Paul Schuss
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Paul Schuss (born 23 July 1948 in Munzkirchen, Austria) is a French artist of the Ecole de Paris (School of Paris). Born after World War II, he is a part of "La Jeune Peinture" de l'Ecole de Paris ("The Young Painting" of the School of Paris ).
Schuss came to France in 1949, and he has benefited from a Franco-Austrian cultural upbringing. His family dates its history back to the 12th century in the Cani della Scalla family of Verona, Italy, and the Von Asch Family from Tyrol, Austria.
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[edit] Biography
Since his early childhood, as soon as he learned to hold a pencil and a brush, he started to draw and paint with passion.
At the age of 10, Schuss met the French painter Albert Drachkovitch-Thomas, who discovered his talent and introduced him to the tempera technique. He began to study law in Paris but eventually decided to devote himself entirely to art at the age of nineteen.
As an adolescent, he discovers the mystical power of Light. He saw a warm, strange golden light - as if it was inhabited - glowing through the window of a fortified castle in ruins. This stream of light touched him deeply as he felt it was the Life of Light. Since then, this image has been part of him and has influenced his art in many ways.
As he was living in Paris, he met Erté in 1968.
In 1971 he left for Austria in search of his roots. He lived for two years in Salzburg and then for six years in Vienna.
In 1972 he showed his art in the Palais Lobkowitz in Vienna where Ludwig van Beethoven's Third Symphony was performed for the first time in Vienna in this hall with the composer as conductor in 1804.
In 1974 Prinz Otto zu Windisch-Graetz (born in 1928 and related to the family of Emperor Franz Josef von Habsburg-Lothringen and Elisabeth of Bavarian (Sissi) and their son Prinz Rudolf of Austria) and several relatives visited him in his studio in Vienna. Prinz Otto zu Windisch-Graetz shot photos of his important tempera paintings like "Dialog with the Eternal", "Power of Nature", "The Town without Soul", "Last Suns".
In 1979 Paul Schuss returned to France and resides since this time in Burgundy.
In Paris in 1987 he met Marc Squarciafichi who became his manager in Japan. With artists like Bernard Buffet, Leonor Fini, Mac Avoy, Yves Brayer and others he belongs to the School of Paris ( Ecole de Paris) that Marc Squarciafichi exhibited for more than 15 years in the biggest cities of Japan, in important galleries like Daimaru Galleries, Bijutsu Sekai Gallery, Mori Art Gallery, Nikken Gallery.
Schuss has used a great variety of techniques ranging from tempera to acrylic, watercolor, pastel, mixed techniques, drawing, tint, and lithography.
In 1987 he learned lithography at the world famous Mourlot Studios in Paris where artists like Salvador Dalí, Norman Rockwell, Matisse, Arno Breker or Picasso made their lithos in the past. He makes a point of destroying officially the plates used for his lithographs and sells each lithograph with an authenticity certificate signed by Mourlot. He made 11 editions until 1990: 5 editions in color and 6 in black and white (monochrome).
Schuss has exhibited his work at an international level, in France, Austria, Germany, Japan, England, Monaco, and in the USA (Hawaii). His work is found in public and private collections around the world.
Schuss currently lives in Burgundy, France. He is married to Chantal Garceau and they have two children: Tatiana and Romain.
His passion for discovering new landscapes and new cultures leads him to travel around the world.
