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Jean-Pierre Capron BIOGRAPHY
1921 Cannes, France - 1997. Known for: Muted landscape and portrait painting.
Jean Pierre Capron (August 4, 1921 – 1997) was a French painter known for creating muted landscapes with a haunting, lonely feeling, yet with a hint of life in the midst of the emptiness. Jean Pierre... Read full biography
Jean Pierre Capron (August 4, 1921 – 1997) was a French painter known for creating muted landscapes with a haunting, lonely feeling, yet with a hint of life in the midst of the emptiness. Jean Pierre Capron was born in Cannes, France, August 4, 1921. He studied architecture in Lausanne,... Read full biography
Jean Pierre Capron (August 4, 1921 – 1997) was a French painter known for creating muted landscapes with a haunting, lonely feeling, yet with a hint of life in the midst of the emptiness. Jean Pierre Capron was born in Cannes, France, August 4, 1921. He studied architecture in Lausanne, Switzerland, then moved to Paris in 1945 where he enrolled at the École des Beaux Arts* in the studio of Eugène Narbonne and formed a friendship with Bernard Buffet. He exhibited for the first time at the Salon... Read full biography
Jean Pierre Capron (August 4, 1921 – 1997) was a French painter known for creating muted landscapes with a haunting, lonely feeling, yet with a hint of life in the midst of the emptiness. Jean Pierre Capron was born in Cannes, France, August 4, 1921. He studied architecture in Lausanne, Switzerland, then moved to Paris in 1945 where he enrolled at the École des Beaux Arts* in the studio of Eugène Narbonne and formed a friendship with Bernard Buffet. He exhibited for the first time at the Salon d'Automne* in 1949 and participated in several important salons and group shows in France and abroad. In 1950 Jean-Pierre Capron had his first exhibition in Paris in Maurice Garnier, Visconti Gallery. In 1952 he won two major national awards in... Read full biography
Jean Pierre Capron (August 4, 1921 – 1997) was a French painter known for creating muted landscapes with a haunting, lonely feeling, yet with a hint of life in the midst of the emptiness. Jean Pierre Capron was born in Cannes, France, August 4, 1921. He studied architecture in Lausanne, Switzerland, then moved to Paris in 1945 where he enrolled at the École des Beaux Arts* in the studio of Eugène Narbonne and formed a friendship with Bernard Buffet. He exhibited for the first time at the Salon d'Automne* in 1949 and participated in several important salons and group shows in France and abroad. In 1950 Jean-Pierre Capron had his first exhibition in Paris in Maurice Garnier, Visconti Gallery. In 1952 he won two major national awards in France, which led to a series of regular exhibitions in Paris galleries. (Gallery Drouant-David, then Drouant Gallery). In 1961... Read full biography
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Jean Pierre Capron (August 4, 1921 – 1997) was a French painter known for creating muted landscapes with a haunting, lonely feeling, yet with a hint of life in the midst of the emptiness.
Jean Pierre Capron was born in Cannes, France, August 4, 1921. He studied architecture in Lausanne, Switzerland, then moved to Paris in 1945 where he enrolled at the École des Beaux Arts* in the studio of Eugène Narbonne and formed a friendship with Bernard Buffet.
He exhibited for the first time at the Salon d'Automne* in 1949 and participated in several important salons and group shows in France and abroad.
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