Retrospective

Temporary exhibitions.

Exhibitions are the cornerstone of any artist’s career. In this task Claude Weisbuch was largely accompanied by gallery owners such as Vision Nouvelle and Tamenaga .

1950 to 1960: the search for an identity

During this period, he seeks, is inspired and experiments. Pushed by Camille Hilaire , , he is in search of his own identity. For this first decade, it is about fifteen exhibitions mainly in the East of France.

• 1951 : Arts Club, Engravings, Nancy, France.
• 1952 : Librairie des Arts, Lithographies Dessins, Nancy, France.
• 1953 : Lorraine painters-engravers, Museum of Fine Arts, Paintings Engravings Drawings, Nancy, France. May Fair, Espace Commines, Engravings, Paris, France.
• 1956 : Lorraine painters-engravers, Museum of Fine Arts, Paintings Engravings Drawings, Nancy, France. Salon de la Jeune Peinture, Museum of Modern Art, Paintings, Paris, France.
• 1957 : Saint-Placide Gallery, Paintings and Engravings, Paris, France.
• 1958 : Gallery of Presbourg, Paintings, Paris, France. Gallery of Arts, Engravings, Nancy, France. Galerie Saint-Placide, Paintings, Paris, France. Salon de la Jeune Peinture, Museum of Modern Art, Paintings, Paris, France. Salon of painters witnesses of their time , Palais Galliera, Engravings, Paris, France.
• 1959 : Engraving in Lorraine from the 16th to the 20th century, Museum of Fine Arts, Paintings Engravings Drawings, Nancy, France. Librairie des Arts, Lithographies Dessins, Nancy, France. Salon de la Jeune Peinture, Museum of Modern Art, Paintings, Paris, France. Tuileries Salon, Paris, France.

1960 to 1970 national recognition

Always on the rhythm of about fifteen exhibitions, in this decade, 4 of them are international. His exhibitions at the Sainte Placide gallery in 1957 has already brought him recognition from the press and his peers. With “  Pantomines extraordinaires  ” in 1960, he introduced a new “gallery of portraits”. Finally, in 1961, he was awarded the Critics’ Prize.

• 1960 : “Extraordinary pantomimes”, Galerie Hervé, Paintings, Paris, France.
• 1961 : Western European Conference for amnesty to prisoners and Spanish political exiles, House of French Thought, Paris, France. Salon de la Jeune Peinture, Museum of Modern Art, Paintings, Paris, France. Salon of painters who witnessed their time “Tribute to the great French painters”, Palais Galliera, Peintures, Paris, France.
• 1962 : O’Hanna Gallery, Paintings, London, United Kingdom.
• 1963 : “From the portrait of a man”. , Hervé Gallery, Paintings, Paris, France. Exhibition organized on the occasion of the Estates General on Disarmament, Cercle Volney, Paris, France. Nichido Gallery, Paintings, Tokyo, Japan.
• 1965 : “100 drawings”. , Galerie Hervé, Drawings, Paris, France. Dresdener Gallery, Paintings, Toronto, Canada.
• 1966 : Dantesca Gallery, Paintings Engravings Drawings, Turin, Italy.
• 1967 : Herve Gallery, Paris, France.
• 1968 : Vision Nouvelle Gallery, Engravings, Paris, France.
• 1969 : Dresder Gallery, Paintings, Montreal, Canada. Hervé Gallery, Paintings, Paris, France. Reflets Gallery, Paintings and Engravings, Brussel, Belgium.

1970 to 1980 the first exhibitions in the USA, setting up internationally.

Taking advantage of the enthusiasm on the national territory, his two gallery owners will take him on a world tour. Thus, the United States, Canada, Asia and Northern Europe will discover the new French master of engraving. In this decade, he will participate in 56 international exhibitions and 24 exhibitions in France.

And the success is there!