[edit] Main Exhibitions
1966
- At the age of 17 he exhibited for the first time in the Salon du groupe Nivernais, Chapelle Sainte Marie, Nevers, France
1967
- Two exhibitions in the Salon du groupe Nivernais, Chapelle Sainte Marie, Nevers, France
1969
- One-man exhibition in the Galerie Raymond Duncan, Paris, France
1970
- Salon des Surindépendants, Paris, France
1971
- One-man exhibition in Haus der Donauschwaben, Salzburg, Austria[1]
- One-man exhibition in Haus der Donauschwaben in Sindelfingen, Germany
1972
- One-man exhibition in his own studio in Salzburg, Austria
- One-man exhibition in the Residenz, Salzburg, Austria
- One-man exhibition in the Centre Culturel Français de Munich, Munich, Germany
- One-man exhibition in the Palais Lobkowitz, Franzözisches Kultur Institut (Centre Culturel Français), Vienna, Austria
1975
- One-man exhibition in the Galerie Marcel Bernheim, Paris, France
1981
- One-man exhibition in the Galerie Saint Vincent, Nevers, France
1984
- One-man exhibition in the Galerie d'Art de la Place Beauvau, Paris, France
- Honored guest at the Salon de l'Hôtel de Ville de Sens, Sens, France
- Galerie l'Art Ancien, Orléans, France
1985
- Salon de Montmorency, Montmorency, France
- Galerie Schèmes, Lille, France
1986
- One-man exhibition in the Galerie d'Art de la Place Beauvau, Paris, France
1987
- Hôtel de Ville of the 10th arrondissement of Paris, France
1988
- One-man exhibition in the Galerie l'Art Ancien, Orléans, France
- Kunstkabinet Baden-Baden, Germany
1989 to 1993
- Daimaru Galleries, Osaka, Tokyo and Kyoto, Kobe, Fukuoka, Japan
- Nikken Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Mori Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Bijutsu Sekai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1996
- Galerie Olivier Arens, Saint-Martin (French West Indies)
1998
- Daimaru Galleries, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Japan
- One-man exhibition, Vézelay, France
1999
- One-man exhibition in the Galerie Schèmes, Lille, France
- Galerie Dewez, Reims, France
- Abbaye de Bosquerville, Rouen, France
2000
- Galerie Artop, Lille, France
2002
- Gallery in Cork Street, London, UK, as member of the Society for the Art of Imagination
- Goldmark Gallery, London, UK, as member of the Society for the Art of Imagination[2]
2003 and 2004
- Open studio, Sainpuits,Burgundy, France
2005
- Retrospective exhibition in the Maison de l'Amerique Latine, Monaco
2007
- Shipstore Galleries, Hawai'i, USA
2012
- Salon de l'Art Fantastique Europeen ( SAFE ) Mont-Dore, Auvergne, ( France )
[edit] Bibliography
- France
-Annuaire de l'Art International, (1986–1987) Edition Sermadiras, France.
-Annuaire National des Beaux-Arts, (1998) Edition Thibaud, France.
-Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs et graveurs nivernais du XVe au XXe siècle,(2002)Maurice Bardin, Edité par le Conseil Général de la Nièvre
-Visages de Bourgogne, (1999) Édition du Cherche Midi, France.
-L’Yonne et les peintres, (2004) Roland Conilleau, Editions de Bagatelle.
- Japan
-Peintures Contemporaines Françaises, Bijutsu Sekaï Edition (1987)
-École de Paris, Daïmaru Edition (1989)
- Switzerland
-Who's Who in International Art, (1991–1992), (1993–1994), (1998–1999)
- Monaco
-Nice Matin (Juin 2005)(journal)( newspaper)
-Monaco Riviera Magazine (Printemps 2005) (article and reproduction)
-Résidences Côte d’Azur (Juillet 2005) (article and reproduction)
-Grand Sud (Mai-Juin 2005)
[edit] Television
- Germany
For the exhibition at the Centre Culturel Français de Munich ( Franzosisches Kultur Institut)(1972), Munich
- France
-FR3 (1984), Edition Régionale d'Orléans
-FR3 (1988), Edition Régionale d'Orléans
-France 3 (1998), Edition Régionale de Bourgogne
- Monaco
TMC (Télé Monte-Carlo) (2005) Video of the retrospective show in Monaco http://www.monaco.mc/actuVoirVideo.do?idMedia=63119&KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=630&width=6 Vidéos
- Japan Video
Portrait of the artist (1987) by Estel International.
[edit] Radio
- France
-Radio France Auxerre (1998)
-Radio France Auxerre (2000)
- Austria
-The news, Salzburg (1971)
-The news, Salzburg (1972)
[edit] Collections
- Official Collections
- Préfecture de la Nièvre, Nevers (France)(1967)
-Salzburgland, Salzburg (Austria)(1971)
-Salzburg City (Austria)(1971) "Power of Passion" painted in 1969, Tempera on panel.
- Private Collections, a few examples:
-USA, Hawai'i: Dr Ph Temple...
-Japan: Dr Sojo Hino...
-Monaco:Prince Albert II of Monaco
-France: Seydoux de Clausonne, Albert Drachkovitch-Thomas, Jean Minet, Madame Follereau...
-Germany: Anna Spiegel von Stertz...
-Austria: Karl Kanzian, Dr Logman von Auen, Dr Thomas...
[edit] Honors and awards
- France
-Silver Medal Of Arts Sciences et Lettres (1988)
- Italy
-Professor Honoris Causa and Associeted Academician of the Accademia Internazionale Greci-Marino di Lettere, Arti, Sciencze (1999)
-Chevalier ( Knight)Académique Del Verbano (2000)
[edit] Website
- http://www.artprice.com - more than 150 works
- http://www.bi.adagp.fr - about 30 works
