GALLERY EVENTS BACK
Serge Labégorre… a summer with Francesca and Francis GUERRIER – HUMANITY
Paintings and sculptures
From June 27 to September 12, 2025
Opening Friday June 27, in the presence of Serge and Francis, from 5:30 p.m.
Press article
When we meet certain people, we know at first glance that their life has been rich, intense, even harmonious. Such is the case with Francesca Guerrier, who shines with an uncommon enthusiasm. It must be said that this sculptor seemed destined for an artistic career, as she is the only daughter of painter Francis Montagnier and the wife of Raymond Guerrier. Both men had a decisive influence on her: while her father introduced her to engraving with a burin, it was her husband who nurtured her passion for pottery.
As a young girl, she was first a drawing teacher; as a young bride, she devoted herself to ceramics. It was Guidette Carbonel, in her studio in Meudon, who taught her to model and to work with slabs of enameled lava. Later, at her home in the Alpilles, she created dishes in chamotte clay—earth mixed with already-fired material—better suited to thick pieces, finished after firing with either a matte or glossy glaze. Horses, fish, birds—figurative or abstract—adorned these dishes. Then came pots, sculptures, and unique creations she called “pebble forms,” white shapes highlighted in black. Afterwards came the series of faces, which she sculpted in the same manner as the pots, most often in black, followed by the series of figures.
Francesca Guerrier does not escape the law of eternal return… and her career has led her quite naturally back to gouache and pencil drawing. While her latest sculptures evoked solitude, peace, forgiveness, and prophecy, Francesca’s tapestries and paintings draw inspiration from Genesis, the Apocalypse, the Old and the New Testament.
An astonishing woman, this “warrior” who describes herself as hardly a believer, yet whose works draw their deepest inspiration from the Bible… Seeing her radiance, one is tempted to paraphrase Cyrano: even if she does not believe in Him, surely God must know her well.
Marie-Claire Blanckaert, novembre 2001.
Nature
To plant a feather, to sow a seed, to evoke the stars—these are for me acts of resistance, of excess; it is to write a story, to live the beauty of a dream. It is to seek the essential, one’s relationship with others, one’s harmony with Mother Nature.
I do not model my sculptures; I work from a sheet of metal that I cut and shape. By honoring the material, respecting its energy, its tension, its possible curvature, I reach balance, harmony, and there I rediscover nature.
And it is she—in her purity but also her complexity—who is my first source of inspiration. Curves, moons, trajectories, and above all spirals, so often present in nature, from seashells to galaxies, are my script. I do not seek abstraction, but rather to draw closer to the original forms.
Francis Guerrier, sculpteur
Eygalières, 2020
Other articles pdf
Parcours de Francesca GUERRIER
Francis GUERRIER par Christophe MALAVOY dans le catalogue de l’exposition Nature
Francesca et l’art sacré par Pierre Emmanuel
Retrouvez quelques photos de l’exposition :
Major charity concert for the benefit of the Labégorre Endowment Fund*
Henri and Victor Demarquette (cello and piano) perform Bach, Beethoven, Fauré.
Sunday, June 15, 2025, at 4 p.m.
Exubérance
Paintings and sculptures
Ruta Jusionyte
From May 2 to 23, 2025
Discover the testimony of artist Ruta Jusionyte, along with a short video of the exhibition that will surely make you want to visit us at the gallery.
“What joy and emotion to exhibit at the Serge Labégorre Foundation in Seignosse!
It is a great honor for me to be invited by this painter whom I deeply admire.
His painting has always moved me, inspired me, guided me...
I consider him one of my fathers in painting.
Being here, surrounded by her world and presenting my works in this lively place, is a truly joyful moment.
The exhibition is open until May 23 – if you’re in the area, come and share this moment with us!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart to the Foundation for this wonderful invitation."
Life Unveiled
Paintings
Sylvette Bonnin et Martine Fontayne
From March 21 to April 5, 2025
Opening Friday, October 10, in the presence of the artists, from 5:30 p.m.
Sylvette Bonnin’s paintings on display:
Martine Fontayne's paintings on display
Belles natures
Martine Pinsolle et Ingrid Christoffels
Paintings
From June 2 to 27, 2024
We had the pleasure of welcoming back painter Martine Pinsolle, who offered sensitive and elegant depictions of nature, of the landscapes and surroundings that inspire her. She was accompanied by Ingrid Christoffels, an artist whom we were delighted to host for the very first time.
