A Shower Of White Roses

-Pierre Vaillant, born in Paris on January 30, 1878, and died in Chartres (Eure-et-Loir) on May 8, 1939, was a French painter and engraver.

He enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the studios of Jean-Léon Gérôme and Marcel Baschet.
He was also a student of Ferdinand Humbert.

After graduating, he discovered Brittany, where he met the painter Charles Cottet and became his friend and disciple. He often returned to this adopted region—specifically to Camaret, which inspired his paintings—and made a name for himself as a painter in the area.

He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1905 to 1913. A drawing of his “Peasant Woman and Child from Sainte-Anne-la-Palud” is housed in Paris at the Musée National d’Art Moderne.

In his studio in Montparnasse, Pierre Vaillant produced a series of portraits and nudes that were well-received by critics. One of them earned him the Cottet Prize in 1930. That same year, he was appointed professor at the Académie de la Grande-Chaumière in Paris. For several years, he devoted himself to the education of young artists, including Amrita Sher-Gil. The French government acquired his “Portrait of a Russian Woman.”

He also exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon des

Tuileries.

Pierre Vaillant was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1937, and that same year received the highest distinction at the World’s Fair for his painting “The Child at the Tent.”

Pierre Vaillant was friends with artists such as Albert Besnard, René Prinet, Edmond Aman-Jean, Marcel Louis Sauvaige, and Maurice Denis.

In good overall condition, with some missing paint due to a chip in the upper left corner.

Black frame.

Dimensions: 46 / 33 cm