Pierre Lesieur: Catalogue raisonne

Pierre Lesieur (1922-2011) was a French artist who was influential in the second half of the 20th century. He trained at the École des Beaux-Arts and the Académie de Montmartre and had his first exhibition in 1952. His paintings of the 1950s were characterized by bright colors, and in the 1960s, he moved towards abstraction. From the 1970s onwards, he focused on interiors, portraits, and female nudes. His work is now housed in major museums worldwide.

Format: Hardback
Length: 452 pages
Publication date: 27 September 2021
Publisher: Silvana

Painter, draftsman, and engraver, Pierre Lesieur (1922-2011) was one of the most influential French artists of the second half of the 20th century. Trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he took lessons from André Lhote, and at the Académie de Montmartre, he had his first exhibition in 1952. Lesieur's paintings of the 1950s are characterized by the use of brightly colored areas, in line with the work of Henri Matisse and Pierre Bonnard. In the 1960s, this research bordered on abstraction, particularly in still lifes and representations of objects. From the 1970s onwards, through his paintings and drawings, Lesieur took a particular interest in interiors, as well as in portraits and female nudes.

Early in his career, Pierre Lesieur was recognized as an important artist. After his first personal exhibition in 1952, his work was regularly shown at the Coard Gallery in Paris. From the 1990s, Lesieur's notoriety became international, resulting in further exhibitions in Japan and the United States. Some of his works are now housed in major museums such as the Center Pompidou, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Hiroshima Museum.

Weight: 3526g
Dimension: 319 x 257 x 43 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9788836647231