Michel Ciry , born in La Baule the31 August 1919Is an artist – writer , writer and composer French . Since 1960, he lives and works in Normandy in Varengeville-sur-Mer .

Student at the School of Applied Arts in Paris from 1934 to 1937, Michel Ciry serious its first copper in 1935 and starts at the exhibition “Artists of the Time” at the Petit Palais in 1938.
shareholder is appointed to the Society of Painters French engravers in 1941.
During the Occupation , it is part of the official medium of artists near Vichy regime 1 .

Philately

For the French positions , he drew four stamps 2 :

the 1.50 franc Charles Gounod in 1944, engraved by Charles Paul Dufresne 3
15 francs on Jean-Jacques Rousseau in 1956, engraved by René Cottet 4
2 francs on Saint Francis of Assisi in 1982, engraved by Claude Jumelet 5
and 3.70 francs Francis Jammes in 1995, engraved by Claude Jumelet , laid out by Charles Bridoux

Some exhibitions

1938: Group exhibition “Artists of this time,” Petit Palais , Paris
1945 Brussels
1960: New York
1972: Vichy (from June 20 to July 20)

Composer

Pupil of Nadia Boulanger , he composed until 1958 essentially religious musical works, including a sacred symphony for alto voice and orchestra (1958) Concerto for 15 wind instruments and percussion (1956) Stele for a hero (1949 ), Pieta (1950) Mystery of Jesus (1953), Two ballads (1949-1956) Preludes and String Quartet (1955) and song cycles (1941-1950).

Writer

Since 1942, Michel Ciry holds his newspaper whose first volume was published in 1971. The 25 volumes published in the Journal are in the form of notes written on a daily basis. Lack of publisher, date stops in 2001.

Quote

“Originality is the new vision of an eternal theme. “(Reading in Literary Figaro 6 )

Awards and honors

1945 National Prize for Painting
1956: Member of the Board of Education of Fine Arts
1958: price Eugène Carrière
1969 Wildenstein price of the Academy of Fine Arts
1972: Gold medal at the Florence Biennale
1988: Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium
1993 international prices for Gemmail Farewell of Jesus to Mary
He created with his friends the international price of engraving Michel Ciry-which rewards writers amateur and professional talent.

Illustrated books

1942
Dominique Vivant Denon , No Tomorrow , kinky tale, 12 etchings
Jean Lorrain , Moorish Villa
Henry de Montherlant , La Reine Morte , 10 etchings
1943
Eugène Fromentin , Dominique , 74 dividers
1945
Gérard de Nerval , Sylvie , dividers
1948:
Madame de La Fayette , La Princesse de Cleves , frontispiece
Maurice Toesca, Stories beasts , etchings
1949:
Henry de Montherlant , Respite morning , 30 dividers
1950:
Sacha Guitry , Five comedies , illustrations by Guy Arnoux , Brissaud, M. Ciry, Touchagues, Roger Wild; woodcuts by Henri Jadoux
1953:
Gerard Bauer , Story of a palace of Paris: Elysee engravings of Dunoyer de Segonzac , André Jacquemin and M. Ciry
1955:
Franz Kafka , The Metamorphosis , etching
Julien Green , Le Voyageur on earth , etchings
1957: Emily Bronte , Wuthering Heights
1965: François Mauriac , romantic Works , 2 volumes, Flammarion, Paris
1966: Edgar Allan Poe : Three extraordinary stories
Bibliography

Michel Droit , Michel Ciry , Ides and Kalends, 1998 ( ISBN 2825800872 )
Roger Passeron, The Work of Michel Ciry engraved , Art Library, Paris, 1949-1970 (3 volumes)
Roger Passeron, Michel Ciry , Library of Arts, Paris, 1977
Luke Finch, “Two contemporary writers, Michel Ciry, Jacques-Pierre Amette”