Lion Bamon

The Painter of the Invisible

Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1963, the young man discovered early on the artistic effervescence of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. At the age of 11, on his way to school, he would cross Rue de Seine and Place Fürstenberg every day—true open-air museums. The windows of the "chic" galleries became his first classrooms, awakening his eye and sensitivity. Later, he joined the Beaux-Arts studio in Paris, under the direction of Pierre Carron, where he forged his artistic tools. In his oil paintings, colorful layers and delicately applied glazes verge on the gestural. But beyond technique, one subject haunts him: the invisible.