1970
François-Xavier Lalanne was born in 1927 in Agen. After the war, he moved to Paris where he studied at the Académie Julian to become a painter. On the occasion of his first exhibition at the Cimaise Gallery in Paris in 1952, Lalanne met Claude Dupeux (Lalanne), his future wife. After meeting her, he gave up painting and started working with her.
The first joint exhibition for Claude and François-Xavier, titled "Zoophite," took place in 1964 at the J. Gallery. They revealed their creations — hybrids of sculptures and everyday objects. In 1966, they introduced themselves under the name Les Lalanne.
The two artists each created their own works but shared a common universe inspired by the animal and plant world and often exhibited together.
François-Xavier invented a bestiary composed of monkeys, rhinos, donkeys, camels, toads, hippos and cats. Among them, the sheep was undoubtedly his favorite animal. Alone or in a flock, with or without a head, sheathed in the fleece of sheep or not, his sheep sculptures can also constitute seats. His will, shared by Claude, was to desacralize the sculpture to give it a familiar dimension.
François-Xavier is also known for his public commissions. For example, in France he created two concrete pigeons in the city of Grande-Borne in Grigny, and Les Pleureuses (“The Mourners”) is a monumental fountain created in 1986 by François-Xavier and Claude that was installed at the Hakone Open-Air Museum in Japan.
In 1968, François-Xavier was made a Knight of Arts and Letters. His works have been acquired by great collectors such as Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, the Rothschilds and Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles. The work of Les Lalanne is exhibited throughout the world, presented in both galleries and museums. The retrospective organized in 2010 by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs is one of the last major exhibitions of the duo. After a long career, François-Xavier died in 2008 in Ury.
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(Biography provided by Bailly Gallery Geneva-Paris)
François-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) Minotaure -2005
By François-Xavier Lalanne
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
François-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) Minotaure, 2005 Techniques : aquatint and soft varnish on paper, hand signed in pencil by François Xavier Lalanne, in perfect condition Dimensio...
Paper
François-Xavier Lalanne, Sheeps (Les Moutons), rare original print, 2004
By François-Xavier Lalanne
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Francois-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) Les Spitz, 2004 Rare original lithograph handsigned in pencil by François Xavier Lalanne and untitled "Les Moutons" ("The Sheeps"), in perfect co...
Paper
François-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) Horse and Boar, -2005
By François-Xavier Lalanne
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
François-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) Horse and Boar, 2005 Techniques : aquatint and soft varnish on paper, hand signed in pencil by François Xavier Lalanne, in perfect condition Dim...
Paper
François-Xavier Lalanne - The Goat, 2004 Original print
By François-Xavier Lalanne
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
François-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) La chèvre, 2004 Estampe originale (eau-forte sur papier) signée au crayon par François Xavier Lalanne et non intitulée « La Chèvre », en parfait é...
Paper
François-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) Le Cheval (the horse), 2004
By François-Xavier Lalanne
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
François-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) La chèvre (The Goat), 2004 Original print (etching on paper) signed in pencil by François Xavier Lalanne and untitled “La Chèvre,” in perfect cond...
Paper
Francois-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008), Sheeps, unique work
By François-Xavier Lalanne
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Francois-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008), Sheeps, unique work This unique work by François Xavier Lalanne is made of watercolor, with lines drawn with graphite and manière de crayon. Dep...
Paper
Fred Nagler, (Cows in a Pasture)
By Fred Nagler
Located in New York, NY
Massachusetts-born Fred Nagler studied at the Art Students League from 1914 to 1917, with George Bridgeman and Robert Henri, and eventually became a member of the Board of Control. He taught at the Connecticut College for Women, and after the death of Grant Wood, the University of Iowa State...
Etching
Realist Pastoral Scene Cows by Noted Texas Artist Stephanie Sale
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A stunning realist painting of a sleeping cat by the noted artist Stephanie Sale. This was likely painted in the late 1970’s along with another by the artist we have listed here and...
Canvas, Acrylic
The Cows - Original Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
By Paul Gervais
Located in Roma, IT
The Cows is an original colored lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de la Nature", and was pu...
Lithograph
The Cows - Original Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
By Paul Gervais
Located in Roma, IT
The Cows is an original colored lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de la Nature", and was pu...
Lithograph
Cows Nr. 2 - Dyptich, contemporary art, cows figurative with street art elements
By Michael Pröpper
Located in Schierensee, SH
"Cows Nr. 2" is a diptych (2 works that are one ensemble) from 2023. A unique acrylic on canvas painting by German mid-career artist Dr. Michael Pröpper. Comes with certificate on back. 2 x 115 x 65 cm (HxW) (Total: 115 x 130 cm). It depicts cows in a luminescent play of colors with subtle street art elements. Comes with Certificate. The artists Michael Pröpper recent works focus on luminescent abstract squares which fill the entire canvas. A painted picture is not in the least a two-dimensional representation of a figurative reality with color and canvas. It is much more. A painted picture is a living force-object, which releases the stored energy and soul for years at every sight. Each of these moments is an encounter with the depth, the feeling, the power and the inspiration that has been inscribed to it. Dr. Michael Pröpper, born 1968, artist and anthropologist, lives and works as a painter and installation artist near Hamburg. Various national and international exhibitions and art fairs, e.g. in Belgium, Denmark, England Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Namibia, Austria, Sweden. For Dr. Michael Pröpper art and anthropology are two field that enrich each other and are important to one another. It is abut the pictorial reflection on how modern people...
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Cow, Surrealist Lithograph by Peter Paone
By Peter Paone
Located in Long Island City, NY
Peter Paone, American (1936 - ) - Cow, Year: circa 1963, Medium: Lithograph, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 25, Image Size: 17 x 20 inch...
Lithograph
