Charles Pierre-humbert (1920-1992) "still Life" Oil On Canvas Signed/dated 77, 65 X 54 Cm

Charles Pierre-Humbert (1920-1992) "Still life with fruits" Oil on canvas signed lower right and dated 1977 L: 65 cms x H: 54 cms Biography of Charles Pierre-Humbert: Born in Switzerland in Locle on September 10 1920, Charles Pierre-Humbert began training as an engraver at the La Chaux-de-Fonds School of Art in 1936. From 1940 to 1946, he continued his training in Geneva, with Karl-Georg Hemmerich. Pierre-Humbert settled in Paris in 1946, where he studied for a few months at the École nationale des Beaux-Arts. He worked briefly in the workshops of Othon Friesz and Ossip Zadkine. In 1950, he discovered the work of Nicolas de Staël, during the latter's exhibition at the Galerie Dubourg. During the following decade, marked by the work of Staël, Pierre-Humbert produced abstract paintings. His works are exhibited in various Parisian Salons: Surindépendants, Réalités Nouvelles, Comparisons, Mai. In these, the artist's major concerns are already reflected, namely the creation of light, the construction of space and the treatment of color. From the 1960s, Pierre-Humbert — in painting, drawing, mosaic and stained glass — turned to the figurative. However, he remained “at the crossroads of abstraction and the lyricism of nature” throughout his career. Pierre-Humbert exhibited for the first time in Switzerland at the Galerie Numaga in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1961. His personal and collective exhibitions took place mainly in Paris and Switzerland, but also in the rest of Europe and, on some occasions, in overseas countries. Charles Pierre-Humbert died on October 22, 1992 in Nîmes.