| 1919 |
Bernard Cathelin
born on May 20th 1919 in Paris. Son of Paul Cathelin and Madeleine Terrail.
Classical studies in the lycées Carnot and Janson de Sailly in
Paris and the lycée Emile Loubet in Valence. |
| 1939 |
Volunteer for service.
|
| 1945 |
Student for the next
three years in the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs
(French National School for further studies in the Decorative Arts) and
in the studio of Maurice Brianchon. |
| 1947 |
Teacher until 1953
in the Preparatory Studio of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des
Arts Décoratifs. |
| 1948 |
French delegate to
the first congress of the International Students Union in Prague.
Trips to Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Jugoslavia, Bulgaria and Italy. |
| 1950 |
Awarded the Blumenthal
Prize. |
| 1953 |
Awarded the Emily
Loewe Prize. |
| 1954 |
Marries Régine
Steiner. |
| 1957 |
Trip to Spain.
Exhibition at the Galerie Saint-Placide, Paris. |
| 1958 |
Awarded the Othon
Friesz Prize.
Exhibit at the Galerie de Montmorency, Paris.
The New York Herald Tribune features him on the cover of its Sunday supplement.
|
| 1961 |
Exhibition at the
Galerie Marcel Guiot, Paris. |
| 1962 |
Trip to Mexico,
Peru and Brazil. |
| 1964 |
Exhibition at the
Galerie Marcel Guiot, Paris. |
| 1966 |
Trips to Mexico
and Guatemala. |
| 1967 |
Trips to USSR (Transsiberian)
and Japan.
Exhibition at the Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo.
Trip to Cambodia, Ceylon and India. |
| 1968 |
Trips to Mexico,
Nicaragua and Brazil. |
| 1969 |
Trip to the Netherlands.
|
| 1971 |
Exhibition at the
Galerie de Paris, Paris. |
| 1973 |
World Tour: New York,
San Francisco, Tahiti, Tokyo (exhibition at the Yoshii Gallery), Hong
Kong, Burma, Nepal, India, Moscow (Zagorsk).
In July: creation of his first tapestry, "The Mexican Market"
by Atelier 3, Paris. |
| 1975 |
Exhibition at the
Galerie de Paris, Paris (paintings).
Exhibition at the Galerie Marcel Guiot, Paris (tapestries and lithographs).
Exhibition at the Yoshii Gallery, Paris (water-colours). |
| 1976 |
Trips to the United
States, Mexico, Colombia and Ecuador.
Madeleine Cathelin-Terrail donation: Bernard Cathelin gives 50 lithographs
to the Valence Museum in memory of his mother. |
| 1977 |
Städtische Galerie
in der Unteren Schranne, Biberach an der Riss, West Germany (lithographs).
|
| 1978 |
Trip to Japan (exhibition
at the Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo).
Trip to Belgium (exhibition at the BP Gallery, Antwerp).
Trip to the United States
Trip to Saint-Martin
in the Leeward Islands, Caribbean.
Exhibition at the Galerie Marcel Guiot, Paris (lithographs).
|
| 1979 |
Exhibition at the
Galerie Marcel Guiot, Paris (tapestries). |
| 1980 |
Trip to New York.
Trip to Venezuela.
Exhibition in the Chapelle du Grand Couvent, Cavaillon, France (tapestries).
|
| 1981 |
Trip to Venice.
Exhibition at the Galerie François Ditesheim, Neuchâtel,
Switzerland.
Exhibition at the Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo.
Exhibition in the Château de Vascueil, Normandy (tapestries). |
| 1982 |
Stay on the Island
of Kyushu in Japan to prepare the Haïkaï album.
Exhibition at the Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo.
Exhibition at the BP Gallery in Antwerp, Belgium. |
| 1983 |
Exhibition at the
Yoshii Gallery, Paris.
Presentation of the book featuring the ten Haïkaï, EF Mourlot
Editions.
Exhibition at the Munson Gallery, Santa Fe (paintings and tapestries).
Trip to Antigua, West Indies. |
| 1984 |
Trip to Venice.
Exhibition at the Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo.
Exhibition at the Galerie Pierre Hautot, Paris (tapestries and oils on
paper). |
| 1985 |
Trip to Venice.
Exhibition to the Pierre Gianadda Foundation, Martigny, Switzerland (paintings,
lithographs and tapestries). |
| 1986 |
Return to Mexico.
Exhibition at the Danis Stinson Gallery-Artfrance, Palm Springs California
(tapestries).
Exhibition at the BP Gallery, Antwerp and in Brussels, Belgium.
Exhibition at the Mazarine Gallery, Montreal, Canada (paintings, tapestries
and lithographs). |
| 1987 |
In June: major exhibition
in the Château de Chenonceau, France (paintings, lithographs and
tapestries).
In October: exhibition at Artfrance, Paris (paintings).
