BIOGRAPHY
Serge Labégorre is considered one of the greatest living French expressionists. In his career spanning several decades Labégorre has exhibited all over the world. He has trusted very few agents with his works over the years, refusing famously to collaborate with one of the biggest Asian art dealers as this would become ‘painting to order’. He says of his art “Painting is a desire, I let what I carry inside me unknowingly of violence, heartbreak, suffering and love emerge, and I try to tune into it.” So I feel honoured as a close friend to have been given his complete trust and to bring his work here to Miami. My late grandfather David Goodman, Artist, fellow Art Agent, gallery owner and founder of the Chichester Society first discovered Serge Labégorre in 1968 in France. Working alongside Sir Lawrence Olivier he offered to represent the talented young artist at The Chichester
Festival, Serge left his job as a teacher and spent a year painting for the festival. As promised it launched his long and successful career and a long personal and professional relationship blossomed between he and my grandfather. Serge’s wonderful daughter Sophie recently took me to Fronsac, Bordeaux to the farmhouse and studio the artist shares with his wife Rosie where I uncovered many unseen pieces . He has agreed to exhibit some of these older pieces exclusively for this exhibition.
CV
Legion d’Honneur’ for his contribution to national art by the French Prime Minister in 2009 and the much coveted ‘Grand Prize’ of the Taylor Foundation in 2014.
Germany 1988
Baltimore 1989
Washington 1990
New York 1990
Taiwan 2007
Egypt 2008
Milan 2012
Milan 2014
Belgium 2015
Lithuania 2019
St Emillion 2021
Provence 2022
London 2023
STATEMENT
“Artistic creation is a path of prayer, of transfiguration of everyday life…
“For a moment, all of humanity looks at me through the eyes of others…
Serge Labégorre
