Jacques Muron
Born in Toulouse in 1950, lives and works in Mane (Haute-Garonne)
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Born on May 6th in 1950 in Toulouse, Jacuqes Muron studied drawing and engraving at the École des Beaux-Arts de Toulouse from 1968 to 1973. He studied under René Izaure (drawing) and Louis Louvrier (engraving).
In 1982, he recieved the Grand prix de portrait Paul-Louis Weiller from the Académie des Beaux-Arts (Paris).
Winner of the Académie de France (ancient prize of Rome), he went on to a residency at the Villa Medici (Rome, Italy) from 1983 to 1985. There he met the author François Bon, also a resident, who wrote a text inspired by one of his engravings, Le Solitaire.
Jacques Muron is the author of numerous drawings and engravings made with a burin, which he prints himself. His lines are fine, light, and meticulous, and he attaches particular importance to empty space, retaining only the essence of the subject, sometimes verging on abstraction. He mainly tackles themes of rural architecture (barns, roofs, trellises, etc.), mountain landscapes, and engraving tools.
He produces preparatory drawings before undertaking the long process of engraving the metal plate. Jacques Muron is one of the few artists to have mastered the engraving technique to such a degree.
In 2008, he was awarded the Nahed Ojjeh Prize by the Academy of Fine Arts for his entire body of engraved work.
A member of the Toulouse-based association Estampadura, Jacques Muron has been Honorary President of the European Triennial of Contemporary Printmaking since 2013.
He lives at the foot of the Pyrenees, in Mane, in the Haute-Garonne department.