Painter sculptor jean branchet born in 1934 arriving in paris in 1953, jean branchet pursued studies in law and economics at the sorbonne, he discovered contemporary art in the parisian salons, in particular that of réalités nouvelles. Practiced jazz and classical guitar for several years. Occasionally follows live model classes at the académie de la grande chaumière. economist, organizer and financier of multinational companies, he also leads a personal plastic work which, since the beginning of the seventies, is resolutely in the wake of the constructivist movement. Private trips and those occasioned by the exercise of his profession led him to make frequent trips abroad, thus providing him with the opportunity to visit a large number of museums. With his wife, from 1975 to 2000, he ran the galerie convergence in nantes, a gallery that presented a wide range of significant artists from most of the major artistic movements that appeared after the second world war. exhibitions: 1992-93 and 95 to 99: salon des réalités nouvelles, paris 1993 to 99 salon grands et jeunes d’aujourd’hui, paris 1994 congress of the peace movement, montluçon 1995 madi movement, longjumeau claude dorval gallery, international contemporary art fair, strasbourg. art on the city, longjumeau convergence gallery, nantes (personal exhibition) 1996 galerie claude dorval, paris (personal exhibition) “madi international” exhibition and conference center, zaragossa, spain arte struktura “arte builds europa, trieste italy. 1997 peace movement/unesco “for a culture of peace”, paris. museo nacional centro de arte reina sofia “arte madi, madrid, spain. art in the city “abstraction /integrationi”, traveling exhibition in essonne. comune di san remo-regione liguria “nuova visualita internazionale”, san remo italy. museo extremeno e iberoamericano de arte contemporaneo “arte madi”, badaroz spain 1998 galerie convergence nantes (personal exhibition) young museum “nuova visualita internazional”, revere, italy art museum “euro-madi festival” györ, hungary museum of castel nuovo »madi», naples, italy. young museum “madi”, revere italy espace sculfort “madi”, maubeuge this piece has an attribution mark, i am sure that it is completely authentic and take full responsibility for any authenticity issues arising from misattribution