Pierre Roy (painter)
Pierre Roy (born August 10, 1880 in Nantes , Loire-Atlantique department , † September 26, 1950 in Milan ) was a French painter.
Life
Pierre Roy came to Paris in 1904 and attended both the Académie Julian and the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts . Among his friends he counted Apollinaire and Max Jacob . In the early days of his artistic activity, Pierre Roy initially turned to Fauvism . Then around 1920 he joined the Surrealists . Many of his most famous paintings date from this period.
In 1928 he found his own style and found inspiration while traveling to America in 1930 and Hawaii (1935). Since then, Pierre Roy has been regarded as the oldest representative of magical realism or super realism . In the United States, where he has had numerous exhibitions, some of his graphics appear on the covers of fashion and art magazines.
Works (selection)
Some of his works are in the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris .
- The Summer of Saint Michel (1932)
- La Rue du Port (1943)
- Sweet Souvenir (1943)
Web links
- Data about the artist (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Selection of paintings
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roy, Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nantes |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 26, 1950 |
| Place of death | Milan |