Applicat-Prazan

Applicat-Prazan gallery was established in 1993 on the Left Bank in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area of Paris at 16 rue de Seine (75006 Paris, France) under the initiative of Bernard Prazan, a keen art collector. Franck Prazan, Bernard Prazan's son and former managing director of Christie's in France, has been running the gallery since 2004.

In 2010 a second location was added on the Right Bank, at 14 avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris.

In 2023 on the occasion of its 30th anniversary Applicat-Prazan presented at the second edition of Paris + by Art Basel a Solo Show dedicated to French artist Jean Hélion, bringing together seven paintings of remarkable importance.

Since its foundation the gallery specializes exclusively in the important post-war European painters and specifically in the most significant artists of this period such as  : Jean Dubuffet, Maurice Estève, Jean Fautrier, Hans Hartung, Jean Hélion, Wifredo Lam, Alberto Magnelli, Alfred Manessier, André Masson, Georges Mathieu, Serge Poliakoff, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Pierre Soulages, Nicolas de Staël, Maria Elena Vieira da Silva and Zao Wou-Ki.

Exhibitions
Over the years the gallery has gained a large international recognition, thanks to its monographic or thematic exhibitions, notably:
 * Soulages, major works (1996)
 * Great painters, small paintings (1999)
 * The School of Paris of the 50s in the year 2000 (2000)
 * Schneider (2001)
 * Estève, Freundlich, Poliakoff : Three masters of colours (2001)
 * Estève, watercolours and charcoal (2003)
 * Schneider (2006)
 * Mes années 50, the collection of Alain Delon (2007)
 * Présence, Silences, homage to Geer van Velde (2007)
 * Poliakoff (2008)
 * Atlan (2008)
 * Dialogues around Pierre Soulages (2009)
 * Atlan, the distempers (2010)
 * Pincemin (2010)
 * Jean Fautrier (2010)
 * 14 Matignon (2011)
 * André Masson (2012)
 * Alfred Manessier, Tours, Favellas and other monumental paintings (2012)
 * Maurice Estève, works on paper (2013)
 * Serge Poliakoff, the gallery's 20th anniversary exhibition (2013)
 * Georges Mathieu (2014)
 * Maurice Estève, Paintings 1929-1994 (2015)
 * Zoran Music (2016)
 * Le grand Œil de Michel Tapié (2018)
 * Justice! 2 chefs-d’œuvre de Roger-Edgar Gillet (2019)
 * BBB (2019)
 * Georges Mathieu, Paintings 1951-1962 (2022)
 * Jean Hélion, le Florilège (2023)

Events
The gallery regularly participates in the following events:
 * artgenève
 * TEFAF Maastricht
 * TEFAF New York Spring
 * Art Basel
 * Paris + by Art Basel
 * Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale

In 2016, Applicat-Prazan participated in Art Basel Hong Kong for the second time. The gallery showed a majority of works by Zao Wou-Ki.

In 2017, Applicat-Prazan has been selected to sell two paintings on behalf of the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA)

Organisations
The gallery is a member of the following organizations:
 * Syndicat National des Antiquaires
 * Comité Professionnel des Galeries d’Art