EXHIBITIONS 

The Afternoon of a faun

 

Nude

 

La Liberté, 1953

 

Palindrome, 1954

 

Metamorphosis, 1955

 

Orpheus and Eurydice, 1956

 

Christ, 1958

 

Chevauchée Nocturne, 1959

 

Interpénétration, 1956

 

Exhibition, 1963

 

Equinox, 1963

 

Vertical, 1956

 

The guest,  1963

 

Night in Rome, 1963, J. Zwobada

 

Exhibition  at the Musée Rodin, 1969

 

Exhibition at the Musée Rodin, 1969

 

Exhibition, 1971

 

Tapestry model, 1967, J. Zwobada

 

Chevauchée fantastique, 1964

 

The dancer, 1953

 

The wrestlers, 1953

 

Exhibition, 1992

 

Exhibition, 1994

 

Demeter, 1965

 

Exhibition at the Musée Bourdelle, 1995

 

Exhibition opened by Mr Edouard Balladur, 1995

 

The horse, 1947

 

Chevauchée Nocturne, 1959

 

Metamorphosis, 1955

 

Erotique, 1963

1934

Exhibits at the Salon des Tuileries.


1935

Galerie Aktuaryus, Strasbourg - 10 drawings, 6 sculptures.


1945

One-man show at the Galerie Charpentier :

  • 25 drawings

  • 3 sculptures, 

  • 10 drawings for the Afternoon of a faun. Presentation by Jean Grenier.

1949

Decimo Salon Oficial Anual de Arte Venezolano, Caracas - 3 drawings, 2 sculptures.


1953

Exhibits at the Salon de la Jeune Sculpture.


1954

  • Displays his work at the Salon de la Jeune Sculpture. He was to be a member of its governing committee from 1956 to 1964.

  • One-man show of sculptures and terracottas at the Suzanne de Coninck Gallery.

1955
  • Second exhibition in the Suzanne de Coninck Gallery.
  • Exhibits at the Salon de la Jeune Sculpture.
  • Exhibits at the Tenth Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Musée de la Ville de Paris.
1956

Exhibits at the Salon de la Jeune Sculpture.


1957
  • Exhibits at the Salon de la Jeune Sculpture.
  • Takes part in the Art and Technique exhibition in Zurich (Switzerland) and in the Sculpture d'un Autre Temps exhibition in the Angers Museum then at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Tours.
  • Takes part in an exhibition of seven sculptors at the Breteau Gallery in Paris.
1958
  • Exhibits at the Salon de la jeune Sculpture.
  • One-man exhibition, Galerie Breteau, Paris: 15 sculptures, 25 drawings
  • Executes a figure of Christ for the Vatican Pavilion at the Brussels World Fair.
  • Participates in an exhibition of "Sixty Sculptors of the School of Paris" at the Musée Rodin in Paris, in "74 Sculptors" at the Claude-Bernard Gallery and once again in Sculpture d'un Autre Temps at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Tours.

1959
  • Invited to Salon de Mai.
  • "Contemporary French sculpture and the Paris school" at the Musée Rodin: : " La chevauchée nocturne " plaster.
1960

Salon de Mai in Paris and in Zurich.


1961
  • Salon de la Jeune Sculpture.
  • 17th Salon de Mai, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands("Orpheus ").
1962
  • Salon de Mai in Paris and in Tokyo, Osaka and Yawata. 
    (Bronze : " Interpénétration").
  • Participates in Sculpteurs d'Aujourd'hui at the Blumenthal Gallery and in Mosaiques Contemporaines at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs (2 mosaics).
  • " Sculptures d'Aujourd'hui ", Galerie Lahumière, Paris -  "Motherhood" sculpture.

1963

  • Salon de Mai, Paris ( " Erotique ").

  • Fifth " Grands et Jeunes d'Aujourd'hui " exhibition, 2 sculptures.

