Jean-Pierre Alaux (1925-2020) | Surrealist painter

Jean-Pierre Alaux, born in La Ciotat, was a French painter belonging to the "young painters of the School of Paris".

Son of the painter François Alaux, Jean -Pierre Alaux after high school among Dominicans in Arcachon and the Marists in La Seyne -sur -Mer, is eligible for assistance from the top of Fine Arts National School in Paris where he worked in the studio of Jean Dupas from 1943-1949 where you can find Joseph Archepel Paul Ambille Paul Collomb, Mickaël Companion, Geoffroy Dauvergne, Dechezelle Claude Garand, Paul Guiramand Roland GuillaumeL, Lolichon, Pettit, André Pedoussaut André Plisson, Rogert, Roverchon, Someton, Tournaire Van Tea.

It binds with those who remain lifetime friends and he will find in the committees historical exhibitions, including: Pierre- Henry, Jean Joyet Louis Vuillermoz Vidalens Frédéric Maurice Boitel, he will make a great portrait "on the ground" in the 60s.

In Paris, he finds the Marists of the rue de Vaugirard that lodge in their student house before it was allowed to his uncle and godfather Jean-Paul Alaux.

He earns his living by painting small figurines, lids boxes, glass paintings and even thirty scenes from the life of Christ for the Archdiocese of Paris.

In 1947 he left for Italy bicycle with Frédéric Vidalens , workshop comrade. They will go to Rome, discover Florence, Assisi, Viterbo, Siena and Arezzo Piero della Francesca and spend a week at the Villa Medici in Eliane Beaupuy - Manciet who had just obtained the Prix de Rome.

In 1949, before leaving the school, he won the 1st Prize Poster Contest Faubourg St- Honore Les Fables de La Fontaine and a silver medal at the Salon of French artists.

1st Prize Stores Spring 1950 with The Charm of Paris and 2nd Prize Faubourg St- Honoré for Tribute to Love; these two posters will also be published.

In 1950 he also won 1st Prize at the International Competition of the Portrait of Jenny which earned him appear in full screen Saturday night embraced by Arletty.

Awards

• 1949 - First Prize of Posters du Faubourg St- Honoré "The Fables of La Fontaine";
• 1949 - Silver Medal Exhibition of French Artists;
• 1950 - Award Posters Faubourg St- Honoré and Spring: "Tribute to Love" and "The Charm of Paris";
• 1950 - First Prize at the International Competition "Portrait of Jennie";
• 1951 - Gold Medal Exhibition of French Artists;
• 1955 - Prize of the Academy of Fine Arts;
• 1963 - Great Silver Medal of the City of Paris;
• 1970 - Prize for Cultural and Artistic Merit;
• 1972 - Price Puvis de Chavannes;
• 1974 - Grand Prix Painters Witnesses of Their Time;
• 1975 - Appointed Painter of the Navy (Department of Defense);
• 1979 - Prize of the City of Yokohama;
• 1980 - Grand Prix de l'Orangerie of Versailles;
• 1981 - Prize of the Taylor Foundation;
• 1989 - First Prize, Salon Chess, Le Havre;
• 1989 - President of the Salon d' Angers;
• 1989 - Issuance of Fluoroscopy Jacques Chancel "Jean -Pierre Alaux and Alaux dynasty";
• 1990 - Award for Sculpture, Caen;
• 1993 - Grand Prize for Painting, Mairie of the Tenth Arrondissement, Paris;
• 1993 - Appointed Painter Air and Space (Ministry of Defence);
• 1999 - Elected Vice -President of the Official Painter of the Navy;
• 2000 - Vermeil Medal of the City of Paris.

Decorations

• 1988 - Appointed Knight of the Legion of Honour (Ministry of Culture).

Il pittore Francese Jean-Pierre Alaux, è nato a La Ciotat, in Francia. Non ha dovuto combattere per diventare un pittore, come molti dei suoi coetanei. È un discendente diretto di una famiglia di pittori o architetti risalente all'inizio del XVIII secolo.

Di conseguenza, ha trovato difficile da prendere sul serio anche se era estremamente serio sul suo lavoro.

Jean-Pierre Alaux crea arte da più di cinquant'anni senza seguire una moda particolare ed è sempre rimasto fedele al suo stile: gli amanti dell'arte non hanno mai avuto dubbi sul fatto che sia uno dei grandi artisti del nostro tempo.

Da parte sua, spera modestamente che la diversità che apporta a ciascuna delle sue opere aumenti la soddisfazione visiva e spirituale del pubblico rimuovendo la noia, la fonte di molti mali.