Luce Naval
Luce Naval was born in Paris in 1938, and was attracted to art at a young age. Initially focused on sculpture and painting, she also discovered and pursued her passion for graveur (colored engraving) in the mid 1960’s.
At age 17, she attended the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris, with continued training in subsequent years at the Atelier Yancesse Beaux-Arts, and finally spending five years at the legendary Atelier 17. Her pursuit of excellence in her work also took her to Madrid (Academie San Fernando) and Denmark (Kunst Academiet Beaux Arts de Copenhague).
She has won numerous competitions. Over a span of five decades she has mounted solo and group expositions of her engravings all over the world, including Australia, the United States, and throughout Europe.
Naval has been archived at the Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris), Bibliotheque Royale Albert 1er (Brussels), Artoteket (Sweden), and the Musee de la Gravure (Buenos Aires).
She currently resides in the French countryside in a small village in southern Burgundy, where she has her studio.