Claude-Max Lochu

Claude-Max Lochu (born 1951) is a French artist, painter and designer.

Claude-Max Lochu
Autoportait en Rouge et Gris, 46 x 38 cm, 2009, oil on canevas
Born1951
Delle
NationalityFrench
EducationJean Ricardon, Shiko Itoh
Known forPainting
"Urban Night Writing", 2010, 116 x 73cm, oil on canvas, Claude-Max Lochu

Lochu was born in Delle in Territoire de Belfort, Franche-Comté and completed his degree at the École des Beaux-Arts of Besançon. Lochu was exhibited in the Museum of Fine Arts, Dole, and is now exhibited permanently in Faure Museum as well as in 2 galleries in Paris and Lyon.

Biography

Claude-Max Lochu completed his National Diploma of Painting at Art School in Besançon (atelier Jean Ricardon) in 1975 and first exhibited his works in 1976 in Rabat and Tanger, Morocco. In 1979, he set up in Paris and exhibited his work at the Montrouge Contemporary Art Show in 1981 and 1982. During a first trip to Japan in 1982, he studied the Sumi-é, an ink painting technique, with the Japanese painter Shiko Itoh. In 1985, he returned to Japan to visit Hiroshige's Tōkaidō road between Kyoto and Tokyo, and was inspired by the concept of fueki ryūkō, permanence and movement, developed by Bashō, the haiku poet.[1] Lochu was exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Dole in 1985.[2]

Claude-Max Lochu also works on still life, interiors, landscapes of south of Europe, such as Mont Ventoux and Sorgue in Luberon, Aix-les-Bains, Valley Di Cecina and Volterra, where he looks for poetry rather than the representation. In addition to his works at the Artima gallery in Paris, Lochu exhibited at Faure Museum of Aix-les-Bains.[3] Since 2001, he has held personal exhibitions at the Accademia libera natura e cultura in Querceto in Italia.[4] Since 2006, he has participated in the Peace and Light Festival for the project of Temple for Peace to be built by the Vajradhara-Ling Center in, Aubry-le-Panthou, Normandy with a view to promoting world peace.[5]

In 2000 at Faure Museum, he exhibited Aix les Bains depuis le Boulevard des Anglais, a painting[6] that he performed on his first visit at Aix-les-Bains which is now exposed in the entrance of the museum.[7] It represents an overview of the city and landscape.[8] In 2012, his portrait of Auguste Rodin is added to the collections of the museum.[9]

"Gyalwa Karmapa" (Ogyen Trinley Dorje), by Claude-Max Lochu, exhibition for the project of Temple for Peace in France, 2008

In 2012, he exhibited at the Faure Museum in Savoie.[10]

In 2013, he exhibited at the Musée des beaux-arts de Gaillac in the Tarn.[11]

From July to September 2013, 26 of his oil paintings, gouaches and drawings are presented at the Musée de l'Aventure Peugeot in Sochaux in the Doubs. [12][13]

The visitor center of the Pays des Impressionnistes, focused on Impressionists who painted along the Seine River, organized a tour of his atelier in January 2014 in Carrières-sur-Seine.[14]

In March 2016, he exhibited at the Gavart gallery, rue d'Argenson in Paris.[15]

In May and June 2017, an exhibition of his paintings entitled Voyages is held at the Jean Vilar cultural center in Marly-le-Roi.[16][17]

From June to August 2018, he is one of the 37 artists to participate in Jubilons → Jubilez – Rétrospective et Perspectives, the last exhibition organized at the Faure museum by its curator, André Liatard.[18][19]

In 2017, he moved to Arles, where he produced a series of landscapes and exhibits at the Galerie Cezar in 2021.[20][21]

Publications
  • Catalogue of exhibition of Claude-Max Lochu, 1985, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dole
  • Illustrations of La Princesse qui aimait les chenilles by René de Ceccatty in collaboration with Ryôji Nakamura, 1987, éditions Hatier, ISBN 2218078589
  • Claude Max Lochu : exposition, Aix-les-Bains, Musée Faure, 7 avril-15 mai 2000, éditeur Aix-les-Bains : Musée Faure, 2000, ISBN 2908214075
  • Claude-Max Lochu: Pour solde de tout compte : expositions, Musée Faure, Aix-les-Bains, 7 avril-17 juin 2012 et Musée des beaux-arts, Gaillac, 1er trimestre 2013, éditeur Musée Faure, 2012, ISBN 2357570229
  • Claude-Max Lochu, Bruno Smolarz, Objets intranquilles & autres merveilles Atéki éditions, 2021, ISBN 9782957345212

References
  1. Shiko Itoh, René de Ceccatty, Catalogue d'exposition de Claude-Max Lochu, 1985, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dole
  2. "Conservation départementale des musées du Jura". Archived from the original on 2013-09-10. Retrieved 2014-04-24.
  3. Biographie
  4. Accademia libera natura e cultura, Querceto Percorsi, Éditeur Spirito Libero Publinship, 2010, ISBN 88-96512-05-0, ISBN 978-88-96512-05-0
  5. Festival Paix et Lumière Archived 2010-12-27 at the Wayback Machine
  6. La face cachée du Musée Faure !, January 2006
  7. La Poésie des Apparences par Claude Max Lochu, mai 2012
  8. Les lithographies de l'Atelier Pons
  9. Biographie, website of Claude-Max Lochu
  10. “Pour solde de tout compte” ou la renaissance du thème, Le Dauphiné libéré, April 28, 2012
  11. Gaillac. Claude-Max Lochu aux Beaux-Arts, La Dépêche du Midi, February 9, 2013
  12. Prendre les chemins de traverse, L'Est Républicain, July 11, 2013
  13. Exposition. Avec Lochu, la poésie s'invite au musée Peugeot, Le Pays, July 16, 2013
  14. Pays des Impressionnistes, Visite de l'atelier de Claude Max Lochu on YouTube Video, January 26, 2014
  15. Nathalie Camoin-Chanet, Claude-Max Lochu, Du 7 mars 2016 au 26 mars 2016.
  16. Vernissage exposition, site de la ville de Marly-le-Roi
  17. Voyages, de Claude-Max Lochu, site du Pays des Impressionnistes
  18. Kristina D'agostin, Jubilons → Jubilez – Rétrospective et Perspectives, Carnet d'Art, 1er juin 2018
  19. Expo "Jubilons > Jubilez" @ Musée Faure, mattb.eu
  20. Fictions arlésiennes Arles, 3 août 2021-3 août 2021, Arles, 14 juin 2021, Unidivers Mag
  21. Fictions arlésiennes, arlestourisme.com
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