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Pierre Boncompain was born in 1938 in Provence. Encouraged by his parents in his pursuit of the arts, he graduated first in his class at the French National Academy of Decorative Arts before moving on to the National Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied in the Legueult atelier. Boncompain’s work is always celebratory, presenting the pleasures of life with a Mediterranean vividness. His paintings, executed for the most part in Paris, are evocative of the environment and lifestyle of the South of France. He displays a wide combination of modern influences, combining a radiant and joyful Mattisean clarity of light with a simplicity and arrangement of form. The vibrant and earthy colors of these works; terracotta, ochre, rich purple, deep red and blue, elicit memories of Gauguin’s Tahitian paintings. Pierre Boncompain has had exhibitions in museums throughout the world, including: the Musée de Lille; Kajikawa Foundation, Kyoto; Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; Takashimaya Museum, Osaka; Singer Foundation, Holland; Navio Museum, Kyoto; Ambrosiano Library, Milan; and one-man retrospective exhibitions at the Shanghai Art Museum, China and the Musée de Valence, France. His works can be found in public and private collections throughout the world. Comprehensive books have been published of his paintings, prints, and ceramics. |
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Born 1938 Born in Valence, France Education 1963 École Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, Atelier Leguelt 1961 National Academy of Fine Arts (the Legueult studio), Paris Lycée Emile Loubet, Valence, France Saint Joseph College, Avignon, France Selected Solo Exhibitions 2008 Teïen Museum, Tokyo, Japan 2007 Galerie Mark-Peet Visser, Laren, Holland 2007 Galerie Horizon, Geneva, Switzerland 2006 Galerie des Remparts, Bordeaux, France 2006 Hammer Galleries, New York 2006 Galerie Sakura No Ki, Tokyo, Japan 2006 Galerie Artfrance, Paris 2006 Galerie Mark-Peet Visser, Laren, Holland 2005 Galerie Artfrance, Paris 2005 Galerie Kwai, Hong Kong, China 2005 Musée de Valence, France 2004 Hammer Galleries, New York 2004 Galerie Sassi Milici, Vallauris, France 2004 Galerie Mart-Peet-Visser, Heusden, Holland 2004 French May Exhibition, Hong Kong, China 2004 Galerie Artfrance, Paris 2002 Hammer Galleries, New York 2002 Ambrosiano Library, Milan 2002 Emiliani Gallery, Dieuleft, France 2002 Retrospective, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China 2001 Elliot Yeary Gallery, Aspen, Colorado 2001 Galerie Artfrance, Paris 2001 Singer Foundation, Laren, Holland 2000 Galerie Sassi-Milici, Vallauris, France 1999 Hammer Galleries, New York 1998 Musée Navio, Kyoto 1998 Galerie Artfrance, Paris 1998 Museum Palais Carnoles, Menton, France 1997 Singer Museum, Holland 1997 Bruton Street Gallery, London 1997 Galerie Kajikawa, Kyoto 1996 Hammer Galleries, New York 1996 Bruton Street Gallery, London 1996 Kijiawa Foundation, Kyoto 1996 Meitetsu Gallery, Nagoya, Japan 1996 Foret Noir Gallery, Takamatsu, Japan 1996 Miyuki International Gallery, Yokohama, Japan 1995 Galerie Sassi-Milici, Vallauris, France 1995 Ryoke Spiral Gallery, Tokyo 1995 Bruton Street Gallery, London 1993 Galerie Artfrance, Paris 1993 Bunkamura Gallery, Tokyo 1993 Ikaw-Saito Foundation, Japan 1993 Musée de Valence, France 1992 Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo 1992 Gion Sanjyo Gallery, Kyoto 1992 Takashiyama Museum, Osaka 1991 Kajikawa Foundation, Kyoto, Japan 1991 Art-Center Gallery, Tokyo 1991 Moustache Gallery, Osaka 1991 Ryoko Spiral Gallery, Tokyo 1990 Galerie Artfrance, Paris 1990 Retrospective, Château de Chenonceau, France 1989 Art Center, Tokyo 1989 Kajikawa Gallery, Kyoto 1989 Wattis Gallery, Hong Kong 1988 Exhibitions in Tokyo, Kyoto, Sendaï, Kobe, and Ashiya, Japan, organized by Gion Sanjyo Gallery, Tokyo 1988 Galerie Bellefontaine, Lausanne, Switzerland 1986 Galerie Bellefontaine, Lausanne, Switzerland 1985 Gion Sanjyo Gallery, Kyoto, Japan 1984 Danis Stinson Gallery, Palm Springs, California 1984 Galerie Artfrance, Paris 1982 Kunstsube Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland 1982 Galerie Bellefontaine, Lausanne, Switxerland 1981 Galerie Artfrance, Paris 1980 Galerie BP, Brussels, Belgium 1979 David B. Findlay Gallery, New York 1979 Galerie Artfrance, Paris 1978 Galerie Artfrance, Paris 1978 David B. Findlay Gallery, New York 1977 Marcos Castillo Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela 1977 Restrospective, Musée de Valence, France 1976 Galerie Hélène, Lyon, France 1976 David B. Findlay Gallery, New York 1974 Bach Festival, St. Donat, France 1973 Galerie de Paris 1970 Marcos Castillo Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela 1970 Chapel of the Grand Convent, Cavaillon, France 1970 Galerie Guiot, Paris 1970 Galerie St. Placide, Paris 1967 Madden Gallery, London 1963 Marshall Gallery, Chicago Selected Group Exhibitions 2006 Art-Expo, Geneva, Switzerland 2005 Art Fair, Hong Kong and Shanghai, China 1992 ‘Chefs d’ouevre de l’estampe du XXéme siécle de Bonnard á Baselitz’, Bibliothéque Nationale, Paris 1991 Art-Expo, Los Angeles 1988 ‘Saga’, Grand Palais, Paris 1988 Art-Expo, New York 1981 Galerie BP, Brussels, Belgium with Wilfredo Lam, Agam and Max Ernst 1965 ‘100 Paintings’, Château de Tournon, Ardêche, France 1965 ’23 Painters of the School of Paris’, Museum of Lille, Lille, France; Gallerie Guiot, Paris; Marshall Gallery, Chicago Awards and Prizes 1970 Selected for the Friends of the Museum of Modern Art (Paris) Charles Pacquement Prize 1970 Critic’s Award, First Prize 1963 Collioure Prize 1959 General Council of Drôme Prize Biography 2005 “Boncompain: Paintings”, Fragments Editions, Paris 2005 Catalogue, Musée de Valence 2002 “Céramiques”, text by Dominique Sassi, Fragments Editions, Paris 2002 Catalogue, Shanghai Art Museum 1999 Le Cantique des Cantiques, Fragments Editions, Paris 1998 Catalogue, Musée Carnolès, Menton, France 1998 Catalogue Raisonné, Lithographs, Editions Kajikawa, Japan 1997 “Les Lieux d’Origine”, text by Georges Borgeaud, Fragments Editions, Paris 1993 Monograph, Editions Kyoto-Shoin, Japan 1986 Monograph, text by Georges Borgeaud, Edition Bellefontaine 1979 “One Hundred Drawings of Boncompain”, text by Michel Déon of the Académie Française, Editions Artfrance |
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