Érik Desmazières

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Érik Desmazières
Born1948 (age 75–76)
Rabat, Morocco

Érik Desmazières (born 1948 in Rabat, Morocco) is a French engraver and printmaker.

Early life and education[edit]

Born in Morocco, he moved to Paris in 1967.[1] He is a graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and studied printmaking at the evening classes of the City of Paris.

Career[edit]

Desmazières received the Grand Prix of the City of Paris for engraving in 1978. He is president of the Société des peintres-graveurs français.

In 2008 he was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts, where he was received in 2009[2] and which he presided in 2016. In 2020 he was appointed director of Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris.

Exhibitions[edit]

Desmazières' work was exhibited at the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam in 2004, at the Musée Carnavalet in Paris in 2006, at the Musée Jenisch[3] in 2007, at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts[4] in 2009–2010, at the Bibliothèque nationale de France[5] in 2012, at the Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy[6] in 2014.

Collections[edit]

Desmazières' work is included in major museums (Rijksmuseum,[7] Metropolitan Museum of Art,[8] MFA Boston[9]) and private collections around the world.

Recognition[edit]

Desmazières is a knight of the Legion of Honour (2016), an officer of the national order of Merit, a knight of the Ordre des Palmes académiques, and an officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.[10]

Books[edit]

By Desmazières[edit]

  • Desmazières, Érik (2006). Paris à grands traits: Eaux-fortes et dessins (in French). Association Paris-Musées. ISBN 978-2879009834.
  • Desmazières, Érik (2007). Les lieux imaginaires (in French). Cinq Continents. ISBN 978-8874394029.
  • Desmazières, Érik (2012). Voyage au centre de la bibliothèque (in French). Hazan. ISBN 978-2754106627.
  • Desmazières, Érik (2019). Dans l'atelier (in French). Cinq Continents. ISBN 978-8874398577.

Contributions by Desmazières[edit]

  • Rolin, Olivier; Desmazières, Érik (2006). Une invitation au voyage (in French). BnF. ISBN 978-2717723731.
  • Mauriès, Patrick; Desmazières, Érik (2012). Le Miroir des vanités (in French). éditions du Regard. ISBN 978-2841052998.
  • Rolin, Olivier; Desmazières, Érik (2015). À y regarder de près (in French). Seuil. ISBN 978-2021282832.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Érik Desmazières". MBAL (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  2. ^ Académies, Canal (2009-10-18). "L'artiste graveur Erik Desmazières reçu sous la Coupole". Canal Académies (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  3. ^ "Erik Desmazieres' Imaginary Places Prints And Drawings - Art Aujourd'hui". www.artaujourdhui.info. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  4. ^ Paré, Isabelle (2009-09-10). "Inauguration du nouveau Centre des arts graphiques au MBAM - Plongeon au coeur du monde fantastique de Desmazières". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  5. ^ Lauren Laz, « Érik Desmazières à la nationale », Nouvelles de l’estampe [En ligne], 247 | 2014, mis en ligne le 15 octobre 2019, consulté le 24 septembre 2023. URL : http://journals.openedition.org/estampe/750 ; DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/estampe.750
  6. ^ "Erik Desmazières : le monde en clair et en grave". LEFIGARO (in French). 2014-09-17. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  7. ^ "Wunderkammer II, Erik Desmazières, 1999". Rijksmuseum. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  8. ^ "Results for "Erik Desmazières"". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  9. ^ https://collections.mfa.org/objects/489044/la-tentation-de-saintantoine-ii
  10. ^ "Érik Desmazières | Academie des beaux-arts". Érik Desmazières | Academie des beaux-arts (in French). 2008-04-09. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
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