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)

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.
The Musée des Beaux Arts de Rennes, the Frac de Bretagne and the 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.

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