Geneviève Asse was born in Vannes in 1923 and died in Paris in 2021.
She lived and worked all her life between Paris and Brittany, where she worked in her studio on Ile aux Moines.
A major figure in French painting, she is represented in French and international public and private collections. Geneviève Asse is not a member of any particular school, and has never been influenced by trends or fashions. She has practised painting, drawing and printmaking.
Painter and engraver. In 1998 the Museum of Art and History of Geneva organises an important exhibition of her engravings and books for her critical catalog of engravings, Geneviève Asse, l'oeuvre imprimé, 1942-1997, edited by Rainer Michael Mason.
Catherine Putman edited her engravings since 1999. Today, the gallery also exhibits drawings and paintings on paper of her.
"I like painting up to the eye's point, the same for drawing; that is to say up to the extreme, to the most critical level. When I engrave, I think I can justifiably reach this extreme critical point that attracts me."
Geneviève Asse
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2020
"Geneviève Asse – de 1950 à 2010", galerie Antoine Laurentin, Paris et Bruxelles
2019
"Peintures, dessins, gravures", galerie Catherine Putman, Paris
2016
Galerie Catherine Putman, Drawing Now (Salon du dessin contemporain), Paris, France
2015
Geneviève Asse, musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, France
2013
Oeuvres sur papier 1954 à 2012, Galerie Catherine Putman, Paris, France
Peintures, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France
2011
Transparences, Galerie Chantal Bamberger, Strasbourg, France
2010
Geneviève Asse, Musée des Beaux Arts de Rouen, France
Impressions, Galerie Catherine Putman, Paris, France
2006
Stèles, Musée des Beaux Arts de Quimper, France
2003
Hommage à Geneviève Asse, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, France
2002
Geneviève Asse. La pointe de l'oeil, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
Geneviève Asse, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours, France
2000
Petits formats, 1943-2000, publication with a text by Jean Leymarie
First exhibition at Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris where she regularly exhibits.
She realizes a print for the Chalcographie du Louvre.
1999
Catherine Putman becomes the publisher of her printed works and exhibits them at a number of art fairs such as Arco, Art Basel, Fiac...
1998
Exhibition of prints and illustrated books at musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, publication of the catalogue raisonné Geneviève Asse,
l'oeuvre imprimé, 1942-1997 by Rainer Michael Mason.
1997
Geneviève Asse. Le volume et le trait. Les arts décoratifs dans l'oeuvre de Geneviève Asse, Vannes, La Cohue, France
1995
First exhibition at the galerie Oniris inRennes where she regularly exhibits.
Le Musée des Beaux Arts de Rennes, la Frac de Bretagne et le Musée de Bourg-en-Bresse join to present her paintings from 1943 till 1995.
1994
A Century of artists Books, Moma, New York
1993
Rétrospective, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, France
1989
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France
1988
Exposition de peintures (1942-1988), Musée d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, France
Geneviève Asse. L'oeuvre gravé, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France
1987
Geneviève Asse. Peintures 1980 - 1987, Musée Cantini, Marseille, France
1980
Geneviève Asse, Choix de dessins de 1941 à 1979, musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, France
1979
Geneviève Asse, Fondation Eugenio Mendoza, Geneva, Switzerland
1978
Geneviève Asse. L'oeuvre gravé, musée d'Art et d'Histoire, cabinet des estampes, Geneva, Switzerland
Geneviève Asse. L'oeuvre gravé, musée d'Art moderne de la Ville, Paris, France
1970
Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France
1968
Asse, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims, France
La peinture en France, à l'initiative de Bernard Anthonioz,National Gallery, Washington and Museum of Modern Art de New York, USA
1963
Participates to a group show at the galerie Krugier, Geneva where she will have a number of solo exhibitions.
1961
Geneviève Asse, Centre culturel français, Milan, Italy
Geneviève Asse, galerie Lorenzelli, Milan, Italy
1960
Geneviève Asse, galerie Benador, Geneva, Switzerland
1954
First exhibition at the galerie Michel Warren, Paris where she regularly exhibits.