Pierre Courtin

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Pierre Courtin (real name Pierre Louis Maurice Courtin ; born January 20, 1921 in Rebréchien near Orléans ; † September 15, 2012 ) was a French painter and graphic artist .

life and work

Courtin was born in 1921 in Rebréchien, a small village near Orléans in the French Loiret department . In the years 1939 to 1942 he received training in the graphic studio with Louis Joseph Soulas (1905–1954) at the École des Beaux Arts in Orléans.

In 1942 he attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris , where he received his training in André Lhote's studio . In 1943 he briefly attended the École des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, where he met Jacques Villon , with whom he worked intensively until 1951.

In Paris he had further artistic contacts, including Auguste Herbin , César Domela , Serge Poliakoff , Jean Dewasne , Antoine Pevsner and Hans Hartung . In 1945 he illustrated William Faulkner's books . From 1946 to 1956 Courtin had several joint exhibitions with the Jeune Gravure Contemporaine group . In 1950 he became a member of the board of directors of the Salon de Mai in Paris and was awarded the Grand Prix National des Arts in 1971.

Courtin has equipped numerous exhibitions with his works, including in the United States , Germany , Switzerland and Belgium . From 1957 to 1969 his works were represented by Heinz Berggruen in Paris. Pierre Courtin was a participant in the documenta II in Kassel in 1959 and the Venice Biennale in 1960. His life's work includes numerous abstract paintings, graphics and illustrations from books.

Pierre Courtin lived and worked in Paris.

Exhibitions

  • 2005: draw , Galerie du Jour agnès b, Paris
  • 2000: Pierre Courtin. Utopia caressée. 1974-1975 . Mamco, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Pierre Courtin, le sillon du graveur at lemonde.fr, accessed on October 10, 2012