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He stopped traditional education and entered a drawing workshop in the
Montparnasse district of Paris: with André Marchand, then with Maurice Testard at the Grande Chaumière and finally with Paul Colin. For many years he worked to perfect his technique, using different tools: pencil, charcoal,
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Although having no more strictly professional activities, he continued to draw for his personal fun especially during his vacation he takes every summer in
Divonne near the Swiss border. Many notebooks pencil drawings date from this period.
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He spent his childhood in his family in Yonne and then in Paris. Outside school periods, the family went on trips. This was an opportunity for him to discover other horizons: Ireland, the
Normandy coast, Switzerland, Belgium and the
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From the years immediately after the war, he drew for foreign journals: English, American, Dutch and Swiss. He traveled to London and New York to diversify his business. His business continued uninterrupted for thirty years.
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pencil, chalk, etc. He also worked on special topics such as sets and costumes. During those years, he did particularly comprehensive studies on the costumes worn in the 19th century with many annotated drawings.
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For example, drawings of Benard
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December 1, 2002, in his birth town. From his death, the influence of his work is provided by the son of his sister, he had adopted, Alain Matrand de La bourdonnaye-Blossac.
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He mixes his passion for fashion with his mastery of drawings of landscapes and interiors. Sometimes he inserted some drawings of models with previously worked interior designs.
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transformed in a museum was held the exhibition " Images de mode 1940-1960 hommage Ă Bernard
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Galliera, Fashion Museum of the City of Paris own several of his drawings. Foreign collectors also bought some of his drawings.
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His drawings were published in magazines, newspapers, sometimes more rarely displays (e.g. for Franck & Fils store).
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und Deutschland 1947 bis 1957" and the Museum fur Angewandte Cologne Kunst.
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