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The French painter Georges Rohner, born in Paris in 1913, developed a practice spanning painting, mural projects, tapestry and mosaic. Documented works include murals in Guadeloupe and Paris, several tapestries made from his designs by the Pinton manufactory, and an outdoor mosaic. The directory records that he died in 2000.
His training began in 1929 at the École des Beaux-Arts, following a visit to the Louvre and Luxembourg museums recounted in his biography. The following year, he joined Lucien Simon’s studio, where he came into contact with Humblot, Jannot, Lasne, Pellan, Brayer, Civet, Fontanarosa, Fillacier, Albert Rémy and Chauffrey, among others. In 1934, his works were shown at the Salons des Indépendants and des Tuileries. He then spent two years in Guadeloupe as part of his military service; in 1935, he executed murals at the Hôtel de ville in Basse-Terre. In Paris, he took part in the first exhibitions of the Forces Nouvelles group at the Galerie Billet-Worms. In 1936, he took part in the Salon de la Nouvelle Génération at the Galerie Carpentier and held his first solo exhibition at the Galerie Billet-Worms. Called up in 1940, he was detained in Trier, at Stalag XII. He decorated the camp chapel and kept the « Christ des prisonniers », dated 1941.
Tapestry forms another strand of his work. In 1943, he created the cartoon for « Autumn » and a trial piece woven at the Pinton manufactory in Felletin-Aubusson. The same manufactory later wove « À la gloire des armées de Paris », intended for the Hôtel des Invalides in 1952, followed by « Polytechnique » for the École polytechnique in 1954. His career also included exhibitions and commissions in various contexts: he showed his work at the Venice Biennale in 1948, executed a mural at the Lycée Hélène-Boucher in Paris in 1958, and another, entitled « Youth », at the Centre technique de Cachan. In 1962, he executed the outdoor mosaic « Iron » for the collège technique in Bourges. In 1959, Rohner was appointed to teach at the École des Beaux-Arts and received the Légion d’honneur. In 1962, he became professor of drawing and colour at the École des arts décoratifs.
Elected a member of the Académie des beaux-arts in 1968, he took the former seat of Ingres. Retrospectives devoted to the Forces Nouvelles group and to his work took place in 1980 and 1987: in 1980, the musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris organised a Forces Nouvelles retrospective, and Rohner took part in « Les Réalismes 1919-1939 » at the Centre Georges Pompidou; in 1987, a retrospective of his work was presented at the musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper. In 1982, two drawings were acquired by the musée d’Art moderne du Centre Pompidou. In 1988, the State acquired the painting « Rue Bonaparte » for the musée Gaston-Rapin de Villeneuve-sur-Lot. A retrospective was organised at the Chapelle des Ursulines de Lannion in 2000. According to the biography, Rohner died in Lannion on 3 November of that year, aged 87.
This profile brings together identity references for Georges Rohner and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
11 references are documented at Dobiaschofsky, Piguet. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Oil on canvas
Les citrons
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2026-05-27 — 2026-06-10
Published result : 2000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 500–700
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Oil on canvas
Le musicien
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2025-03-06 — 2025-03-19
Published result : 550 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 600–800
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Oil on canvas
"Barques au port".
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2017-11-10
Published result : 1400 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000
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Oil on canvas
Stillleben mit Trauben, Birnen und Baumnüssen.
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2017-05-13
Published result : 100 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 500
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Nature morte avec coupe et oeuf.
Öl auf Leinwand
Date to be documented
Published result : 1400 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1800
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Oil on canvas
Brumes à Locquirec,
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2017-09-27
Published result : 2000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 500–800
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"Nu drapé".
Öl auf Lwd
Date to be documented
Published result : 4500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 5600
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Bedeckte Frau.
Bleistift-Zeichnung
Date to be documented
Published result : 180 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 300
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Nature morte avec des oranges.
Öl auf Lwd.
Date to be documented
Published result : 3300 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3000
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Oil on canvas
Nature morte au bol et à l'oeuf,
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2013-10-02
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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Watercolour and pencil
"Le parasol".
Aquarell und Bleistift
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
