Jérôme Dufay

To wake up to painting, I had the chance to meet two people who, in very separate areas, were crazy about art. One was Monsieur Lascroux, my teacher. A true "hussar of the Republic", always in gray blouse, easily handling the rule to hit the fingers of the most agitated classroom, or those who forgot to learn their lessons. This rough-tempered man had the gift of conveying to his pupils his passions for ancient literature, Homer, the Aeneid and the Odyssey, and for painting and his great masters.
With him, we entered the universe and the workshops of Van Gogh, Vlaminck, Monet, Utrillo, and in their secret colors.
The other character remained the village near the family home, Varengeville-sur-Mer, father of cubism, Georges Braque. From him I saw only the limousine with tinted windows, but I knew he was on board. I finally met him at the church of the parish of his residence during the service celebrated for the inauguration and the blessing of the stained glass windows of which he had made the boxes.
I discovered his work much later, but being able to breathe at the same time as him the raw wind of the Pays-de-Caux was the greatest honor he could make me.
It was even later, well after the watercolors and gouaches of schooling, ...

-Deipppe 'France) : Richard-Simon's college
- Beauvais : Art Center Beauvaisis

Exhibitions:
August 2018 - Long (80) - Summer collective exhibition (Departmental Council of the Somme)
June 2018 - Abbeville (80) - Summer Festival of Contemporary Art
June 2018 - Paris - ephemeral exhibition at the Pont des Arts
May 2018 - Corbie (80) - "Grains de Sel" solo exhibition at the Tourist Office.
March 2018 - Beauvais - City Hall - Art Fair in motion
February 2018 - Artmajeur Silver Medal "for all of his work".
December 2017 - Amiens - Autumn Salon
September 2017 - Amiens - Grand Format Exhibition.
August 2017: Lyons-la-Forêt (27) - International Festival of Contemporary Impressionism, organized by "Cross Cultures" - under the patronage of UNESCO. 50 artists from Europe and Asia selected to participate.
July 2017: At the Espace de la Mer, Pourville-sur-Mer (76). Expo "Cliffs and Dories" - Over a hundred works on the theme of the sea and fishing boats on the coast of the Pays-de-Caux (Seine-Maritime) and Picardy.
May-June 2017: Castle of Bertangles (80). Spring Salon of the Friends of the Arts of the Somme.
April-May 2017: Abbeville (80). Solo exhibition at the Tourist Office of the Sea (guest of honor: Patricia Langlet).
February 2017: Paris - Galerie avenue de Suffren, group exhibition on the theme "Eroti...