Early life and education

Bisch comes from a family with industrial interests in France. The work of his great-grand father, the painter Louis Janmot

Louis Janmot

Anne-François-Louis Janmot was a French painter and poet.-Early years:Janmot was born in Lyon of Catholic parents who were deeply religious. He was extremely moved by the death of his brother in 1823 and his sister's in 1829...

 (1814-1892), had a profound influence upon him.

He traveled through Eastern Europe and parts of the Middle East just after graduation, then return to Strasbourg in 1974 to study at art school. In 1978 he moved to Toulouse where he took classes at the Fine Art department of the University, beginning an enduring passion for life drawing.

Career

In 1984 Thierry moved to Paris, the center of France’s art community. While continuing to work on his drawings over the following years, he took advantage of many work opportunities in the art world. He co-founded the independent rock label “Reflexes” and helped create and develop the well-known French magazine, called “Zoulou”, for art designers. In 1986, he wrote and produced a 52 minutes movie on French fashion designer Thierry Mugler, broadcast on the television channel Canal+.
The year following, he became Thierry Mugler

Thierry Mugler

Thierry Mugler is a French fashion designer and creator of several perfumes.-Childhood:Mugler was born in Strasbourg, France on 21 December 1948. His passion led him to focus more on drawing than on school and at the age of 9, he began to study classical dance...

's personal assistant for fashion photography, music, and special projects. Their work took them on many foreign travels, in U.S.S.R., Africa, U.S.A., China and many other countries.
Ever since his studies at Toulouse University, he has continued to practise sketching and painting.

He has had a permanent artist residency at the Hotel Lutetia

Hôtel Lutetia

The Hôtel Lutetia, located at 45 Boulevard Raspail, in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area of the 6th Arrondissement of Paris, is one of the best-known hotels on the Left Bank...

, Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

 since 2000.

Since 2004, his animal portraits have achieved international notoriety.

In January 2007, he was named a Chevalier of the French order of Arts et Lettres.

Since 2008, he has, with the IUCN Red List

IUCN Red List

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species , founded in 1963, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature is the world's main authority on the conservation status of species...

, been directing the operation “Delete?”

Sources

• 2003 - Monographie Thierry Bisch (1990-2002) Editions Enrico Navarra
• 2009 - IUCN- Species-News 02 March 2009 http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/species/?2755/Delete--French-artist-offers-to-work-with-IUCN-to-save-species

External links

• http://www.thierrybisch.com - artist's website
• IUNC leaflet "Les murs de l'Arche"