Biographie - Giacomo de Pass Felix Vercel Herve BAZIN Dionne Warwick Fernad RAYNAUD Lincoln Center World Bank

Even if his roots are in Italy in Venezia, Giacomo de Pass was born in Marrakech, Morocco in 1938.

In 1954, Giacomo de Pass starts to build his artistic knowledge at the "Beaux-Arts in Casablanca.
Success is immediate, specially in 1955 during his first group exhibition. He was in charge of many pictorial, architectural realizations and of balnear villages. He then starts to work in the free academies of Barcelona, Madrid and Paris, and then the "Beaux-Arts" of Venizia and Milan.
In 1958, he suddenly decides to change his way willing to find more competition and confrontation at the "Ecole de Paris". Exclusively living for his art, he now goes to the free academies of Frochot, Jullian, de la Grande Chaumière, "l'Atelier de la Bûcherie" and "Ecole Nationale Supérieure de dessin" in Montparnasse.
Starting from 1956, Giacomo de Pass took part in many exhibitions in Morocco then in Paris: Museum of modern Art, "Salon des Indépendants", "Surindépendants", and many others biennials like S.P.A. Belgique, Blak and White...
Starting from 1960, Mrs. Capitaine becomes his exclusive acquit and realizes his first big Parisian exhibition at the "Transposition Gallery" in Montparnasse.
In the same period, Françoise Tournié who passionately defends Giacomo de Pass Art, enables him to expose in prestigious manifestations with Braque, Chagall, Miro, Pénalba, Tapiès, André Lhote, Grommaire ... She also organized exhibitions part of cultural exchanges, like the one between France (which invited Nilstroem) and Sweden which presented Giacomo de Pass Art in different cities (Halmstad, Valberg, Göteborg, Stockholm ...)
From 1962 to 1967, he exclusively and permanently exhibited his creations at the Roger Dulac Gallery in Paris .
Marie Lesavouroux supported Giacomo de Pass' s creations to exhibit them in Marocco from 1963 to 1969 , in Casablanca, Rabat, Agadir, Marrakech and Tanger.
During a few years, governmental services from Spain (information and tourism) organized wonderful big exhibitions in this country. Barcelona, Malaga, Benidorm, Torré-molinos...)
He also exhibits in Berlin, Munich, and Geneva at the Roger Ferrero gallery.

Giacomo de Pass en compagnie de Félix Vercel From 1967, FELIX VERCEL galleries (avenue Matignon in Paris and Madison Avenue in New York) who had Giacomo de Pass worldwide exclusivity, exhibited his creations permanently. Félix Vercel has then promoted his Art, whatever the topics Giacomo de Pass chose unusual themes like: prostitution, deviations advertising, beaten children or women love.
A deep admiration and mutual understanding were the background of these 19 years of collaboration until 1986. At this time, with friendliness Felix Vercel told Giacomo: "With respect of your personality and your creations, I leave you free of any engagement, because you are an artist who deeply needs freedom to find one's Art very fulfilling
The following years were very rich in particularly warm and friendly acquaintances.

From 1986 Giacomo de Pass still punched ahead by Felix Vercel follows an unusual artistic way.
Still full of conviction as he expresses in his bibliography written by Andre Paranaud "the two great enemies an artist are esthetic attraction and subservience to up date a fashion cultural movement."
With remarkable original and renewed expression Giacomo de Pass goes on with a full of life, richness and interrogations creation

Le sabre de la Liberté - New York Lincoln Center

"Le sabre de la Liberté"
Lincoln Center
New York
Sujet Bronze
Technique Cire perdue
Hauteur : 390 cm
avec base acier

He also is promoted by an Art culture V.I.P, Dame Françoise TEMPRA , Art Historien, Président Art Biennale of Malta, Member of the National Press club in Washington, Foreign Press Association in London; among other prestigious distinction.

Mutation au violon - New York Lincoln Center
"Mutation au violon"
Lincoln Center
New York
Sujet Bronze
Technique Cire perdue
Hauteur : 250 cm
avec socle tournant acier

Many museums and cultural organizations devoted exhibitions of his art, worldwide. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT in Strasbourg, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY in Paris , PALAIS des FESTIVALS in Cannes , MALTA in Many of her National Museums, in Italy : DANTE MUSEUM in Florence, Chiostro San Francesco in Venise... , in the States : the WORLD-BANK in Washington , LINCOLN CENTER in New-York... MUSEO of MARRAKECH in Morroco... , Many exhibitions in Russia of which... ART FUND in Moscow 2006 , in the frame of the Festival Mondial of Musique in St Petersbourg 2007, TRETYAKOV MUSEUM in Moscow 2008...

Exposition rétrospective Giacomo de Pass.
in the TROLMACHI HALL of the State TRETYAKOV Gallery

"Le Vide de la Communication"
LINCOLN CENTER

New York
Sujet Bronze
Technique Cire perdue
Hauteur : 190 cm

Among many books on his creations, we must mention a point out, an Art book " A la poursuite d'Iris", who are destined to booklovers. This book consists in poems by HERVE BAZIN with lithography's by Giacomo de Pass, which he realize at the National Print in Paris . That was a fruitful exceptional collaboration with friendship and admiration reciprocity.

Giacomo de Pass and HERVE BAZIN

at his home,
examining an artist variation from the lithography 's
"A la poursuite d'Iris"

"La Fuite"
WORLD BANK

Washington
Sujet Bronze
Technique Cire perdue
Hauteur : 185 cm
avec partie acier

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