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Born in Lille on December 6, 1938, Jean-Michel Meurice studied in 1957 at the \u00c9cole des Beaux-Arts in Tournai, in an atmosphere of openness and experimentation. During his military service in Algeria, he continued to paint, later stating that this period was essential to his artistic development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
His encounter with Pierre Soulages in the 1960s played a decisive role, encouraging him to fully pursue a creative path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Career between Painting and Cinema<\/h2>\n\n
From 1963, Meurice exhibited in France and internationally. He joined the Jean Fournier gallery in Paris in 1966, while simultaneously embarking on a parallel career as a filmmaker. He then created portraits of major artists such as Bram Van Velde, Sonia Delaunay, and Alberto Burri. <\/p>\n\n
He actively engaged in the Supports\/Surfaces<\/strong> movement, co-founded with other artists, which challenged classical formats and favored experimentation with the materiality of the artwork.<\/p>\n\n His painting was thereafter characterized by the use of horizontal bands, inspired by bayad\u00e8re fabrics, painted directly onto the canvas laid on the floor. He also explored aluminum film, vinyls, and perforated canvases, always in pursuit of chromatic vibration. <\/p>\n\n Jean-Michel Meurice played with repetition, bold colors, light, and transparencies. He developed an all-over painting style, which did not seek depth but rather the surface as a vibrant field. <\/p>\n\n He gradually introduced stylized plant motifs<\/strong>, echoing decorative art and nature. His works are situated in a tension between radical modernity and decorative tradition. <\/p>\n\n He also created works integrated into architecture: a ceiling at the Picasso Museum (Antibes), the floor of Roissy CDG airport, among others.<\/p>\n\n His works are featured in major collections: Centre Pompidou, Picasso Museum, Maeght Foundation, Fabre Museum, Reina Sof\u00eda Museum in Madrid, Tokyo International Forum…<\/p>\n\n In 2013, he received the Grand Prix de Peinture<\/strong> from the Acad\u00e9mie des Beaux-Arts for his entire body of work. The Fabre Museum dedicated a retrospective to him in 2018, recognizing his unique contribution to contemporary art. <\/p>\n\n In parallel, Jean-Michel Meurice created numerous art documentaries<\/strong> for television, praised for their aesthetic rigor. He received the Grand Prix National de la Cr\u00e9ation Audiovisuelle<\/strong> in 1992. <\/p>\n\n He was also one of the founders of the Franco-German channel Arte<\/strong>, which he directed from 1986 to 1989. His commitment to culture thus extended beyond the studio. <\/p>\n\n In the cellars of Ch\u00e2teau d\u2019Arsac, Jean-Michel Meurice\u2019s La Rotonde<\/strong> offers an immersive experience. This circular work, installed in the heart of the wine estate, showcases his luminous painting in direct dialogue with the architectural space. <\/p>\n\n Colored bands, chromatic rhythms, transparencies: everything evokes the pulsation of life, light, and wine in the making. The work transforms a place of production into a place of contemplation. <\/p>\n\n It perfectly embodies Meurice\u2019s approach: making surfaces vibrate, blending painting, environment, and sensation.<\/p>\n\n Jean-Michel Meurice leaves behind a rich legacy. At the crossroads of painting, film, and cultural transmission, he explored color as energy, rhythm, and language. La Rotonde<\/em>, at Ch\u00e2teau d\u2019Arsac, continues to radiate this sensitive and universal ambition. <\/p>\n\nStyle and Pictorial Approach<\/h2>\n\n
\u201cLa Rotonde\u201d at Ch\u00e2teau D\u2019Arsac: Chromatic Immersion<\/h2>\n\n