Gilbert Bria was born in 1933 in Cannes.
Mr. Bria is before everything a painter. He has started exhibits since 1958. In 1963, he exhibits with Cocteau, Lurcat, Picasso, and Picabia. Until 1970, he exhibits mainly in France. Since 1971, he exhibits in Switzerland, Italy and, USA, where Henri Kissinger buys one of his pieces that he will exhibit at the White House.
Many paintings were ordered by the Embassy of the German Democratic Republic in Paris, and by the Embassy of Paraguay in Spain, and also by the Princess Faiçal from Saudi Arabia for her palace…
“Bria Bari doesn’t lock himself in a system. And the connecting thread is without any doubt the style; which makes …………….It is salutary that an artist, and this becomes rare, has the freedom and the courage not to lock himself in an isolated world.” Francois Nedellec (Vice-president curator of the Association of the French curators).