• 1970 : Sagot-Le Garrec Gallery, Engravings, Paris, France. Synthesis Gallery, Engravings Drawings, Antwerpen, Belgium. Tamenaga Gallery, Paintings, Tokyo, Japan. Paris Museum of Modern Art, Engravings, Paris, France.
• 1971 : Biennial of engraving, Engravings, Epinal, France. War Gallery, Engravings, Avignon, France.
• 1972 : Sarlat Festival, Paintings, Sarlat, France. Dantesca Gallery, Paintings Engravings Drawings, Turin, Italy.
• 1973 : “Tribute to Rembrandt”, Vision Nouvelle Gallery, Engravings, Paris, France. Auguste Comte Gallery, Paintings Engravings Drawings, Lyon, France. Tamenaga Gallery, Paintings, Tokyo, Japan. Wayss Gallery, Paintings Engravings Lithographs Drawings, Nancy, France.
• 1974 : Art & Matter Gallery, Paintings Engravings Drawings, Grenoble, France. Dietesheim Gallery, Engravings, NEUCHÂTEL, Switzerland. Esthetika Gallery, Engravings, Kortrijk, Belgium. Esthetika Gallery, Engravings, Kuurne, Belgium. Grafikhuset Gallery, Engravings Drawings, Stockholm, Sweden. Hervé Odermatt Gallery, Paintings, Paris, France. Mozart Gallery, Paintings Engravings Drawings, Metz, France. Vision Nouvelle Gallery, Paintings Engravings Drawings, Munich, Germany. Wayss Gallery, Prints Drawings Pastels, Nancy, France.

Off to America!

• 1975 : “First exhibition in the United States”, David Barnett gallery , Milwaukee, USA. Art Shop Gallery, Nice, France. Fogola Gallery, Pastel Drawings, Turin, Italy. Galerie Hervé Odermatt, Drawings, Paris, France. Galerie Joly, Engravings, Washington, USA. Schwarzer Gallery, Paintings and Engravings, Wien, Austria. Sotheby-Parke Benett, Engravings Drawings, Munich, Germany.
• 1976 : “The horse-The painter and his model”, Galerie Vision Nouvelle, Gravures Dessins, Paris, France. Synthesis Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium. Tabula Gallery, Engravings Drawings, Tübingen, Germany. Taménaga Gallery, Paintings, Tokyo, Japan. Wayss Gallery, Engravings Drawings, Nancy, France.
• 1977 : “The horse, the painter and his model”, Galerie Vision Nouvelle, Gravures Dessins, Paris, France. Celsius Gallery, Uppsala, Sweden. Cultural Center of the Castle, Sainte-Menehould, France. Jivô Gallery, Vänersborg, Sweden. Moebius Gallery, Gothenburg, Sweden. Pigalle Gallery, Norrkoping, Sweden. New Vision Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel. Graphichuset Futura, Stockholm, Sweden.
• 1978 : David Barnett Gallery, Engravings Drawings, Milwaukee, USA. Galerie de l’Orangerie, Engravings Drawings Pastels, Cologne, Germany. New Vision Gallery, Washington, USA. Grafikhuset Futura, Paintings Drawings, Stockholm, Sweden. Les Cordeliers, Paintings Engravings Drawings, Châteauroux, France. Maison de la Culture de Chelles, Paintings Engravings Lithographs Drawings, Chelles, France. House of Culture, Engravings, Montbéliard, France.
• 1979 : Albert Henri Gallery, Rennes, France. Good to Print Gallery, Pastel Prints, Los Angeles, USA. Galerie L’Empreinte, Engravings Drawings, Strasbourg, France. Gallery Reflets, Engravings Drawings, Brussel, Belgium. New Vision Gallery, Los-Angeles, USA. Johnny Friedlaender, Rufino Tamayo and Claude Weisbuch, Garner and Smith Gallery, Austin, USA.

1980 to 1990 international recognition

Out of around forty exhibitions over this decade, 22 exhibitions are in France. Thus, MOMA, Moscow and Japan are still part of the program.

