PATRICK DENOUN
FINE ART PAINTER
1950-2007

PATRICK DENOUN was born in 1950 in Paris, France. At a young age he became interested in the arts. At 15 years he entered a preparatory academy located in the heart of "Quartier latin" of Paris in preparation for the University. In 1967, he passed the entrance exam for the famous national superior school BOULLE and he received his degree in wood sculpturing. It was a great epoch of cultural and ideology changes. in 1971, entered the national superior schol of Art Deco in Paris. A year later he began to decorate interiors of cinemas and theaters. But soon after he changed his focus exclusively to painting and drawing. He left Paris and moved to the region on Provence in Saint-Tropez. During a period of 10 years he continued his career as a painter but also took time to travel the world. In 1985 he put down his luggage on the soil of Mexico, his adoptive country for wich he had much affection without forgetting to take some art ressources in France. In 1993, he decided to share the year in 2 seasons, spending the summer in France and the winter in Mexico. His work has been progressing through the years and his success has grown tremendously. In the year 2000, he chose to live only in Puerto Vallarta, because he wanted to raise his new baby twins in mexico . He was going to France just to expose or visit his gallery, family and friends. he was painting only at home in his fabulous new studio, named STUDIO LOS CUATES , that he had just finished to build october 2004 in the middle of the jungle, bigger enough to develop his other passions, photography, scuplture and design . In 2006, he reorganized his gallery in Saint Tropez that he had for 15 years with his brother in the south of France . the new gallery becomes the PATRICK DENOUN gallery ...2007, Easter day, Patrick Denoun was killed tragically in a motorcycle accident