  • One-man exhibition of forty-nine drawings and a mosaic at the Maison de la culture in Le Havre. Louise de Vilmorin gives a lecture on Zwobada.

  • · Takes part in an exhibition of drawings at the Breteau Gallery.

1964

Three  tapestries, " Equinox ", " I'Invitée " (The Guest), and " l'Aurore ", (Dawn), are included in a travelling exhibition of French tapestries in Dallas, Phoenix, New York, Boston, Detroit, and Hawaii.


1965
  • Salon de Mai : " Vertical ".
  • Participates in an exhibition of sculptures in the old church of Touques.
1966
  • Salon de Mai : " Bête Fantastique " (Fantastic Beast).
  • Participates in the third Exhibition of Contemporary Sculptures at the Musée Rodin: " Chevauchée Nocturne ".
1967
  • Salon de Mai in Paris and the Cuba pavilion in Havana 
  • Participates in "Sculpture, a Generation of Innovation" at the Art Institute in Chicago:" Chevauchée Nocturne"...
  • His tapestry " L'Invitée " is displayed in the French Pavilion at the Montreal World Fair, Canada.

1968
  • Zwobada is honoured at the Salon de Mai (with a text by Gaston Diehl) and at the Salon de la Jeune Sculpture (with a text by Denys Chevalier).
  • Four of his works are displayed in an exhibition of "French Sculptors' drawings from Rodin to the Present" in Pully, Switzerland and in the Palais de la Méditerrannée, Nice.

1969

A retrospective show of Zwobada's work is inaugurated at the Musée Rodin by André Malraux: 49 sculptures, 68 drawings, 2 tapestries.
Texts for the catalogue were written by Cécile Goldscheider, curator of the Musée Rodin, Louise de Vilmorin, Robert Couturier, René Letourneur, Etienne Martin, Jacques Delahaye, Gérald Van der Kemp, Félicien Marceau, Pierre Seghers, Bernard Zehrfuss, and Jean Le Couteur.


1970

Maison de la Culture, Bourges - Tapestry " L'Invitée ".


1971
  • Exhibition of works by Zwobada at the French Embassy in Bern, Switzerland: 11 sculptures, 11 drawings, 1 tapestry.
  • International exhibition of contemporary sculpture, Musée Rodin - tapestry.
1972

Salon de Montrouge - 2 sculptures, 1 drawing.

1973

An Homage to Zwobada at the fifth Exposicion Nacional "El Metal en el Arte" in Valencia, Spain. It features twelve sculptures. The catalogue includes a presentation by Vicente Aguilera Cerni.


1975
  • Two sculptures by Zwobada are displayed in the fourth International Exhibition of Small Bronzes at the Musée Rodin.
  • · "Music and dance" (Musée Rodin), display of the sculpture "The dancer " and the charcoal drawing " le concerto ".

1977

"The Wrestlers" (bronze) is included in an exhibition organised by the Ministère de la Jeunesse et des Sports at the Fondation Pierre de Coubertin in Saint-Rémy-les-Chevreuse.


1979

Work shown at the Salon d'Automne at the Grand Palais in Paris.


1987

Zwobada Exhibition, Espace d'Anglemont, Les Lilas, 12 sculptures, 24 drawings.


1992

One-man exhibition at the Atelier d'Art Public, Paris. Sculptures and drawings.
Foreword by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie.


1993
  • Work shown at the Sculptures visages exhibition, thirty contemporary artists
  • Two bronze portrait heads, galerie Art Public, Paris

1994
  • One-man exhibition at the Musée municipal de Saint Cloud, drawings and bronzes.
  • Work shown at the Sculpture sur la selette exhibition, Atelier Art public, Paris.

1995
  • One-man exhibition at the French cultural centre in Prague, Czech Republic.
  • One-man exhibition at the Musée Bourdelle, Paris, opened by Mr Edouard Balladur, catalogue introduction by Rhodia Dufet.

