Lithography François Legrand Painter 10/19 (650x500) mm Internationally recognized painter, François Legrand was named Knight of the Legion of Honor. At the age of thirty, in 1981, he received the David Weil Drawing Prize from the Académie des Beaux-Arts, in 1982, the Grand Prix International d'Art Contemporain de Monaco, in 1989, the Grand Prix Lila Ascheson Wallace from the foundation of the Reader's Digest and the Grand Prix du portrait Paul-Louis Weiller. The recognition of these prestigious institutions allowed him to leave teaching at the Institute of Visual Arts of Orleans to devote himself entirely to painting. François Legrand is considered a major artist of our time ...