Théo TOBIASSE

Israeli-French　1927 - 2012

Théo Tobiasse was born in Israel in 1927. He moved to Paris in 1931 with his Lithuanian parents. From 1942 to 1944, during which Paris was occupied by the Nazi, Tobiasse and his family was forced to hide in an apartment for 2 years. Tobiasse had worked as a graphic designer for advertising for 15 years. In 1961, he won the Grand Prize of Young Mediterranean painting and had decided to fully devote into art. In 1982, he was awarded the Medal of the City of Paris and the Honorary Citizen of the city of the New Orleans. Théo Tobiasse died in 2012 in the South of France, Cagnes-sur-Mer, aged 85.

Public Collection:
“Venus de Saint-Paul-de-Vence”, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
“Le Jardin des Psaumes”, Esplanade Sephardic Synagogue, Strasbourg, France
“Le Chant des prophètes”, The Grande Synagogue de Nice, Nice, France
“Musée Tobiasse - Chapelle Saint-Sauveur”, Le Cannet, France
Musée d’art moderne et art contemporain (MAMAC), Nice, France
Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles, United States

Selected Solo Exhibition:
2013 “Tobiasse Intime/Ultime”, Musée de la Citadelle, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
2013 “Moments d’atelier”, Galerie Ada Loumani, Valbonne, France
2009 “The Song of Songs”, Espace André Verdet, Saint-Paul de Vence, France
2002 Galerie Klimantiris, Montréal, Canada
2002 Castello della Lucertola, Apricale, Italy
2001 Galerie Nobel, Oslo, Norway
2001 Galerie Saltiel, Cannes, France
2000 “Rétrospective”, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Menton, France
1999 Galerie Ram & Konsthandel AB, Helsingborg, Sweden, France
1998 “Petits délires pour inventer sa vie”, Musée de St-Paul de Vence, France
1996 Galerie Aktuaryus, Strasbourg, France
1994 Galerie Elysée Matignon, Paris, France
1993 Bibliothèque Nationale, Cabinet des Estampes, Paris, France
1992 “Rétrospective”, Château-musée, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
1991 “Hommage à Tobiasse”, Vision Nouvelle, Tokyo/Osaka/Nagoya/Kobe/Fukuoka, Japan; Dimensions Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan; Galerie Saphir, Paris, France