Hubert Renard - La vie illustrée d'Hubert Renard - Exhibitionmfc-michèle didier | Paris - Brussels - PARIS

The Hubert Renard exhibition entitled La vie illustrée d'Hubert Renard is the eponymous title of a book that we are publishing and producing for the occasion.

The artist, in search of himself, leads us to meet other characters who have marked out his private life, like so many essential players in his accomplishment.

In the prologue to the publication, Hubert Renard's biographer Marion Gagneure reports:

'I never knew Hubert's exact age, he lied all the time, making himself younger or older according to his whim or interest. Only his family knew his exact age, I suppose. So says Alain Farfall, the faithful among the faithful, when asked about Hubert Renard's date of birth.'

She also tell us:

'Hubert Renard's private life remains a mystery. Existing documentation on the man is sparse and succinct. The artist's archives focus on the documentation of his works: there is little additional information, private or intimate, that would provide a better understanding of the artist's character and psyche. To get an idea of the man, to give him a body, you have to listen to his closest relations, his friends, the witnesses of his journey. This is what we have done. Until then, there was only one portrait of him, that of a child dressed up as a Mexican for a school party. Renard did not like to be photographed, and always refused to have any image of him published here or there. He cheated on his age and hid his face.'