Born in Paris in 1928.
In 1944, he entered the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts.
In 1948, at the age of 20, he was awarded the most prestigious prize for newcomers and critics in Paris; in 1971, at the age of 43, he was awarded the Legion of Honor.
In 1974, he became a member of the French Academy.
In 1991, a major retrospective exhibition was held at the Hermitage Museum and the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Russia.
Received the title of Officier de la Legion d’Honneur in 1993.
He passed away at his home on October 4, 1999, at the age of 71.