Pierre Roy (painter)

Pierre Roy ( born August 10, 1880 in Nantes, Loire -Atlantique, † September 26, 1950 in Milan ) was a French painter.

Life

Pierre Roy came to Paris in 1904 and attended both the Académie Julian and the École nationale supérieure arts beaux - of. Among his friends he counted Apollinaire and Max Jacob. In the early days of his artistic activity Pierre Roy was initially facing the Fauvism. About 1920 he then joined the Surrealists. From this time many of his most famous paintings are.

In 1928, he found his own style and traveling to America in 1930 and to Hawaii (1935 ) he won inspirations. Pierre Roy is now considered the oldest representatives of magical realism or the super realism. In the United States, where he had numerous exhibitions that adorn some of his graphics the cover of fashion and art magazines.

Works (selection)

Some of his works are in the Musée National d' Art Moderne.

• The Summer of Saint Michel ( 1932)
• La Rue du Port (1943 )
• Sweet Souvenir ( 1943)