Applicat-Prazan gallery was established in 1993 on the Left Bank in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area of Paris at 16 rue de Seine (75006 Paris, France) under the initiative of Bernard Prazan, a keen art collector.
Franck Prazan, Bernard Prazan's son and former managing director of Christie's in France, has been running the gallery since 2004.
In 2010 a second location was added on the Right Bank, at 14 avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris.
In 2023 on the occasion of its 30th anniversary Applicat-Prazan presented at the second edition of Paris + by Art Basel a Solo Show dedicated to French artist Jean Hélion, bringing together seven paintings of remarkable importance.
Since its foundation the gallery specializes exclusively in the important post-war European painters and specifically in the most significant artists of this period such as : Jean Dubuffet, Maurice Estève, Jean Fautrier, Hans Hartung, Jean Hélion, Wifredo Lam, Alberto Magnelli, Alfred Manessier, André Masson, Georges Mathieu, Serge Poliakoff, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Pierre Soulages, Nicolas de Staël, Maria Elena Vieira da Silva and Zao Wou-Ki.
Exhibitions
Over the years the gallery has gained a large international recognition, thanks to its monographic or thematic exhibitions, notably: Soulages, major works (1996) Great painters, small paintings (1999) The School of Paris of the 50s in the year 2000 (2000) Schneider (2001) Estève, Freundlich, Poliakoff : Three masters of colours (2001) Estève, watercolours and charcoal (2003) Schneider (2006) Mes années 50, the collection of Alain DelonLes œuvres d'Alain Delon, Expo : "Mes années 50", le Figaro Magazine, 12 mai 2007 (2007) Présence, Silences, homage to Geer van Velde (2007) Poliakoff (2008) Atlan (2008) Dialogues around Pierre SoulagesGoogle Books (2009) Atlan, the distempers (2010) Pincemin (2010) Jean Fautrier (2010) 14 Matignon (2011) André Masson (2012) Alfred Manessier, Tours, Favellas and other monumental paintings (2012) Maurice Estève, works on paper (2013) Serge Poliakoff, the gallery's 20th anniversary exhibition (2013) Georges Mathieu (2014) Maurice Estève, Paintings 1929-1994 (2015) Zoran Music (2016) Le grand Œil de Michel Tapié (2018) Justice! 2 chefs-d’œuvre de Roger-Edgar Gillet (2019) BBB (2019) Georges Mathieu, Paintings 1951-1962 (2022) Jean Hélion, le Florilège (2023) Camille Bryen, aux racines de l'informel (2024) Gérard Schneider (2025)
Events The gallery regularly participates in the following events: artgenève TEFAF Maastricht TEFAF New York Spring Art Basel Paris + by Art Basel Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale
In 2016, Applicat-Prazan participated in Art Basel Hong Kong for the second time. The gallery showed a majority of works by Zao Wou-Ki.
In 2017, Applicat-Prazan has been selected to sell two paintings on behalf of the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA)
Organisations
The gallery is a member of the following organization:
Comité Professionnel des Galeries d’Art
References
External links Applicat-Prazan website on Franck Prazan's blog