Text Box: One of France’s most highly respected and renowned painters, Bernard Vidal was born in Périgueux, in South West France in 1944. According to his web biographer, Kitten Detov, « At a young age, he discovered the pleasure of painting, and this passion has never left him. In 1961, he attended the Ateliers d'Art in Paris to prepare for his entry to the École des Beaux Arts. In 1967, he began what would prove to be a brilliant career in communications without ever abandoning painting. In 1992, he organized his first major international exhibition at the Gallery Art&Art, Boulevard Saint Germain in Paris. Since then, Bernard Vidal has travelled around the world presenting his work in the most famous galleries and in international institutions and museums. His works, recognized by professionals, collectors and art lovers, as well as the greatest contemporary art critics, are, to date, part of the most beautiful private and public collections on five continents. In January 2009, Bernard Vidal was awarded the title of 'Officier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres' by the French Minister of Culture . » Text Box: Wherever he exhibits, Bernard Vidal is a magnet.  He is one of those forces of nature who acts as a conduit through whom the ecstasy of colour, movement and pure joy are expressed. Liberal use of oils gives deep texture on stretched linen where  country sides and sea shores literally dance in movements that speak of breezes off his beloved Brittany coast where M. Vidal spends a good amount of time.  The rest of his time is spent in Paris, for the most part, sketching, preparing his works and creating a modern Fauve-Expressionist style that has made him famous and popular, as well as giving him a more than deserved high quotation listing on the volatile art markets. His generosity in presenting so many new works in this exhibition and his choice to ask the Galerie Quint-Essences to curate his works in Switzerland speaks highly of his wish to work with us over the long term. Past Œuvre in "To Japan with Love" Exhibition April 2012/ December Works 2012         BERNARD VIDAL