Applicat-Prazan

Applicat-Prazan,
Rive gauche | Rive droite

Bernard Prazan, an art-collector of long standing, founded his first gallery in 1989.

Specialized since its inception in top quality paintings by the principal Artists of the Post-War School of Paris, Applicat-Prazan settled down in 1993 at 16 rue de Seine, on the Left Bank in Paris in the very heart of the art gallery district of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

The end of 2010 saw the opening of a second address on the Right Bank at 14 avenue Matignon.

Since 2004 Franck Prazan has been running the gallery:

Before succeeding his Father, he was formerly Managing Director of Christie’s in France. As such, he oversaw its development from a simple representative office to a fully fledged auction house, moving the company to the Avenue Matignon in Paris.

Under his management, Applicat-Prazan has enjoyed an important development while the philosophy of the gallery has remained true to its founding principles:

• Hyper-specialization which has led us to concentrate our skills uniquely on the Post-War School of Paris and on the most significant artists of this period,
• Hyper-selectivity – confining our choice of paintings to those we judge to be the most qualitative,
• A policy specifically adapted to the private collector who by definition takes a long term view of things, smoothing out the effects of speculation.

Over the years Applicat-Prazan has developed an international reputation with monographic or thematic exhibitions such as, for example:

• Soulages, œuvres majeures (1996)
• Grands peintres, petits formats (1999)
• L’École de Paris des Années 50 en l’An 2000 (2000)
• Schneider (2001)
• Estève, Freundlich, Poliakoff : Trois grands coloristes (2001)
• Estève, aquarelles et fusains (2003)
• Schneider (2006)
• Mes années 50, collection Alain Delon (2007)
• Présence, Silences, hommage à Geer van Velde (2007)
• Poliakoff (2008)
• Atlan (2008)
• Dialogues autour de Pierre Soulages (2009)
• Atlan, les détrempes (2010)
• Panorama Jean Fautrier (2010)
• 14 Matignon (2011)

Applicat-Prazan exhibits at:

• Biennale des Antiquaires
• Fiac
• Tefaf Maastricht
• Salon du Dessin

Applicat-Prazan is a member of:

• Syndicat National des Antiquaires
• Comité Professionnel des Galeries d’Art