1996
  • Exhibition (Banque Paribas) in Luxembourg
  • EExhibition at the UN headquarters in New York: sculptures and drawings. Opened by Messrs Boutros Boutros Ghali, Secretary General of the United Nations and Hervé de Charrette, Minister of Foreign Affairs, catalogue introduction by Michael Gibson.
  • Work shown at the "Le cheval dans l'Art" exhibition, "cheval " in bronze, Fontainebleau.

1997
  • Exhibition at the cultural centre of the French embassy in Washington.
  • Group exhibition at Aulnay-sous-bois "Chevauchée nocturne" and "Metamorphosis ".
1998

One-man exhibition at the Palais Ruspoli, Rome. Drawings and sculptures under the high patronage of Messieurs Hubert Védrine and Lamberto Dini, Ministers of Foreign Affairs, catalogue introduction by Pierre Restany.


2001

Group exhibition at the Festival of Monumental Sculpture in Sainte Geniviève des Bois: bronze " Erotique ".

2003

"Vertical and the work of Jacques Zwobada" exhibition, sculptures and drawings at the Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, 20 October to 15 December 2003.

2004
  • Exhibition: "Hommage to René Letourneur and Jacques Zwobada" at the media library in Fontenay aux Roses from 1 June to 9 July.

  • Exhibition " Jacques Zwobada, oeuvre sculptée " at the Martel Greiner Gallery, 71 Boulevard Raspail, 75006 Paris. Until 10 january, 2005.

  2006

Antique Dealers Fair of Belgium : "Tours et Taxis" du 18 - 29 january 2006. 4 sculptures exhibited:
La chevauchée nocturne - 1959 - Bronze (cm 163 x 177 x 36)
Les lutteurs - 1954 - Bronze 3/8 (cm 55 x 48 x 43)
Métamorphose - 1955 - Bronze 2/8 (cm 103 x 58 x 45)
Interpénétration - 1956 - Bronze 1/8 (cm 28 x 24 x 71)

  2007
  • Exhibition: "Du trait au buste" From 10 November  to 9 December 2007
    Hôtel de ville, 93600 Aulnay sous Bois
    Opening hours: : every day 2pm - 6pm ;
    Saturday : 9.30am - 12am and  2pm - 6pm.
    Phone : 01 48 79 65 26
    Getting  to Aulnay : RER B station Aulnay sous Bois - Autoroute A1
    Exhibited sculptures :
    Buste de Louise de Vilmorin - 1948 - Plâtre original ( 63 x 53 x 30 cm)
    Georges Bernanos : portrait sur son lit de mort - 5 july 1948 - Fusain
    (32 x 47 cm)
    André Gide : portrait sur son lit de mort - 24 February 1959 - Fusain (47 x 30 cm)

  • Exhibition: "Zwobada" 30 June - 28 November  2007.
    Maison d'Elsa Triolet et Aragon, Moulin de Villeneuve,78730 Saint Arnoult en Yvelines.
    Opening hours: : 14h  à 18h tous les jours.
     Phone: 01 30 41 20 15 website :  www.maison-triolet-aragon.com
    Getting to St Arnoult :  A10/A11 highway, exit St Arnoult - Dourdan - Rambouillet
    Exhibited sculptures :
    Erotique - 1963 - Bronze (cm 170 x 112 x 61)
    Animal fantastique - 1964 - Bronze (cm 77 x 83 x 156)
    Verticale - 1955 - Bronze (cm 119 x 20 x 23)
    Verticale IV - 1966 - Bronze (cm 182 x 47 x 40)
    Elévation - 1955 - Bronze (cm147 x 74 x 30)
    Perséphone - 1963 - Bronze (cm 32 x 25 x 13)
    Chevauchée fantastique - 1964 - Bronze (cm 68 x 154 x 64)
    Déméter - 1965 - Bronze (cm 110 x 82 x 63).
    Métamorphose - 1955 - Bronze 2/8 (cm 103 x 58 x 45)
    Etreinte - 1963 - Bronze (cm 72 x 37 x 27).