Patrick Betaudier

Master painter Patrick Betaudier founded the Atelier Neo-Medici method in a grand Norman style house in the village of Verneuil-sur-Seine, outside of Paris in 1974. Students from the U.S. and Europe came to study with him.

Born in Trinidad, West Indies, Patrick Betaudier traveled to England where he received his N.D.D. (1959) from St.Martins of the Field College of Art in London.

Patrick tought at Stan Hope College, London (1959-60) before being invited to Paris to teach. He worked at the Grande Chaumier, a reknowned artist's atelier in the Montparnasse district. Through his association with the surrealist movement, his reputation as apainter began to emerge. After time spent in Israel and Africa, he was invited to Southern Illinois University as a visiting artist in 1969. He stayed at the university fo five years with his final year spent in France running the art department's extension site where the idea for the atelier was born.   Source: Atelier Neo Medici