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Pierre Charbonnier. Saint Etienne. 1955. Oil On Canvas, Signed.
Pierre CHARBONNIER (1897-1978)
Saint Etienne, 1955
Oil on canvas,
Signed lower right,
Dated and titled on the reverse
H. 27 cm - W. 46 cm
Pierre Charbonnier studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lyon before joining the Académie Ranson in Paris. From 1919 onwards, he exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants, the Salon des Tuileries, and the Salon d'Automne. A set designer on Robert Bresson's films, a friend of the poets René Char, Jacques Prévert, and Francis Ponge, and also a unifying figure among Neo-Romantic painters, Pierre Charbonnier was a prominent figure in Parisian cultural life. He also exhibited at the galleries of Katia Granoff, Albert Loeb, and Henriette Gomes.
The post-war period marked a stylistic culmination; his compositions and viewpoints are remarkable. Imbued with cinematic imagery, Pierre Charbonnier, an elusive artist, composed his canvases with a clear affinity for photographic framing. Indeed, the plans are meticulously planned and sophisticated, and the effects of the openings are dynamic. "Charbonnier's poetry is expressed through the subtlety of the combinations of forms, complemented by that of reflections in water or in a windowpane, all completed with a rigor worthy of Mondrian." Fascinated by urban landscapes in flux, Pierre Charbonnier possesses this brilliant modernity of volumes and of the
Saint Etienne, 1955
Oil on canvas,
Signed lower right,
Dated and titled on the reverse
H. 27 cm - W. 46 cm
Pierre Charbonnier studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lyon before joining the Académie Ranson in Paris. From 1919 onwards, he exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants, the Salon des Tuileries, and the Salon d'Automne. A set designer on Robert Bresson's films, a friend of the poets René Char, Jacques Prévert, and Francis Ponge, and also a unifying figure among Neo-Romantic painters, Pierre Charbonnier was a prominent figure in Parisian cultural life. He also exhibited at the galleries of Katia Granoff, Albert Loeb, and Henriette Gomes.
The post-war period marked a stylistic culmination; his compositions and viewpoints are remarkable. Imbued with cinematic imagery, Pierre Charbonnier, an elusive artist, composed his canvases with a clear affinity for photographic framing. Indeed, the plans are meticulously planned and sophisticated, and the effects of the openings are dynamic. "Charbonnier's poetry is expressed through the subtlety of the combinations of forms, complemented by that of reflections in water or in a windowpane, all completed with a rigor worthy of Mondrian." Fascinated by urban landscapes in flux, Pierre Charbonnier possesses this brilliant modernity of volumes and of the
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