This document is a biography of French painter and sculptor Patrice Murciano. It summarizes that he was born in Belfast but grew up in Montpellier, where he developed a passion for art from a young age by reproducing comic characters. As a teenager, he began painting nude models inspired by photographer David Hamilton. He took a break from painting in his early 20s to focus on photography but returned to painting in 1996, developing a style called "Courbisme" that exaggerated the colorful curves of women. His "Courbisme" paintings began being exhibited in galleries in 2010.