impression of the form without being figurative. For his large paintings and his sculptures, more space is needed. In 2000, Bitran builds his home and his studios on the ruins of an old cinema in Montrouge, south of Paris. With his new theme Les Noirs,( The Blacks) he goes right into « what he always thought of as the major color : black ». - from Affinités en noir major, catalogue of the exhibition in 2017, galerie Convergences, Paris. In the following years, Bitran participates in more than fifty exhibitions worldwide among others: Kunst des 20 Jahnunderts, Galerie Schilling, Köln, 2001. Lecciones de tinieblas, Academia 13, Mexico City, 2007. 20 Modern Turkish Artists of the XX century, SantralIstanbul, 2011, Modernités Plurielles, Centre Pompidou, 2013, and holds personal exhibitions in galleries and museum in France, Turkey and in England at the London’s Grosvenor Gallery, in 2010 and 2011. Albert Bitran had the distinction of "Officier des Arts et Lettres". He died 9 November 2018, aged 87. (To visualize works of Albert Bitran online refer to the section "External links - Bank of images of ADAGP" below). See also Lyrical Abstraction Tachisme Art Informel School of Paris References In French and English: "Albert Bitran" Introduction, A Journey through Painting by Jean-Luc Chalumeau, including Bitran ou la Question de l'Oeil by Claude Lefort. Lienart Editions 2019. } "Albert Bitran or the Triumph of Grey" by Gérard-Georges Lemaire. catalogue from the exhibition Albert Bitran Paintings & drawings, Obliques at Grosvenor Gallery in 2010. In French: "Bitran ou la chaleur des gris" by Charles Estienne, Ariel Gallery, 1956. "Bitran, ou l’élaboration d’un nouveau sentiment de la nature" by Denys Chevalier, XXème siècle, periodical, 1963. "BITRAN" by Michel Courtois, Birch Gallery, Copenhague, 1961. "L’Atelier", text by Georges Boudaille, 1964. "Epreuves", text by Jean-Louis Baudry, la Balance, Bruxelles, 1966. "Bitran ou la question de l’oeil" by Claude Lefort, édition SMI, 1975. "Dessins, 1955-1975" text by Alain Bosquet, SMI, Paris, 1976. "Le Mirliton du Ciel" 1985, poems by Albert Memmi. "Fleuve" 1986, poems by Jean-Dominique Rey. "Entretien avec Albert Bitran" by Jean Paris, Coloquio Artes, Lisbon, 1992. L'École de Paris 1945-1965, Dictionnaire des peintres by Lydia Harambourg, Ides et Calendes, 1993 (). "Albert Bitran, l'Oeuvre", Georges Borgeaud. Ides et Calendes, Neuchâtel, Suisse, 1993. "Albert Bitran, Arcades", introduction by Pierre Daix, 1998. "Dossier Albert Bitran" by Jean-Luc Chalumeau, Verseau, periodical, 1997. "Bitran ou la lumière de l’image" by Pierre