Abstract Biomorphic Drawing by Louis-René Berge, Signed (C. 1970, Ink on Paper/Framed)

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This is a signed, original work on paper by French artist Louis-René Berge (1927-2013), created circa 1970. Executed in pen … Read more This is a signed, original work on paper by French artist Louis-René Berge (1927-2013), created circa 1970. Executed in pen on cream colored wove paper, the drawing is an example of Berge's abstract biomorphism.

The drawing is signed in the lower left recto. The sheet exhibits light, handling marks consistent with its age and medium. It has been framed for conservation in a new, black metal gallery frame with UV-filtering acrylic.

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Artist: Louis-René Berge (French, 1924-2014)



Title: Untitled (Abstract Biomorphic Composition)



Date: c. 1970



Medium: Pen on cream wove paper



Dimensions (Frame): 25.75” H x 19.9” W



Frame: Contemporary black metal gallery frame with UV-filtering acrylic.



Signature: Signed lower left, recto.



Condition: Very good, with light handling marks on the paper commensurate with age.



Louis-René Berge (1927–2013) was a French printmaker celebrated for his rigorous use of the burin. Born in Caudéran (Gironde), he was largely self taught, beginning his engraving practice in 1960 with encouragement from Jacques Villon and Pierre Guastalla. After a period devoted to founding and running an advertising agency, he returned fully to artistic practice in the mid-1970s and produced an extensive body of engravings (over 300 plates) distinguished by their precision, metaphorical imagery, and meditative exploration of time, memory, and the human condition. In recognition of his contribution to contemporary engraving, he received the Prix du burin de la Fondation Taylor in 2002 and was elected in 2005 to the Académie des beaux-arts (section of engraving).

His work is held in major public collections, including the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Musée du dessin et de l’estampe originale de Gravelines, and the Albertina Museum in Vienna.

Important exhibitions include a major retrospective in Bordeaux (2011), presenting a broad panorama of his engraved work, and numerous museum and gallery exhibitions in France and abroad. Berge also played an active role in the promotion of printmaking, notably as co-commissioner of the exhibition “La gravure en mouvement du XVe au XXIe siècle” in Yerres (2012). Throughout his career, he regularly exhibited in leading French salons and international group shows, affirming his position as one of the most respected French engravers of his generation. See less