Pierre Pruvost (painter)

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Pierre Pruvost (* 1921 in Amiens , † 2008 in Antibes ) was a French painter and member of the Salon d'Automne .

Life

Pierre Pruvost was born in Amiens in 1921. Initially, Pruvost was particularly influenced by Cézanne . After completing a classical education in the fine arts, he won the Fénéon Prize in 1951. A year later he received the Abd-el-Tif Prize for a two-year scholarship with a stay in the Villa Abd-el-Tif in Algiers. The artists who exhibited at the official salons were selected for this prize: the Salon des artistes français , the Salon d'Automne, the Salon des Tuileries . The cities of Bejaia and Tipasa as well as the south of Algeria inspired Pruvost. The vibrant colors in his paintings reveal his talent as a colorist . Its design gives the impression of still images and the complex compositions are reminiscent of Albert Marquets .

In 1954 he returned to France to paint his favorite subject: the coast and the ports. In 1950 he exhibited at the Guiot Gallery in Paris with his friend François Desnoyer . From 1955 it was presented by the famous Charpentier Gallery.

His lively and colorful painting is expressed in the views of Antibes, the harbor, the lively beach, the bathers and the colorful parasols. Pruvost stayed in Antibes until his death in 2008. The Cagnes Museum honored him in 1993 with a major retrospective. Pierre Pruvost is represented in many French public collections.

Exhibitions

  • Paris, March 1950 Galerie Guiot
  • Algiers 1952, Villa Abd el Tif
  • Paris 1955–1956 Charpentier Gallery
  • "L'École de Paris" 1961, 1963, 1972
  • Versailles Gallery 1992
  • Exhibitions from French Africa Cercle algérianiste (Anriboul), Musée de Cagnes-sur-Mer, 1993, "Hommage à Pierre Pruvost 50 ans de peinture"

Works

Works by Pierre Pruvost can be found in the Musée des Beaux Arts d'Alger and FNAC Town Hall in Gueret, as well as in the museums of Poitiers , Amiens, Belfort, Algiers, Tipasa, Besançon, Montpellier, Rodez, Avignon, Saint-Cyprien, Turin, Bagnols -sur-Ceze and the Antibes Collection Pierre Pruvost.

Sources and bibliography

  • Elizabeth Cazenave, La Villa Abd el Tif, un demi-siècle de vie artistique en Algérie, 1907–1962 , éditions ABd el Tif, 1998.
  • Elizabeth Cazenave, Les Artistes de l'Algérie, Dictionnaire des peintres, Sculpteurs, graveurs, 1830–1962 , 2001.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ AKLONLINE; Vollmer VI, 1962, p. 364
  2. ↑ a b Sam Mory: Atelier Pierre Pruvost (1921-2008) . Ader Nordmann, Paris 2018, p. 2 ( gazette-drouot.com [PDF]).
  3. ↑ a b Pierre Pruvost - Works of Art and Biography | Gallery Paffrath. Retrieved March 5, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Pruvost, Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French painter, member of the Salon d'Automne
DATE OF BIRTH 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Amiens
DATE OF DEATH 2008
Place of death Antibes