# Léon Bongrain: Crossing the Clouds

A solo exhibition at Loeve&Co in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, part of Paris Art Week 2026. Léon Bongrain, known as "le Mécano", was one of the earliest naïve painters and active from 1919 to 1923. It is his first solo show in over a century, with works offered on the market for the first time.

- Type: Show
- When: on view September 17 – October 31, 2026
- Where: Loeve&Co, 15 rue des Beaux-Arts, 75006 Paris, Saint-Germain-des-Prés
- Artists: Léon Bongrain
- Part of: [Paris Art Week 2026](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/paris-2026)
- Event's own page: https://www.artsy.net/show/loeve-and-co-leon-bongrain-crossing-the-clouds
- On Art Week Guide: https://artweekguide.com/events/leon-bongrain-crossing-the-clouds

## From the organiser

First solo exhibition in over 100 years of Léon Bongrain, known as 'le Mécano', one of the earliest naïve painters (active 1919–1923), with works offered on the market for the first time.

## Also on Thursday 17 September

- **Until Oct 24** · [Quelques traces](https://artweekguide.com/events/quelques-traces) — Show at Galerie Cécile Dufay (Village Suisse), Invalides / Eiffel Tower. A group exhibition of gestural abstract painting at Galerie Cécile Dufay in the Village Suisse, as part of Paris Art Week 2026. It brings together work by Emmanuel Alloy, Nicolas Gagnaire, Annick Mischler and Tayeb Belbachir, and stays on view until 24 October.
- **Until Nov 14** · [Saul Steinberg](https://artweekguide.com/events/saul-steinberg) — Show at Galerie Claude Bernard, Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Galerie Claude Bernard in Saint-Germain-des-Prés shows works by the Romanian-born American artist Saul Steinberg, spanning the 1950s to the 1970s. Pieces include *Times Square* (1953), *The American Sphinx* (1964), *Lex Pax Lux* (1969) and a 1976 New Yorker cover.
- **Until Oct 31** · [Bill Brand: Through Lines](https://artweekguide.com/events/bill-brand-through-lines) — Show at Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Saint-Germain-des-Prés. A retrospective survey of American artist Bill Brand at Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, as part of Paris Art Week 2026. It spans experimental films, drawings, paintings, photographs, public artworks and expanded-cinema performances, and accompanies the 2026 book *Invisible Fisherman, the Art of Bill Brand*.
- **Until Oct 30** · [Entre-temps (POUSH at Campus Condorcet)](https://artweekguide.com/events/entre-temps-poush-at-campus-condorcet) — Show at Campus Condorcet – Centre des Colloques, Aubervilliers. An off-site exhibition curated by POUSH, staged at the Campus Condorcet conference centre in Aubervilliers as part of Paris Art Week 2026. Four artists show work on the rhythms at which living things and materials change. It stays on view until 30 October.