• 1980 : Calligraphy of the figure, Hervé Odermatt Gallery, Paintings, Paris, France. E. Gollon Gallery, Saint-Paul-de-Vence., France. Museum Of Modern Art, New York, USA. French Painters-Engravers, National Library of Paris, Paris, France.
• 1981 : European Engraving Biennial, Engravings, Baden-Baden., Germany. School of Fine Arts, Engravings, Angers, France. Helene Trintignant Gallery, Montpellier, France. La Boutique d’Art Gallery, Nice, France. Martine Remy Gallery, Strasbourg, France. Museum Of Modern Art, New York, USA.
• 1982 : Sagot-Le Garrec Gallery, Paris, France. Sagot-Le Garrec Gallery, Paris, France. Taménaga Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. Vallen Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden. Vision Nouvelle Gallery, Engravings, Nagoya, Japan. Vision Nouvelle Gallery, Engravings, Osaka, Japan. Vision Nouvelle Gallery, Engravings, Tokyo, Japan. Museum Of Modern Art, New York, USA.
• 1983 : Hamon Gallery, Le Havre, France. Helene Trintignant Gallery, Montpellier, France.
• 1984 : Festival of Music, Engravings, Quimper, France. Presence Gallery, Paintings and Engravings, Brussel, Belgium. Maison Descartes, Engravings, Amsterdam, Belgium. La Perrine Museum, Engravings, Laval, France. Retrospective. , Engravings, Moscow, Russia.
• 1985 : Creation of murals., New Otani Hotel, Osaka, Japan. Moyon-Avenard Gallery, Paintings, Nantes, France. Tamenaga Gallery, Paintings, Paris, France. Tamenaga Gallery, Paintings, Paris, France.
• 1986 : Tamenaga Gallery, Paintings, Tokyo, Japan. Greenhouse of the School of Fine Arts, Paintings and Engravings, Saint-Etienne, France.
• 1988 : Tamenaga Gallery, Pastel Drawings, Paris, France. Vision Nouvelle Gallery, Engravings, Tokyo, Japan. “50 years of prints”, Arthotheque of the museum, Montpellier, France. Retrospective, Château de Chenonceau, Paintings, Chenonceau, France.
• 1989 : Tamenaga Gallery, Paintings, Paris, France. Conceptual, Issoire, France. Tamenaga Gallery, Paintings, Paris, France.

1990 to 2000 the time of honors

The artist is well “established”, the rhythm of exhibitions drops to 35, including fifteen internationally, mainly in Japan.

• 1992 : Marais Presentation Center, Paris, France. From Bonnard to Baselitz, ten years of enrichment of the print cabinet, National Library of France, Paris, France. Arts Gallery, Paintings Drawings Pastels, Nimes, France. Sagot-Le Garrec Gallery, Engravings, Paris, France. Tamenaga Gallery, Drawings, Paris, France. Retrospective “50 years of prints”, Former bishopric, Paintings Engravings Lithographs Drawings, Sarlat, France.
• 1993 : Ardeco, Lithograph Engravings, Versailles, France. Space Jacques Brel, Paintings Engravings, Thionville, France. Tamenaga Gallery, Osaka, Japan. Tamenaga Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. Valancay art gallery, Valencay, France.
• 1994 : 2nd Meeting of cello ensembles, Espace culturel Buzanval, Beauvais, France. Colette Dubois Gallery, Engravings, Paris, France. Elegant Gallery, Taipei City, Taiwan. Mitsukoshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. Sanbi Gallery, Paintings Engravings Lithographs, Tokyo, Japan. New Otani Hotel, Tokyo, Japan.
• 1995 : Tamenaga Gallery, Osaka, Japan. Salon of the municipal circle of Gobelins, Paris, France.
• 1996 : Galerie Le Printemps Ginza, Paintings, Tokyo, Japan. New Otani Museum, Paintings, Tokyo, Japan. Salon des Métiers de la Musique, Abbaye des Prémontrés, Paintings, Pont-à-Mousson, France.

