Birth of his son Thibault.
Accompanied by the philosopher Michel Servière, he takes part in the exhibition "Lumières de la main" at the avant-garde gallery Cécile Gillot, 156 rue Eau de Robec in Rouen. Eighteen artists are gathered among whom Zack, Soulages, Ivkovic. He speaks of the influence of Jackson Pollock and American painting and admits his admiration for Nicolas de Staël. The Jeulin factories run by M. Casals, a patron of the arts, commission him to paint two panels on the theme "Movement, Flight and Dynamism".