Le peintre

He is one of the main representatives of the narrative figuration movement , which opposed abstract painting in the mid-1960s .

Monory's paintings are deeply concerned with the violence of everyday reality and suggest heavy and threatening atmospheres. The themes are developed through series and the images he uses are taken directly from contemporary society. Photographic and cinematographic borrowings, the use of monochrome, the coldness of touch and composition characterize a unique style, committed to representation and often dipped in shades of blue.

Jacques Monory made several films, of which the first, EX- , an experimental film, 1968, then Brighton Belle 1974, The Thief 1984, The smaller gesture 1988 can make a mark .