1. Who is Thierry Leproust?
　Thierry Leproust is a French artist: painter, sculptor, decorator, and scenographer.
He was born in 1948 in the Nièvre department.　Nationality: French.
He is a versatile artist combining visual arts and performing arts.

2. Background & Education
　He studied at the École Boulle, specializing in interior architecture, design, and sculpture.
He obtained his diploma in interior architecture in 1969.
In the early 1970s, he began his career as a draftsman / designer in an interior architecture firm.
He started exhibiting his works — painting / contemporary art — in the mid-1970s.

3. Fields of Activity
　Thierry Leproust does not limit himself to a single discipline. He combines several activities:
Painting & sculpture / visual art: he has exhibited regularly since 1975, in France and abroad.
Scenography / sets for theatre, dance, opera: since the 1980s, he has designed stage sets for performances.
Film set design: he has worked as a production designer / set designer for several films since 1983.
Furniture-sculptures & interior design / art furniture: beginning in 1990, he created furniture-objects — unique pieces considered as utilitarian sculptures.
His work blends pure creation (painting, sculpture), design / interior architecture, and performing arts / cinema.

4. Key Works / Collaborations
　Some examples of productions, operas, films, and exhibitions he contributed to:
For choreographer Angelin Preljocaj — he designed sets for several ballets including Amer America (1990), La Peau du Monde (1992), Le Parc (1994), The Firebird (1995), Casanova (1998), The Rite of Spring (2001), Le Songe de Médée (2004), and Snow White (2008).
For cinema — he designed sets for films by Michel Deville, including La Lectrice and Le Paltoquet.
As a painter/exhibiting artist — he has exhibited in solo and group shows since the 1970s.
In art furniture / design — he has created furniture-sculptures (unique pieces), playing with form, material, sculpture, and functionality.

5. Style, Artistic Philosophy & Originality
　For Leproust, drawing has been the basis of everything: “drawing has been the foundation of everything,” he says.
He rejects “gratuitous formal effects”: his work favors clean lines, a rigorous interplay between full and empty space, and an abstract-realist design.
　His furniture-sculptures illustrate this principle well: they are utilitarian objects but considered full-fledged works of art — often minimalist, with careful materials and finishes.
　In scenography, this plastic rigor leads to great visual elegance, well suited to theatre, dance, and cinema — a sober, thoughtful style that carries strong emotion.
　His work blends utility, abstraction, and artistic sensitivity — a bridge between visual art, design, and performance.

6. Why Study Thierry Leproust — What Makes Him Important?
　He embodies artistic versatility: visual artist, designer, scenographer — showing the potential of interdisciplinarity in the arts.
His approach — combining sobriety, abstraction, and aesthetic sensitivity — offers insight into design, scenography, and contemporary art.
　His collaborations with major figures in theatre, dance, and cinema highlight the importance of scenography / set design in enhancing a live performance.

　Studying his career also helps us understand how an artist can navigate multiple fields and adapt — from furniture design to exhibitions, performing arts, and cinema.