French cultural center in Oslo. "La Galerie" Norway. Text by Magdeleine Hours. General inspector of French museums
1999...