Born in Quimper, Finistere. Lives and works in Paris. 1943-44: Worked as architectural draughtsman, Vannes. 1944-46: Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Rennes. 1947-49: Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Nantes. 1949 Moved to Paris. Made first assemblages of torn posters, in collaboration with Raymond Hains. 1950-53: Worked in filmmaking with Hains. 1956: Married Marie-Francoise de Faultrier; daughters Valérie, Fabienne, Adeline. 1957: Exhibition of torn posters (affiches lacerees), Galerie Colette Allendy, Paris (with Hains). 1959: Biennale des Jeunes, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. 1960: Became member of Pierre Restany's "Nouveaux Realistes" group; associated especially with other affichistes, Francois Dufrene, Hains, Mimmo Rotella. 1961: "The Art of Assemblage," MoMA. 1964: Galerie Ad Libitum, Antwerp. 1971: Moderna Museet, Stockholm. "Affiches Lacerees," Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart. 1980: Galerie Beaubourg, Paris; Centre Noroit, Arras, France. "Les Affichistes," Galerie Mathias Fels, Paris. 1987: Galerie Christian Laune, Montpellier, France. "Les Nouveaux Realistes," Musee des Beaux-Arts, Winterthur. 1988: Galerie du Genie, Paris.
