Pierre Cornu (1895-1996) - French painter and printmaker, known for his light-filled portraits of women, still lifes and landscapes of the south of France.
Pierre Cornu was born in 1895 in Salon-de-Provence. He grew up in an artistic environment - his father was a collector, and he was interested in drawing and painting from an early age. After studying art in Marseille and Lyon, he developed his career mainly in Provence and the Côte d'Azur.
Cornu became famous primarily as a painter of women - his portraits are soft, elegant and full of warmth. The figures are often shown in domestic or garden settings, in natural poses, with the radiant light of the south of France. His style combines impressionistic lightness with a realistic sense of detail.
The artist also created color lithographs, which were very popular among collectors in the second half of the 20th century. Many of them depicted women, flowers, fruits and idyllic landscapes.
Pierre Cornu was artistically active almost all his life. He died at the age of 101, in 1996, leaving behind a rich body of paintings. His works were exhibited in galleries in France, Switzerland, the US and Japan, and today are in many private collections around the world.
