Charlotte Lachapelle was born in France in 1955. When she was ten, Charlotte’s father bought her a large box of colors and encouraged her to draw and paint, which she proceeded to do. In the mid – 1970s, Charlotte moved to Paris and, enchanted by “the City of Lights”, began to paint. Her love of color is reflected in the harmony of heartwarming hues, capturing in compositional balance the seduction of France’s shifting seasons. She charmingly portrays the iconic buildings, boulevards, bridges and barges of Paris, the facades of famed butchers, bakers and candymakers, and the fields, farms and fairs of her birth village. Lachapelle’s artistry results in a magical world replete with nostalgia and poetry, and with urban scenes of serene silence and purity contrasted with festive fairs and minstrel acts delighting children and adults alike.
1955 Born in Souillac, Lot, France
Painting since childhood
Founder and member of “dit Naifs”, group of Primitives Moderns
Solo Exhibitions
Participated in solo exhibitions throughout Paris, Reims, Epernay, Le Raincy, Lyon, Grenoble, Marseille, Montpellier, La Baule, Clairac, Pezenas, Nantes, Antibes, Chantilly, Rouen, Nimes and Suisse
Group Exhibitions
Salon d’Automne, International Salon of Naןve Art, Paris, France
Societaire des artists Francais, Paris, France
Participated in group exhibitions throughout Croissy, Pau, Mougins, Vaison la Romaine, Megeve, Anglet, Belgium, Suisse, USA, Canada, Japan, Germany, Spain and Italy
2007 “Naןve-Joie de Vivre”, Gina Gallery of International Naןve Art, Tel Aviv
2008 Galeria Eboli, Madrid
2010 “6th Biennale of Naive Art”, Space Julien Green, Andrיsy, France
Prizes
1988 Public Favorite, International Salon, Nancy, France
Chavalier avec Palmes, Academiques Argent, Belgium
Public Collections
Sherbrook Museum, Canada
Naןve Museum of Lannes, Belgium
Max Fourny Museum of Naןve Art, La Halle Saint-Pierre, Paris, France
Ile de France Museum of Naןve Art, Vicq, France
Bibliography
“Benezit”, Edition Grund, 1999
“L’Europe et les Naifs”, Jaqueline Bricard, 2009, France
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