LOUIS TOFFOLI

Louis Toffoli & nbsp; is a & nbsp; painter & nbsp; and & nbsp; French & nbsp; born in & nbsp; Trieste & nbsp; (Austrian coast), the & nbsp; October 16 & nbsp; 1907, of an Italian father & nbsp; & nbsp ; 18 & nbsp; February & nbsp; 1999 & nbsp; in & nbsp; Créteil.Successively Austro-Hungarian, then Italian and French, Toffoli declared himself as "& nbsp; And did not sign his paintings neither Luigi, nor Louis, but only Toffoli. In & nbsp; 1930, Luigi Toffoli takes the opportunity of an organized trip to emigrate to Paris. Without paper or money, he lives in the Goutte d district 'Or, & nbsp; rue Myrha, where her future wife Sylvia, who died in 1973, joined him. They will have two sons Patrick and Claude. They live on expedients until Denis Kalman, a renowned designer of the & nbsp; Faubourg Saint-Honoré, engages him in his workshop. His situation is regularized, his talents as a model maker are recognized. He obtained a merchant craftsman card and teaches the art of the Cup in the Union Chamber of clothing. Within reputation is growing in & nbsp; 1934 & nbsp ;; Many orders allow him to settle in & nbsp; Alfortville & nbsp; then at & nbsp; Charenton-le-Pont. He becomes an independent craftsman for Parisian fashion houses. He once again follows drawing lessons, patiently experiences his style and tries himself to the poster technique. The RG gallery in Paris organizes in & nbsp; 1952 & nbsp; Toffoli his first personal exhibition. From now on, exhibitions and trips abroad will multiply. In & nbsp; 1954, Louis Toffoli learns the technique of the & nbsp; lithography & nbsp; in the workshops of & nbsp; Fernand Mourlot, then from & nbsp; 1968, he continues his editions of lithographs in those of Jean-Claude Perrin. The lithography will popularize his painting. It is also the years when he exhibits at the Sucillerot gallery alongside & nbsp; Maurice Boitel, & nbsp; Robert Savary, & nbsp; Noe Canjura, & nbsp; Daniel du Janerand, Ginette Rapp and & nbsp; Eliane Thiollier. Several photographs of & nbsp; February 1955 & nbsp; by Georges Papo represents them surrounding the gallery owner Raymond Sucillerot.louis Toffoli then devoted himself entirely to painting and travel. Israel, the United States, Mexico, China ... and many other countries of which he will paint a work always resourced in the heart of daily life. & Nbsp; Aubusson & nbsp; weave in & nbsp; 1976 & nbsp; Toffoli is inaugurated in & nbsp; 1995 & nbsp; in & nbsp; Charenton-le-Pont. Louis Toffoli donates a hundred works to the city. Number of museums, especially in Germany, Brazil, Spain, Holland, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Sweden, United States