1997 Claude Weisbuch receives the Legion of Honor!

• 1997 : Theater Gallery, Besançon, France. Raugraff Gallery, Paintings Engravings Lithographs Drawings Pastels, Nancy, France.
• 1998 : Alice Mogabgab Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon.
• 1999 : Tamenaga Gallery, Paris, France. Tamenaga Gallery, Paintings, Tokyo, Japan. the engraved work 1950-1999, Espace Jacques Brel, Engravings, Thionville, France. Retrospective “50 years of prints”, Galerie Lacan, Strasbourg, France.

2000 to 2010 the time of retrospectives

Claude Weisbuch, has nothing more to prove, Out of 38 exhibitions in this period, 9 are retrospectives.

• 2000 : Château de VASCOEUIL, Paintings Pastels Drawings Engravings, Vascœuil, France. Theater Gallery, Engravings Drawings, Besançon, France. “50 years of prints”, Jacques Brel Cultural Center, Engravings, Thionville, France. “50 years of prints”, Chamber of Commerce, Engravings, Nancy, France. “50 years of prints”, Chamber of Commerce, Engravings, Strasbourg, France.
• 2001 : Château de l’orangerie, Paintings, Versailles, France. Movements, Tamenaga Gallery, Paintings, Paris, France.
• 2003 : Theater Gallery, Engravings Drawings, Besançon, France.
• 2004 : Crid’art Gallery, Paintings Engravings Lithographs Drawings, Amnéville, France. Gallery of Arts, Paintings, Nîmes, France. Presentation of a monumental fresco: “Prometheus presenting the secret of fire to Humans”, Galerie Tamenaga, Paris, France.
• 2005 : Vasse Gallery, Lille, France. “50 years of prints”, Town hall of Linas, Paintings Engravings Lithographs Drawings, Linas, France.
• 2006 : Music Festival, Fontainebleau, France. Colette Dubois Gallery, Paris, France. Goupil Gallery, Alencon, France. Tamenaga Gallery, Osaka, Japan. Tamenaga Gallery, Paris, France. Tamenaga Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. “50 years of prints”, Atelier Grognard, Paintings Engravings Lithographs Drawings, Rueil-Malmaison, France. “50 years of prints”, CCI, Paintings Engravings Lithographs Drawings, Strasbourg, France.
• 2007 : Place Bellecourt Gallery, Lyon, France. Dutilleul Gallery, Albi, France. L’Estampe Gallery, Strasbourg, France. Galerie Rogé Pertuis Castle of La Tour d’Aigues, La tour D’Aigues, France. “50 years of prints”, Town hall of Chauray, Paintings Engravings Lithographs Drawings, Chauray, France.
• 2008 : Crid’art Gallery, Paintings, Lithographs, Engravings, Amnéville, France. The Frame Gallery, Epinal, France. Vasse Gallery, Lille, France. Tribute to Daumier, Town Hall of Valmondois, Engravings, Valmondois, France. The Gallery, Ajaccio, France. “50 years of prints”, Ducastel Gallery, Paintings Engravings Lithographs Drawings, Avignon, France.
• 2009 : Biennial of small formats, Town hall, Lencloitre, France. Concorde Gallery, Mulhouse, France. Gallery in Place Bellecourt, Lyon, France. La Tour Gallery, Compiègne, France. The Old Frame, Orleans, France.

2010 to date, the last lap!

• 2010 : Claude Weisbuch – Recent works, Galerie125, Paintings Engravings Lithographs Drawings, Argancy, France. Retrospective “50 years of prints”, Athanor Cultural Center – Perceval Room, Paintings Engravings Lithographs Drawings, Guérande, France. “50 years of prints”, Espace Villeneuve, Paintings Engravings Lithographs Drawings, Bargemon, France. “50 years of prints”, Espace Villeneuve, Paintings Engravings Lithographs Drawings, Marseille, France. “50 years of prints”, Paintings Engravings Lithographs Drawings, Strasbourg, France.
• 2011 : La Tour Gallery, Compiègne, France. Tourist office, Saint-Nicolas-de-Port, France.
• 2012 : Claude Weisbuch A master of graphic design, Mediterranean Municipal Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions, Paintings Engravings Lithographs Drawings, Cassis, France. 150 works by the artist., Maison des Vins de Graves, Paintings Engravings Lithographs Drawings, Podensac, France. 150 works., Château de Malbrouck, Manderen, France. Mekahli/Voglino Collection, Cannes, France. Galerie L’Estampe, Paintings Engravings Lithographs Drawings, Strasbourg, France. Karel Demel, Michel Querioz and Claude Weisbuch, Jacques-Brel Center, Lithography Engravings, Thionville, France. Heritage House, Mesquer, France.
• 2013 : “50 years of prints”, Château de Lesnerac, Paintings Engravings Lithographs Drawings, La Baule Escoublac, France. Weisbuch major works, Galerie125, Engravings Lithographs Drawings, Argancy, France.

