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Gérard Titus-Carmel, born in Paris in 1942, is one of the leading French artists of his generation. In 1969, he committed himself exclusively to drawing for its purity and discipline, and even since his return to painting in the 1980s, drawing has remained central to his work. In his early years, he sought out the Surrealist poets André Breton and Louis Aragon, and shares with them the understanding of the bond between poetry and painting. Indeed, Titus-Carmel himself is renowned as a poet as well as a painter, and is equally concerned with the written word and the painted image.

In the course of his pursuits, Titus-Carmel has received France’s highest honors in the arts: he is an Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Merite. He is also an associate member of the Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres, et des Beaux Arts of Belgium. He has been the subject of dozens of solo exhibitions around the world, and his work is found in numerous public collections.

Selected solo exhibitions:

A Selection of Public Collections:

• Centro d'Arte Contemporaneo, Cordoba, Argentina
• Muzej Savremene Unetnosti, Belgrade
• Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
• Musée National d'Art Modern, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
• Muzeum Sztuki w Lodzi, Lodz
• Musée Cantini, Marseille
• The Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
• Muzeum Narodowe, Warszawa
• Muzeum Narodowe, Krakow
• Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
• Muzej na Sovremmena Umetnost, Skopje
• Konsthall, Sodertalje, Sweden
• The Museum of Modern Art, New York
• Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
• Muzeum Narodowe, Poznan
• Staatliche Graphische Sammlungen, Munich
• Staatagalerie, Stuttgart
• Ateneumin Taidemuseo, Helsinki
• Sara Hildenin Taidemuseo, Tampere, Finland
• Muzeum Narodowe, Wroclaw
• Musée d'Art Moderne, Liege
• Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles
• Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence
• Bradford City Art Gallery, Bradford, Great Britain
• Kobbersticksamlingen ved Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
• Louisiana Museum, Humlebaeck, Denmark
• Musée de l'Abbaye Sainte-Croix, Les Sables d'Olonne
• Fundacion Joan Miro, Barcelona
• Australian National Gallery, Canberra
• Kunsthaus, Zurich
• Kupferstich-Kabinett, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden
• Von der Heyt Museum, Wuppertal
• Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
• Musée des Beaux-Arts, Cholet
• The Art Institute of Chicago
• The Victoria and Albert Museum, London
• Musée des Beaux-Arts, Ixelles, Belgium
• Peter Stuyvesant Stichting, Zevenaar, Netherlands
• Wilhelm-Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
• Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigschafen
• Musée d'Art Contemporain, Nimes
• Ulmer Museum/Sammlung Kurt Fried, Ulm
• The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
• The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
• Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon
• Griffith University, University of Queensland, Brisbane
• Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Luxembourg
• Kitakyushu City Art Museum, Kitakyushu
• The National Museum of Art, Osaka
• Musée du Septenat, Chateau-Chinon
• Musée de Toulon, Toulon
• Musée des Beaux-Arts, Epinal
• Madison Art Center, Madison
• Cabinet des Estampes/Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Genève
• Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Paris
• Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
• Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain Aquitaine
• Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain de Picardie,
• The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
• Fundacion Ralli, Punta del Este, Uruguay
• Musée Municipal, Abbaye Saint-Léger, Soissons
• Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain de Basse-Normandie
• Musée d'Art Moderne, Villeneuve d'Arcq
• Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes
• Szepmuveszeti Muzeum, Budapest
• Fukuyama Museum of Art, Fukuyama
• The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo
• The Sogetsu Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
• Musée Bertrand, Châteauroux
• Mobilier National/Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins, Paris
• Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain d'Alsace
• Melsingin Kaupungin Taidemuseo, Helsinki
• Fondation Danielle-Mitterand, La Grande Arche, Tête Defense, Paris
• Bibliothèque Municipale de Lisieux
• Elvejhem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Ministère des Finances, Paris
• Musée National de la Céramique, Sèvres
• Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée, La Louvière, Belgium
• Artothèque du Limousin, Saint-Fons
• Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain du Limousin, Limoges
• Artothèque Municipale, Montpellier
• Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo
• Palais des Congrès, Nantes
• Musée Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland
• Mie Prefectural Museum of Art
• Shiga Prefectural Museum of Art, Otsu
• The Schyl Collection, Malmô Konsthall, Malmô
• Fonds Départemental d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Créteil
• The Modern Art Collection, Trinity College, Dublin
• National Museum of Israel, Jerusalem
• The University Art Museum, Ueno University, Tokyo
• Musée d'Art Roger-Quilliot, Clermont-Ferrand