Pierre Collin (artist)
Pierre Collin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 September 1956 Paris, France |
| Died | 15 September 2026 (aged 69) Vannes, France |
| Education | Beaux-Arts de Paris Casa de Velázquez |
| Occupation | Artist |
Pierre Collin (French: [pjˈɛʁ kɔlˈɛ̃]; 27 September 1956 – 15 September 2026) was a French painter, engraver, illustrator and sculptor.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Born in Paris on 27 September 1956, Collin was a descendant of the Luton family on his mother's side.[2] He studied at the Beaux-Arts de Paris from 1975 to 1980 and subsequently at the Casa de Velázquez from 1980 to 1982[3] He began putting on exhibitions in 1983, notably in Paris,[4] Washington, D.C., and Madrid.[5] He married Corinne Véret,[6] and the couple moved to Presqu'île de Conleau in 1999.[7] There, he began illustrating comics.[8] In 2008, he held an exhibition at the Musée du dessin et de l'estampe originale de Gravelines, titled Vertiges ordinaires.[9] On 25 April 2018, he was inducted into the Académie des Beaux-Arts, taking a seat previously held by René Quillivic.[10]
Collin died in Vannes on 15 September 2026, at the age of 69.[11]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Monsieur Pierre COLLIN". Simplifia (in French).
- ↑ "Séance d'installation de Pierre Collin à l'Académie des beaux-arts" (PDF). Académie des Beaux-Arts (in French).
- ↑ "Collin, Pierre". Benezit Dictionary of Artists.
- ↑ "COLLIN, Pierre". Le Delarge.
- ↑ "Nouvelles de l'estampe, Numéros 145 à 150". Nouvelles de l'estampe (in French). 1996. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ Gatti, Martine (12 February 2023). "Vannes. Les Paysages de Corinne et Pierre Collin au musée des beaux-arts". Unidivers (in French). Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ "Pierre Collin : voyages dans le décor quotidien". Le Télégramme (in French). 8 December 2007. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ "Pierre Collin, Vertiges ordinaires". ActuaBD (in French). 27 April 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ "Programme de l'événement Pierre Collin (En tournee - 27 Avril 2008 - 15 Juin 2008)". Le Figaro (in French). Archived from the original on 1 May 2018.
- ↑ "Pierre Collin". Académie des Beaux-Arts (in French).
- ↑ "Décès de Pierre Collin". Académie des Beaux-Arts (in French). 15 September 2026. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- 1956 births
- 2026 deaths
- 20th-century French male painters
- 21st-century French male painters
- 20th-century French engravers
- 21st-century French engravers
- 20th-century French illustrators
- 21st-century French illustrators
- 20th-century French male sculptors
- 21st-century French male sculptors
- École des Beaux-Arts alumni