Published on the occasion of the retrospective-event devoted to him at the Centre Pompidou (October 14, 2020-January 4, 2021), this reference monograph affirms Martin Barré (1924-1993) as one of the great abstract painters of the 20th century, on a par with Pierre Soulages and Simon Hantaï.

At the Centre Pompidou, we sometimes come across visitors who comment on the works, exclaiming: that's very famous! Indeed, this is very famous! With 120,000 works, the Centre Pompidou has the largest art collection in Europe.