Ingrid Christoffelsvisual artist, trained at a school of Fine Arts in the Netherlands with a degree in art history. She has worked in France for 33 years; 26 years in Drôme Provençale and since 2018 in La Teste de Buch.
Comme activité secondaire, elle enseigne le yoga.
She has exhibited, installed, and performed live in several countries, including France with Renaud Capuçon and the Peristyle of the Lyon Opera. Her paintings can be found in around ten countries from Europe to Canada and the United States.
Martine Pinsolle is a French painter born in Bordeaux in 1941. She lives and works in the French Basque Country. She is the great-niece of the Charente painter Max Serge Chailloux (Saintes, 1902 – Angoulême, 1971). The main theme of her works is the human figure.
Gérard Gamand, director of the late Azart magazine, said of her (2004): There is an intense sensual jubilation in Martine Pinsolle’s painting. The strength of her line, the power of her tones, the boldness of her composition, and the accuracy of her expression captivated us. Martine Pinsolle’s work unfolds the human figure through masterful portraits, expressive bodies, and powerful group scenes. She delights in this endless saga of humanity.
A summer at the Labégorre Fund
Jérôme Delépine, paintings and Catherine Guérard, sculptures
From June 27 to September 12, 2025
De la couleur, la vie
Christian Hénon, peintures
From April 22 to May 26, 2023
Photos du vernissage © Claude Goga – 22 avril 2023 :
Photos de l’accrochage et du vernissage © Fonds Labégorre – 22 avril 2023 :
Ruel, Labégorre – Galerie du Fonds Labégorre, Seignosse
From June 18 to September 30, 2025
Two generations, two exceptional painters.
Some photos of the hanging:
Visit the exhibition – Photos © Claude Goga:
Some paintings by Jean-Pierre Ruel:
→ Présentation de l’exposition
→ Voir l’article de Sud Ouest Dimanche, 4 juillet 2021
→ Jean-Pierre Ruel sur Facebook
→ Voir l’article de Sud Ouest Dimanche
→ Présentation de l’exposition
→ Voir la galerie photos de l’exposition
Lucie Geffré, Philippe Cara Costea, Serge Labégorre
Paintings and sculptures
From July 3 to August 7, 2020
Some photos of the hanging © Claude Goga
Some photos of the hanging © Sophie Labégorre :
L’Heure muette – Lucie Geffré
Paintings
Second welcome within our walls of this sensitive, attentive artist.
→ télécharger le dossier de presse de l’exposition
→ voir le catalogue
Palettes d’une vie – Philippe Caracostea
Paintings and sculptures
Continuation and end of the tribute exhibition, unfinished due to health closure.
Five paintings and three sculptures by this master, absolutely to be seen and seen again.
→ voir la maquette du catalogue
Some photos from the opening:
NATURES
Jean Patrice Oulmont, sculptures
Serge Labégorre, paintings
From June 14 to September 27, 2019
> télécharger l’invitation
> lire l’article d’Arts Magazine n°25 (09/2019)
Some pictures :
opening (June 15, 2019):
De Reimpré – Labégorre – Bacholle
Paintings and sculptures
From June 16 to September 6, 2018
> téléchargez le catalogue de l’exposition
Some pictures :
Maurin Labégorre, Trois grands Aquitains
From June 3 to September 30, 2017
Hugues Maurin, Janine Maurin, Serge Labégorre: the Fonds Labégorre gallery welcomes three of the major artists of our time.
This exhibition is a major event for the young Fonds Labégorre, as these artists have left, are leaving, and will continue to leave their mark on contemporary sculpture and painting.
Abraham Hadad
From January 22 to March 19, 2016
“Despite a trying experience, Abraham Hadad’s paintings exude a great deal of gentleness. The choice of shades, the layers of color that play on juxtaposition, are so similar to enamel that they are easily mistaken for enamel.” (Marie-Pierre Letort – Sud Ouest)
Giancarlo Bargoni
From April 24 to July 19, 2015
“In his perpetual quest for depth, light, and balance, Giancarlo Bargoni seeks to ‘touch the soul through sensitivity.’ The works presented at the Fonds Labégorre share the colors of earth, fire, and sun.” (Marie-Pierre Letort – Sud Ouest)
Inaugural exhibition of the Labégorre Endowment Fund
From November 25, 2014 to April 15, 2015
The official inauguration of the Fund was marked by a major exhibition of Labégorre's contemporary works.
“Moving, magnificent and exciting, Serge Labégorre’s early works draw much of their inspiration from the southern coast of Landes, Béarn and Biarritz, lands dear to the artist’s heart.” (Carnet d’Art)
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