Art Exhibits
Paintings by Jacky Fromentin on Display Through Aug 31 at Atria Darien
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Paintings by Jacky Fromentin, a French immigrant and retired chef, will be on display daily in the Gratia Gillespie Art Gallery at Atria Darien, 50 Ledge Road, through the month of August. Fromentin, who now lives in Connecticut, was born in the heart of Normandy in France’s lush countryside. He first learned cooking from his mother, who worked the land and kitchen of their modest hotel-home. Jacky went on to apprentice in Paris as a teenager, quickly progressing to work at the prestigious Plaza Athenee. When offered the chance to travel the world as a chef on the reputed French navy vessel, La Jeanne d’Arc, Jacky seized the opportunity.