Biography

Jean Daprai, born on 22

of September 1929 in Rovereto, Italy

Professional and artistic history

Academy of Brera, Italy
School of Sacred heart, Milan, Italy
Academy of CIMABUE, Milan, Italy
Foreign Legion 1949 - 1954
lived in Paris from 1956, where he advanced his studies and startes his artictic career
member of Salon d'Autumne in Paris
member of Societé du Salon des Beaux-Arts, Paris
honorary member of universal movement "Artists for Peace" M.U.A.P., at UN, Geneva
Painter of light: Laureat of international price of Gemmail 1998 - Tours

Distinctios:

gold medal "Grand Prix Leonardo da Vinci"
gold medal "Beaux-Arts" of the city of Paris
gold medal for "Cultural and Artistic Merits of Europe
gold Palette of international organization "Commerce and Industry - Section Beaux Arts"
honorary doctor of academy of culture, Paris
bearer of the "Golden Palm", award for criticism of academy of arts, Paris
"Goya Price", national award or Spain
"Rubens Price" of the City of Anvers
gold medal of French association "Encouragement de l'Elite"
"Golden Palm", awarded by Queen Fabiola for Belgian-Spanish merits, national award
Officier's Cross of France for "Merits and Loyalty to the nation"

Special Exhibitions:

France:
Deauville	Galery Fourcade 1967
Paris	Galery "la Bourdonnais" 1973
Chantilly	La Caverne des arts 1973
Nancy	Galery Wingerter 1975
Tours	Hotel "Altéa" 1990
Tours	Museum of Gemmail 1998
Paris	Hotel Concorde LaFayette 1999
Germany:
Nördlingen	Raiffeisenbank 1981
Donauwörth	"Optik Baur" 1991
Switzerland:
St. Imier	Galery "Elysée" 1992
Neuchâtel	Galery "Elysée" 1992

Group Exhibitions:

Venezuela:
Caracas	Galery "Bernard"
Germany:
Hamburg	Galery "Mensch"
Saudi Arabia:
Jeddah	Redec Plaza Galery
Kuweit:
Kuweit-City	Conseil National "Art & Lettres"
Sweden:
Malmö	Galery "Mosser"
U.S.A.:
Atlanta	French Embassy
Washington	French Embassy
France:
Mulhouse	Galery de l'Est
Strassburg	French TV FR3 Lille
	French TV FR3 Strassburg
Paris	Galery "Art Visionnaire" Grand Palais
	Galery "Vendôme Rive gauche"
Charleville	Honory guest of the second
	contempory European Art in Ardennes
Melun	Honory Guest at the "Salon des Artx du Lys"
Evry	Exhibition at the "Centre Ariane Espace"

Main Exhibitions

Museum "Galiera"	"Painters - Witnesses of their Time"
Postal Museum	Exhibition of Academy palms
Luxembourg Museum	Salon de Luxembourg
Grand-Palais	Comparing exhibition
	Autumn exhibition
	Water paint exhibition
	French Artist exhibtion
	Independence exhibition
Sarbonne chapel	Paris exhibition
Modern Art Museum	May exhibition
Biennal event of Courbevoie	Honory Guest of french school Fantastic paint
Biennal event of Asnières
Biennal event of Cherbourg
Versailles Castel	Orangerie "Art '78"
Salon du Grand Hôtel de Paris	"Café de la Paris" - International
	meeting of painters of European painters
Museum of holy art	Salon du gemmail
Show business artists	O.R.T.F. House
Spectaclet
First international Biennal	Mediterrancan (conference center
event of Malta	Valetta) 1995
Lourdes gemmail Museum	Exhibition Museum Notre Dame 1991
Tours Gemmail Museum	Honory Guest "Hors concours", 1996/97
Salon	Chanceaux near of Loches, 1999
Louvres Museum	Centrury of friendship between Frace and Russia, 1998
National Galery of Beaux-Arts	Honory Guest 1994
Louvres Museum	1999

Presence in radio and television:

French television FR3 France-Outre-Mer, 1977
French television FR3 - Strassbourg - Reims
Television-Live-record of the execution of the porträt "Miss France"
Radio Frace - Inter, Europa 1
Cansas-City, Texas, Radio national, 1981
Radio Monte-Carlo

Particular Collections:

Jean Daprai collection is all over the world, meinly in those countries: Germany, France,
Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Bruney, Spain, Finland, Sweden, Great-Britain,
Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kuwait, the U.S.A., Venezuela et al.
They belong to great collections (Royalties, Politic World, Art and Letterature...)

International Works:

portrait of HIS MAJESTY, KING OF MOROCCO
portrait of the SHAH OF IRAN, 1974
portrait of HIS MAJESTY; KING OF BRUNEY, 1985
portrait of PRINCESS FIROUZ (Kadjar dynasty)
portrait of PRINCESS CAROLINE OF MONACO, 1978
creation and realization of the artistic design for the fondation of SIMONE and
CINO DEL DUCA "World Diploma for Science and Literature"
restoring of paintings and decoration of the building "CHALOM MAURICE", Place Vendôme, Paris, 1961-1972
paintings for tissue of "Robert Four's Studio" Manufaktur Aubusson
peintings for tussue of "La Lisse d'Aubusson" Manufaktur Aufusson
exclusive exhibition at gallery "Le mur du nomade", Paris
exclusive exhibition at gallery for fantastic art, for "Galerie Vendôme, Paris
monumental piece of art "Hymn of Life", 4 x 2 m
one-year exhibition with honorary title at musem "NAPOLEON" at Fontainebleau, France
purchaise of painting "Homage to spacecraft ARIANE" by Ministry of Air Force, France
75 exemples of a copper etchin "Eau Fort"
175 exemples of a litography EDF-France, Tours, France
150 exemples of a litography Hotel Mercure
execution of two tapestries 2 m 80 x 5 m, for the King of Bruney crowning
execution of pintings "Les Foucons" an "Le Samurai" Femmail Museum, Tours

JEAN DAPRAI's name and record can be found in the following books:

"BENEZIT", international dictionary of arts, National Libary
Chronicle of French Art at Centre Pompidou
"Official of Arts" international directory of visual Arts
"National directory of Beaux-arts" Edition D- Thiboud
"L'Etre et le PARAITRE", Initiation to phenomens and apparances, Edition Verlaine
View of painting - Jean Daprai - Vision and Art Edition