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{{~~short~~ description|French painter and sculptor (1926–2025)}}

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| caption = Avril’s ”Mer à Cassis” (1986)

| birth_name = Armand Jérôme Avril

| birth_date = ~~2 December~~ 1926

| birth_date = 1926

| birth_place = [[Lyon]], France

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2025|11|01|1926|12|02}}

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| occupation = Painter ~~<br/> Sculptor~~

| occupation = Painter

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”’Armand Jérôme Avril”’ ({{IPA|fr|aʁmɑ̃ avʁil|lang}}; 2 December 1926 – 1 November 2025) was a French painter and sculptor.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=2 November 2025|title=L’inclassable peintre lyonnais Armand Avril est décédé|url=https://www.leprogres.fr/culture-loisirs/2025/11/02/le-peintre-lyonnais-armand-avril-est-decede|trans-title= |work=[[Le Progrès]]|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=5 November 2025}}</ref>

==~~Biography~~==

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Born in [[Lyon]] on 2 December 1926, Avril’s mother was Corsican and his father was Parisian. In the 1940s, he first worked as a plasterer and painter.<ref>{{cite book |last=Collectif Villefranche|first= |date=2002|title=Armand Avril, itinéraire, peintures et assemblages|url= |trans-title= |language=French|location=Villefranche-sur-Saône|publisher=Musée Dini et Association des amis d’Armand Avril|page=121|oclc=401628327|access-date=}}</ref> His father, Marcel Avril, was a member of the [[French Resistance]] and was killed by the [[Gestapo]] in 1944.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ballester|first=Frédéric|date=2005|title=Après nous le déluge et vive la couleur!|url=https://worldcat.org/fr/title/314525934|trans-title= |language=French|location=Cannes|publisher=Centre d’art La Malmaison|page=134|isbn=978-2-9520745-8-2|access-date=5 November 2025}}</ref> After the war, he joined the {{ill|Groupe Témoignage|fr|Témoignage (peinture)}} and first exhibited at Lyon’s Galerie Folklore. As part of the group, he gained exposure with artists such as [[Jean Bertholle]], [[Alfred Manessier]], [[César Geoffray]], [[Jean Le Moal]], [[Étienne Martin]], and [[François Stahly]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Gavoty|first=Bernard|date=1989|title=Marcel Michaud : Lyon 1933-1958 , Stylclair, Groupe témoignage|url= |trans-title= |language=French|location=Lyon|publisher=Espace Lyonnais d’Art Contemporain|page=19|oclc=47034508|access-date=}}</ref> His first works were composed of discarded objects such as children’s toys and empty tin cans.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ballester|first=Frédéric|date=2005|title=Après nous le déluge et vive la couleur!|url=https://worldcat.org/fr/title/314525934|trans-title= |language=French|location=Cannes|publisher=Centre d’art La Malmaison|page=136|isbn=978-2-9520745-8-2|access-date=5 November 2025}}</ref> He expressed himself through “poetic universe overflowing with humor and vitality”.<ref name=”Lyon”>{{cite book |last= |first= |date=2018|title=Catalogue Raisonné du MBA de Lyon, Sculptures du XVIIe au XXe siècle|url= |trans-title= |language=French|location=Lyon|publisher=Somogy Editions d’Art|page=478-479|isbn=978-2757212691|access-date=}}</ref> In 1975, he released the “Alignement” series, which composed of several spherical works assembled into groups.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mba-lyon.fr/mba/sections/fr/expositions-musee/expositions-dossier/archive-expo-dossier/avril-armand/|title=Armand Avril|work=Museum of Fine Arts Lyon|language=French}}</ref> His “Mer à Cassis” series drew inspiration from [[Wols]], inspired by his experience with [[World War II]].<ref name=”Lyon”/> Avril drew inspiration in his tapestries from a trip to Indonesia with a technique known as ”[[ikat]]”.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ballester|first=Frédéric|date=2005|title=Après nous le déluge et vive la couleur!|url=https://worldcat.org/fr/title/314525934|trans-title= |language=French|location=Cannes|publisher=Centre d’art La Malmaison|page=137|isbn=978-2-9520745-8-2|access-date=5 November 2025}}</ref> Later in his life, he contributed significantly to the [[Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=f2Ex_a3PDTw|title=Armand Avril au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon|date=23 July 2008|work=YouTube|language=French}}</ref>

~~Armand~~ Avril died on 1 November 2025, at the age of 98.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1176000941324817&set=a.433143265610592&type=3|title=Hommage à Armand Avril|work=Facebook|language=French}}

Avril died on 1 November 2025, at the age of 98.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1176000941324817&set=a.433143265610592&type=3|title=Hommage à Armand Avril|work=Facebook|language=French}}

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French painter and sculptor (1926–2025)

Armand Avril
Avril’s Mer à Cassis (1986)
Born	Armand Jérôme Avril (1926-12-02)2 December 1926
Died	1 November 2025(2025-11-01) (aged 98)
Occupation(s)	Painter, sculptor

Armand Jérôme Avril (French: [aʁmɑ̃ avʁil]; 2 December 1926 – 1 November 2025) was a French painter and sculptor.^[1]

Born in Lyon on 2 December 1926, Avril’s mother was Corsican and his father was Parisian. In the 1940s, he first worked as a plasterer and painter.^[2] His father, Marcel Avril, was a member of the French Resistance and was killed by the Gestapo in 1944.^[3] After the war, he joined the Groupe Témoignage [fr] and first exhibited at Lyon’s Galerie Folklore. As part of the group, he gained exposure with artists such as Jean Bertholle, Alfred Manessier, César Geoffray, Jean Le Moal, Étienne Martin, and François Stahly.^[4] His first works were composed of discarded objects such as children’s toys and empty tin cans.^[5] He expressed himself through “poetic universe overflowing with humor and vitality”.^[6] In 1975, he released the “Alignement” series, which composed of several spherical works assembled into groups.^[7] His “Mer à Cassis” series drew inspiration from Wols, inspired by his experience with World War II.^[6] Avril drew inspiration in his tapestries from a trip to Indonesia with a technique known as ikat.^[8] Later in his life, he contributed significantly to the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon.^[9]

Avril died on 1 November 2025, at the age of 98.^[10]

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