Henri Beaufour is a French artist, trained in art and art history in the United States, France and Italy, and with a passion for literature and a curiosity for all forms of culture and philosophy. But he does not overlook the “art of the hand”, which he would experiment with for many years under “master sculptors”, while never neglecting the practices of drawing and painting. Henri Beaufour belongs to the category of artists who create an original yet independent work of art and who prefer to devote their time to the tireless search for form — and the meaning that emerges from it — relying on the legacy of their elders and the multiple influences that haunt them. They try to synthesise these contributions while going beyond them, thus establishing their own programmes.