François Rouan. Autour de l'empreinte. Celte engravings and works made in

engravings and works made in mixed media) will take place in a narrative in four main parts (Canadian Nordicity seen from Paris

is one of his most influential critical works

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raconté dans cet ouvrage par huit auteurs italiens et français

François Rouan. Autour de l'empreinte. Celte engravings and works made inCatalogue of the exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Lyon from May 30, 2025 to September 21, 2025. Born in 1943 in Montpellier, the artist Franois Rouan has constantly questioned the nature of painting and delivered his unique conception of it. Accompanying the solo exhibition dedicated to him by the Muse des Beaux Arts de Lyon in the summer of 2025, the catalog examines a prolific body of work whose monochromes act as revealers of the carnal