- Jerome Lagarrigue
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Jerome Lagarrigue (b. August 18, 1973[1]) is an award-winning French painter and illustrator. His illustrating and painting work ranges from boxing scenes to children's books.
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Biography
Lagarrigue was born in Paris, France to a father who was an illustrator and painter, and a mother who was a journalist and writer. As a child, he was schooled in France, but spent summers in New York, where he now lives. He graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design, with a major in illustration, in 1996.[1][2] Two years later, Parsons School of Design made him professor of drawing and painting.[3]
Solo exhibitions
- 2006 - "Paesaggio Del viso", Villa Medicis, Rome, Italy and Oliver Waltman Gallery, Paris, France.[1]
- 2005 - "Synchresis", TheXpo Gallery, 63 Pearl St, Brooklyn, USA.[1]
- 2003 - "Paintings”, UFA Gallery,"526 W 26th St, New York, USA.[1]
- 2002 - "Recent works", Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles, USA.[1]
- 2001 - "Boxers", The Cutting Room Gallery, 19 W 24th St, New York, USA.[1]
Publications
- 2007 - "Plein Face", text by Sylvain Coher, publisher: Eponyme.[citation needed]
- 2007 - "Poetry for young people", poems by Maya Angelou. ISBN 9781402720239
- 2004 - "Freedom on the Menu", text by Carole Weatherford. ISBN 9780803728608
- 2004 - "Going North", text by Janice N. Harrington. ISBN 9780374326814
- 2003 - "Me and Uncle Romie", text by Claire Hartfield. ISBN 9780803725201
- 2002 - "Freedom Summer", text by Deborah Wiles. ISBN 9780689878299
- 1999 - "My Man Blue", text by Nikki Grimes. ISBN 9780142301975
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Lagarrigue, Jerome. "Resume". Official website of Jerome Lagarrigue. http://www.jeromelagarrigue.com/. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
- ^ Smith, Henrietta M. (2009). The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970-2009. ALA Editions. pp. 89. ISBN 9780838935842. http://books.google.com/books?id=TrYT5Jpx7rkC&pg=PA89&dq=Jerome+Lagarrigue&hl=en&ei=gDYHTOuhGIfcMZi_lSg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Jerome%20Lagarrigue&f=false.
- ^ "Jerome Lagarrigue: Portraits - French Culture". frenchculture.com. French Embassy. http://www.frenchculture.org/spip.php?article1591. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
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Categories:- Living people
- 1973 births
- French painters
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