ALEXANDRE MINGUET

Born in Beziers (France) in 1937. Pupil of the Conservatoire des Arts et metiers in Paris, he attends courses in commercial law, trade, and market studies. At the age of 22 he attends the academies in Montparnasse and the Ecole du Louvre. From his meeting with the artists, will be born his first attempts and his first exhibitions. In that way Alexandre MINGUET's artistic career begins, with a classical period under the rule of his teacher Maryse DUCAIRE. The definition of codes by graphism or by color patches aiming at revealing the characteristics of the subject considered, at sorting out the essence of all the techniques. In the full bloom of his art Alexandre MINGUET possesses and masters, through his love of painting and of life, a deep feeling of participation in the knowledge of nature through humble motives. His work simply bears witness to these qualities.