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OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF GRATALOUP
Artworks and Exhibitions

Painter and visual artist, GRATALOUP (1935–2022) developed a singular body of work over more than sixty years, ranging from painting to monumental works.

This website brings together and documents his work, his life and career, his exhibitions and major projects, and provides access to the catalogue raisonné currently in progress.

It also supports new projects devoted to GRATALOUP’s work, in France and internationally.

GRATALOUP dans son atelier. Photo de Marie Clérin en 1993

Photo Marie Clérin - 1993

Do you represent a museum, foundation, art centre, heritage site, gallery, university or cultural institution?

Discover the possibilities for exhibitions and lectures around GRATALOUP’s work, in France and internationally.

UNTIL NOVEMBER 11: VISIT THE BETWEEN WORLDS EXHIBITION

The passage between worlds
00:00 / 01:30

The voice used in this podcast comes from Grataloup’s archival recordings. Selected phrases have been reassembled to accompany the exhibition.

Musée GRATALOUP remains open until November 11, 2026, with Between Worlds, its final exhibition at the Prieuré Saint-Saturnin.

November 11 will be the Museum’s final day open to the public. Until then, come and discover the exhibition and GRATALOUP’s stained-glass windows in the very place for which they were created.

Naissance de Venus, enluminure. Toile peinte par Grataloup en 2007
Matrice de la toile nantua peinte en 2007 par Grataloup
POMMIER MARIAGE, Toile peinte par Grataloup en 2005
DEUX MONDES , toile peinte par Grataloup en 2019

THE GRATALOUP CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ

The catalogue raisonné is progressively bringing together GRATALOUP’s works in an online documentary database: catalogue entries, images, inventory numbers, techniques, dimensions, exhibitions and bibliographical references.

Catalogue raisonné currently in progress

Mer d'Irlande : Panneau de 6 toiles de Grataloup

THE GRATALOUP SPACE IN NANTUA

In Nantua, GRATALOUP’s birthplace, a space is dedicated to the artist and his connection with the Haut-Bugey region.

Open since December 2025, the GRATALOUP Space invites visitors to discover his artistic world in the town where he was born.

Mosaïque L'esprit du Lac à Nantua. Oeuvre de Grataloup.  Art urbain - 2015

Mosaic The Spirit of the Lake in Nantua – Public Art – 2015

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