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Jérôme Mesnager
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,691 $1,522
France
• 1961
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Pioneering street artist known for his iconic white silhouette symbolizing light, strength, and peace.
Biography
Jerôme Mesnager joined the École Boulle in 1974, where he followed the cabinetmaking course, and where he stayed as a teacher. In 1979, he joined Yves Got's and Georges Pichard's comics course. The two were teaching at the Duperré School.
In 1982, he co-founded Zig-Zag, a group of very young artists who decided to take over the streets by drawing graffiti and to occupy abandoned factories through artistic performances.
On January 16, 1983, he invented the man in white, "a symbol of light, strength and peace". Jerôme Mesnager drew this white silhouette in the entire world: from the walls of Paris to theChinese Wall.
In 1990, the artist left his parent's house and moved to Paris. He showed works drawn on wooden fences at the Loft gallery, and published a catalog of these works. In 1995, he produced a large mural painting in the Ménilmontant street in Paris, "C'est nous les gars de Ménilmontant".
Jerôme Mesnager is often associated with Nemo, a character with a black silhouette wearing a raincoat and a hat. He was part of the Paris street art scene, with artists such as Blek le rat, Miss Tic, Jef Aérosol, Némo, etc. and of the Free Figuration movement in the early 80s.
In 2006, he produced a series of paintings inspired by art nouveau and art deco. The same year, hedrew his white characters in the Hôtel des Academies et des Arts in Paris.
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Plongeon de l'Homme Blanc
Jérôme Mesnager
Sculpture - 22 x 11 x 6 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 4.3 x 2.4 inch
$620
Untitled
Jérôme Mesnager
Fine Art Drawings - 40.3 x 26 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.9 x 10.2 x 0.1 inch
$676
Basquiat Warhol et homme blanc
Jérôme Mesnager
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,804
Homme Blanc Pop Art
Jérôme Mesnager
Painting - 22.5 x 29.5 x 0.02 cm Painting - 8.9 x 11.6 x 0 inch
$733
Fond Marin (Réf.69)
Jérôme Mesnager
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$3,157
Le Professionnel n°42
Jérôme Mesnager
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,424
Basquiat x Corps blanc
Jérôme Mesnager
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,029
L'homme blanc qui vole
Jérôme Mesnager
Painting - 29 x 11.4 x 3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 4.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,015
Gainsbourg Gainsbarg et homme blanc
Jérôme Mesnager
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.02 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$1,127
Saint Georges et le dragon
Jérôme Mesnager
Painting - 260 x 255 x 15 cm Painting - 102.4 x 100.4 x 5.9 inch
$39,461
Rêverie Nocturne (Réf.67)
Jérôme Mesnager
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$3,157
Sortie de camions
Jérôme Mesnager
Painting - 60 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,240
Roue de chantier - Immatriculation
Jérôme Mesnager
Painting - 75 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,691
Angel Pop Love N 105
Jérôme Mesnager
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,142
Je ne reconnais plus personne
Jérôme Mesnager
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$214
Mesnager Contre Le Duo Basquiat Warhol
Jérôme Mesnager
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,142
Machine - Mesnager X Nora
Jérôme Mesnager
Painting - 30 x 21 x 7 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.3 x 2.8 inch
$1,578
Vivent les animaux X Brigitte Bardot
Jérôme Mesnager
Painting - 50 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$3,946
C'est moi (Réf.255)
Jérôme Mesnager
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$789
La Passion (Réf.254)
Jérôme Mesnager
Painting - 35 x 27 x 3 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 1.2 inch
$789
Liberté Au Coucher De Soleil (Réf. 200)
Jérôme Mesnager
Painting - 55 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
$1,522
Le Swing (Réf. 192 I)
Jérôme Mesnager
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$564
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The year of birth of the artist is: 1961