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BIOGRAPHY
Biography

 
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MARCEL RECHER artist, painter, of high quality recognized in several countries, born at 1926 in Strasbourg, Alsace, France and dead in 1916.

From a young age this impressionist painted, sculpted, invented articles and tableaux to beautify townships, homes, museums, art galleries.


The last painter's cottage




IMPORTANT EXHIBITIONS

Poster for the Musee de l'Automobile - Mulhouse - France

1952
1963-1980
1965
1965
1966
1966
1960 à 1986
1976 à 1981
1982

1983-1984
1987
1991

CASABLANCA - Marocco
STRASBOURG - France
HAMBOURG - Germany
PARIS - France
DALLAS - Texas U.S.A.
MONTREAL - Canada
MULHOUSE - France
LYON, METZ, BLOIS - France
NEW-ORLEANS - Louisiana U.S.A.
BASEL, Hilton Espace - Switzerland
TOKYO - Japan
Musee de l'automobile "Collection SCHLUMPF" MULHOUSE - France




CURRICULUM

1961
LONDON
Tate Gallery proposed exhibiting his paintings.
1966
U.S.A.
Colonel Frank BORMAN, space pioneer, received him at the NASA to discuss colour reflections from space to earth.
1966
DALLAS - Texas
He created Conception Art conveyed abstract drawings.
Conception Art is, for MARCEL RECHER, a source of expression through which he concieves metallic structures and modular architecture.
1967
ISRAEL
He decided to visit and paint Jerusalem. A collection of 20 paintings.
1968
Proposed to the NASA a 150 meters high metallic structure to commemorate Man's first steps on the moon.
1969
Proposition by the artist, of an artistic structure, scientific als, to capt the vibrations on the moon due to apparatii on the extremity of this stabile mouving structure.
1970
To permitt to the public to understand better the real "grandeur" of metal structures and architecture and modules, the artist developped his knowledges of photography.
1972
The painter was invited to assist at Kennedy Cape - Florida - to the flight of APOLLO 17. Marcel RECHER illustrated the event with 20 tableaux
1973
He introduced to the foreign & American journalists present at the NASA in HOUSTON for Apollo 17, the Fonctionnal Art, three dimensions & modular plus a space conquest commemorative structure
The American press and TV stations commented on this subject even the voice of America.
1982
A delegation from New Orleans - U.S.A. requested the artist to represent France by exhibiting 30 paintings (195/130cm) notably on sailing craft, at the III rd Century Festivities consecrated to the French presence in Louisiana, with the auspices of French government.
7500 visitors were at this exhibition.
1982
The artist proposed whilst in New Orleans, to the organisation of the future World Exhibition, a 3 dimensions modular structure 50 meters high, 600 meters wide, accross the Mississipi.
This structure in metal could not be constructed as the architects and financiers estimated ils cost at $ 60 millions.
1983
Mr Ronald REAGAN - U.S.A. President - sent him a congratulations letter for the POSTER DEDICATED to the PRESIDENT" in 1982, during the artist's exhibition in Louisiana.
1971 - 1983
The artist painter consecrated his intuition to Sailing craft of all types, and, to the vintage cars exhibited in the Schlumpf collection at the National Automobile Museum in Mulhouse (Alsace).
1986
Throphy - Grand Prix - for the National Artistic Sports Car Poster held at the 1986 Chamonix festival.

Since 1950, the artist is entirely living
through the earnings of his art.


His work consists of
Oil Paintings (figuratives)
Abstract Paintings issued of Conception Art
120 Metallic Structures Creations
20 Modular Architectures Creations
1000 Abstract Designs - Conception Art
1991 Exhibition - Musee de l'Automobile - Mulhouse - France