In November: exhibition at the Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, in celebration of
his 20 years of collaboration with the gallery (paintings).
Different exhibitions in Osaka, Kobe and Tokyo (paintings).
Exhibition at Artfrance, Paris (lithographs). |
| 1989 |
Trip to Marocco.
Exhibition at Art London International Art Fair in London (stand Artfrance).
Exhibition at the Buschlen-Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (paintings,
tapestries and lithographs).
Exhibition at the Gage Gallery at Irving, Los Angeles.
Exhibition at the Hermann Gallery, Essen, West Germany (paintings and
lithographs). |
| 1990 |
In March: exhibition
at Art London (paintings), presented by Artfrance.
Exhibiton at Art Expo, New York.
Exhibition at La Bouquinerie de l'institut in Paris. Lauching of the screen
"White Roses for Paris".
In November: exhibition at the Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo (paintings).
Exhibition at the Printemps Ginza Gallery in Tokyo (lithographs and tapestries).
Exhibition at the Kintetsu Gallery in Osaka (lithographs et tapestries).
Throughout this period, Cathelin undertook many far-ranging trips leading
though Mexico, Spain, Peru, India, Nepal, Italy, Colombia, Russia... He
returned to stay and work in those countries which stimulated his urge
to paint: Latin America and specially Mexico, Japan, to where he returns
regulary for his exhibitions, Tuscany and Venice in Italy and more recently
Spain.
|
| 1991 |
In May: exhibition
at Art Expo, Chicago.
In June: Poster "Hommage to the Drôme" presented to the
local authorities.
In October: exhibiton to Artfrance, Paris (oil on paper).
In November: exhibition to the Printemps Ginza Gallery in Tokyo (tapestries
and lithographs). |
| 1992 |
In March: edition
of 8 lithographs to decorate the Shin Yokohama Prince Hotel with trip
to Japan for the opening.
Exhibition at the Elysium Gallery in New York (tapestries and lithographs).
In June: Awarded the "Golden 26" by the French département
of the Drôme.
In July: Elected painter for the Aix-en-Provence Summer Art Festival (official
poster).
Exhibiton at the Galerie de la Prévôté in Aix-en-Provence
(paintings and lithographs).
In November: exhibition of paintings at the Yoshii Gallery in Tokyo to
mark his 25 years of collaboration with the gallery (1967-1992).
Trip to China. |
| 1993 |
Creation of a poster
for the 10th Tain l'Hermitage Wine Festival (presented to the Organizing
Committee) |
| 1994 |
In March: Retrospective
in the Daimaru Museum in Tokyo (a travelling exhibition of paintings,
lithographs and tapestries).
Exhibition at the Yoshii Gallery in Tokyo (oils on paper).
In April: Retrospective in the
Daimaru Museum in Osaka Shinsaibashi, Japan.
In May: Retrospective in the
Daimaru Museum in
Shimonoseki, Japan.
In November: Exhibition at Artfrance, Paris, of paintings on the theme
of Rachel. |
| 1995 |
In January: Elected
to the French Légion d'Honneur by the President of the Republic,
François Mitterrand.
In March: Exhibition at the Trianon de Bagatelle, Paris, of tapestries
woven by Atelier 3.
In October: exhibition at the Buschlen-Mowatt Gallery in Vancouver, Canada
(paintings, lithographs and tapestries). |
| 1996 |
In June : Exhibition
at the Seita Museum Gallery in Paris (lithographs).
In October:
Exhibition at La Bouquinerie de l'Institut in Paris (lithographs).
Exhibition in Tenma-ya in Okoyama, Japan, organized by the Yoshii Gallery,
Tokyo.
In December: Creation of a new poster representing the Drôme, "Hommage
to the Drôme".
|
| 1997 |
In April-May: Exhibition
at Europ'Art, Geneva International Art Fair, together with the Salon du
Livre (Book Fair), an event organized by Artfrance, Paris (paintings).
In June: Retrospective in the Valence Museum, France (paintings, lithographs
and tapestries), "CATHELIN Retrospective 1957-19997".
In October: Exhibition at Artfrance, Paris (paintings).
In November: Exhibition at the Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, to celebrate his
30 years of collaboration with the gallery (paintings and tapestries).
|
| 1998 |
Wacoal Art Center,
Tokyo. |
| 1999 |
Retrospective at
the Philharmonic Center For Arts in Naples, Florida. |
| 2000 |
May-June: Recent
paintings at Artfrance, Paris
September-October: major retrospective in the Shanghaï Art Museum,
China, organised with assistance of Artfrance and Kwaï Fung Hin Art
Gallery. |
| 2004 |
Cathelin dies on
April 17th 2004. |
| 2005 |
"HOMMAGE A
CATHELIN"
April Mmonumental painting ARTFRANCE. |
