"pierre Cales (1870-1961) La Chantourne Sous La Neige. Oil On Cardboard."

"Pierre Cales (1870-1961) La Chantourne Sous La Neige. Oil On Cardboard." Dimensions with frame 62 x 46 cm Jean-Pierre Calestroupat, better known as Abbé Calès, is a French painter, born in Vienna on August 31, 1870 and died in Tencin on October 15, 1961. At the age of 20 he was small Rondeau seminary in Grenoble where he received advice from Abbot Laurent Guétal, but without being influenced by him. It is Philippe Charlemagne, himself a student of Jean Achard who will be his master. First appointed vicar in Rives, then parish priest in Hurtières, he arrived at the Tencin parish in 1902, and he would not leave it. The church square in Tencin. At the back in the center is the cure of Abbot Calès. He is known for his Dauphinois landscapes. His favorite subject is the Grésivaudan valley, which he painted throughout the seasons. His paintings are often panoramic, worked with a knife in thick strokes. He can be compared to the Impressionists or Post-Impressionists, but also to the Fauves by his exuberant colors. Several of his paintings are in the Grenoble museum. In his hometown of Vienna, in 1963, rue Pelletan was renamed rue abbé Pierre Calès.