Applicat-Prazan gallery was established in 1993 on the Left Bank in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area of Paris at 16 rue de Seine (75006 Paris, France) under the initiative of Bernard Prazan, a keen art collector.
Franck Prazan, Bernard Prazan's son and former managing director of Christie's in France, has been running the gallery since 2004.
In 2010 a second location was added on the Right Bank, at 14 avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris.
In 2023 on the occasion of its 30th anniversary Applicat-Prazan presented at the second edition of Paris + by Art Basel a Solo Show dedicated to French artist Jean Hélion, bringing together seven paintings of remarkable importance.
Since its foundation the gallery specializes exclusively in the important post-war European painters and specifically in the most significant artists of this period such as : Jean Dubuffet, Maurice Estève, Jean Fautrier, Hans Hartung, Jean Hélion, Wifredo Lam, Alberto Magnelli, Alfred Manessier, André Masson, Georges Mathieu, Serge Poliakoff, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Pierre Soulages, Nicolas de Staël, Maria Elena Vieira da Silva and Zao Wou-Ki.
Exhibitions
Over the years the gallery has gained a large international recognition, thanks to its monographic or thematic exhibitions, notably:
- Soulages, major works (1996)
- Great painters, small paintings (1999)
- The School of Paris of the 50s in the year 2000 (2000)
- Schneider (2001)
- Estève, Freundlich, Poliakoff : Three masters of colours (2001)
- Estève, watercolours and charcoal (2003)
- Schneider (2006)
- Mes années 50, the collection of Alain Delon (2007)
- Présence, Silences, homage to Geer van Velde (2007)
- Poliakoff (2008)
- Atlan (2008)
- Dialogues around Pierre Soulages (2009)
- Atlan, the distempers (2010)
- Pincemin (2010)
- Jean Fautrier (2010)
- 14 Matignon (2011)
- André Masson (2012)
- Alfred Manessier, Tours, Favellas and other monumental paintings (2012)
- Maurice Estève, works on paper (2013)
- Serge Poliakoff, the gallery's 20th anniversary exhibition (2013)
- Georges Mathieu (2014)
- Maurice Estève, Paintings 1929-1994 (2015)
- Zoran Music (2016)
- Le grand Œil de Michel Tapié (2018)
- Justice! 2 chefs-d’œuvre de Roger-Edgar Gillet (2019)
- BBB (2019)
- Georges Mathieu, Paintings 1951-1962 (2022)
- Jean Hélion, le Florilège (2023)
Events
The gallery regularly participates in the following events:
- artgenève
- TEFAF Maastricht
- TEFAF New York Spring
- Art Basel
- Paris + by Art Basel
- Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale
In 2016, Applicat-Prazan participated in Art Basel Hong Kong for the second time. The gallery showed a majority of works by Zao Wou-Ki.
In 2017, Applicat-Prazan has been selected to sell two paintings on behalf of the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA)
Organisations
The gallery is a member of the following organizations:
- Syndicat National des Antiquaires
- Comité Professionnel des Galeries d’Art
References
- Les œuvres d'Alain Delon, Expo : "Mes années 50", le Figaro Magazine, 12 mai 2007
- Google Books
- Thibault, Clement (9 April 2016). "TEFAF, a substantial edition, a gloomy context". AMA.
- Luke, Ben (May 2014). "Finger on the pulse". Apollo.
- Azimi, Roxana (22 March 2016). "Des collectionneurs de toute l'Asie viennent sur Art BAsel Hong Kong". Le Quotidien de l'Art.
- Thibault, Clement (September 2016). "Nouvelle école de Paris et résilience du marché". AMA (October): 26–31.
- Malvoisin, Armelle (March 2017). "L'étonnant Monsieur Prazan". Beaux-Arts: 12.
- fiche sur le site du syndicat Archived October 26, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
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