Portraits of models, plants, houses

All my art is imbued with life and the question of desire as a journey through the body.

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À LOMBRE DES ARBRES BLEUS Papier bleu, pastel gras, graphite

Pastel · 19.7 × 25.6 in · 2026

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Painter, Draftsman, Printmaker · Paris, France

As a painter and draftsman working from live models, by tracing around the human figure I realize the impact of the other on me.

What matters most is the encounter; in a spontaneous burst of inspiration, I capture the essence of the other.
Here, the support becomes like skin, receiving on its surface the primal contact, where fleeting states and vibrations resonate.
I see so many figures pass before me, revealing themselves with a life story and embodied experiences, each one renewed.

Lives and works in Paris and the Perche region (Normandy)

1985 - 1989 ESAG - Higher School of Graphic Arts
Department of Design, Interior Architecture (Académie Julian), Paris
1984 School of Applied Arts, Lyon / Admitted to the École des Arts Décoratifs
Department of Painting – Strasbourg

1966 Born in Villefranche-sur-Saône – Rhône to parents
painter Claude Lacroix-Franc and Noël Franc

Public Collections
2024 City of Saint-Aubin-Châteauneuf, Yonne
2013 The BNF / National Library of France, Paris
2010 City of La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, Brie
1998 City of Lyon

Monographs
2013 Freeing Oneself from the Model / Arnaud Franc, painting and drawing
Galerie Le Hangart, Draguignan
2012 Ecce Homo, Homage to Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Galerie Le Hangart, Draguignan Françoise Souchaud – Collective Publication
2009 The Time of the Body 2007 Rendezvous with Intimacy

Filmography
2020 A Painter's Gaze
An Afternoon in Arnaud Franc's Studio. With Marie Moriette, actress, a film by Emmanuel Herault
2016 From the Visible to the Invisible. A recording, Séquence 0 Association
2014 Arnaud Franc at Nast in Paris with Radiah Frye –
A recording by Joseph Langley
2010 The Colorful Snapshots of Arnaud Franc. Artprems –
A film by Marc Rhoner
2009 Arnaud Franc, Confidences in the Studio.

A film by Laurent Urbanski©

Performance
"From the Visible to the Invisible" 12 dancers, Anqa Company and Fabrice Domenet, director

Contact

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