On April 13, 2014, Claude Weisbuch, died in Paris

• 2014 : 33rd International Autumn Fair of Lunéville, Espace culturel Erckman, Lunéville, France. Space-gallery of the framer, Dijon, France. Tribute to Weisbuch., L’Estampe Gallery, Paintings Engravings Lithographs Drawings, Strasbourg, France. Luberon truffle and wine house, Ménerbes, France. Weisbuch from 1947 to 1960, Galerie125, Engravings, Argancy, France.
• 2015 : Guy Pensa Gallery, Algrange, France. Gallery125, Argancy, France. The Old Frame, Orleans, France.
• 2017 : Concorde Gallery, Mulhouse, France.
• 2018 : Carrefour des arts, Municipal entertainment center, Lalouvesc, France. Studio Gallery, Nancy, France.
• 2019 : Espace Richelieu, Richelieu, France. guest of honor, Biennial of small formats , Lencloitre, France. Jeanne Saint-Chéron in duo with Claude Weisbuch, Galerie Corps et Âme Gallery, Nîmes, France.

Bibliophile works

• 1965: Eloge de la folie d’Erasme, 300 copies, 19 lithographs (17 in color, 2 in black)
• 1966: Chevalier de la charrette by Chrétien de Troyes, 225 copies, 22 drypoints, + the suites
• 1972: The Prince of Machiavelli, 300 copies, 7 drypoints and 3 dry embossings + suites
• 1974: La Foret Perdue, 150 copies, 13 drypoints
• 1975: Letter to Doctor Dermeste, 80 copies, 3 drypoints
• 1975: Espace du Cri, 90 copies, 2 drypoints
• 1976: Le Horla, 230 copies, 14 drypoints
• 1981: Le Diable au Corps, 1500 copies, 12 lithographs
• 1982: The Horse, 131 copies, 6 etchings
• 1984: Faust and the Second Faust, 2555 copies, color and monochrome lithographs
• 1991: Dom Juan de Molière, 16 drypoints + 6 not retained, + the suites
• 1994: Horace by Corneille, 180 copies, 15 drypoints + suites

Permanent exhibitions

Adored in Japan, exhibited in the permanent collections from Paris to New York via Amsterdam, his works are kept in many museums in France and around the world:

• In the United States, at the Museum of Modern Art, “MOMA” in New York,
• In Belgium, at the Royal Academy in Brussels,
• In Switzerland, at the Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts in Lausanne,
• In Spain, at the Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes in Cordoba,
• In Serbia, at the Muzej Savremene Umenosti in Belgrade,
• In Poland, at Muzeum Sztoki Lodzi in Lodz, Muzeum Narodowe in Warsaw and Muzeum Narodowe in Krakow,
• In Australia, The Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide,
• In the Netherlands, at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam,
• In Germany, Staatiliche Graphische Sammlung in Munich, at the Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart,
• In Sweden, at the Göteborgs Keinstmuseum in Gothenburg,
• In France, at the Pompidou Center in Paris, at the National Library in Paris, at the National Center for Contemporary Art in Paris, at the Regional Museum of Fine Arts in Rennes, at the Cabinet of Prints and Bibliophile Books in Strasbourg, at the Museum of Mulhouse , etc.