Pierre Pallut, Abstraction, Hand-Signed Lithograph, 1972

Pierre Pallut - Abstraction, 1972
Hand-Signed Lithograph on Arches paper, signed and inscribed in pencil, 1 of 100 proofs.
Size: 65 x 50 cm.
Excellent Condition.

Pierre Pallut was born in 1918 in Gommerville, Eure-et-Loir. He worked for a long time in the studios of the Grande Chaumière in Paris, despite never receiving any formal training. Returning from the war in 1940, he discovered Van Gogh and Gauguin. However, it was for Renoir and Bonnard that he felt a decisive enthusiasm. He contemplated and studied their paintings.
In Paris, he exhibited at the short-lived Salon des Moins de Trente Ans, the Salon d'Automne, of which he was named a member in 1938, and the Salon de Mai. In 1946-47, he participated in the "Black is a Color" group, presented at the Galerie Maeght in Paris by Jacques Kober. There, he rubbed shoulders with Braque, Matisse, Bonnard, Manessier, Rouault, Geer Van de Velde, Atlan, and others.
Around 1950, he stopped exhibiting but continued to work. In 1953, he collaborated with Braque on the three ceilings of the Salle des Etrusques at the Palais du Louvre.
He resumed exhibiting around 1960. from 1962, he exhibited at the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, of which he became a member in 1967. He also participated in other group exhibitions abroad: "French Art" in Warsaw in 1948; "French Art" at Charlottenborg in 1950; "Twelve French Painters" and "Twelve American Painters" in New York; "Young Painters" in 1952 in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, and Glasgow; in 1964 and 1966, at the Menton Biennale; in 1965, "Homage to Braque" in Paris.
Pierre Pallut also exhibited his works in solo exhibitions. The first took place in 1948 at the Galerie Maeght in Paris. It was followed by numerous other exhibitions: in 1970, at the Maydieu Cultural Center in Paris; in 1972, at the Prudhoe Gallery in London; in 1974, at the Streaming Gallery in Paris; in 1976, at the Monique Delcourt in Valenciennes; in 1977, at the Galerie du Centaure in Cannes; in 1982, at the Galerie Coard in Paris; and in 1989, 1990, and 1994, at the Galerie Lambert Rouland in Paris.
In In 1946, the Prix de la Jeune Peinture, awarded for the first time, was awarded to Pierre Pallut. Also for his first award, the Prix Fénéon was awarded to him in 1949.
Pierre Pallut painted still lifes and portraits, noted for their distinctive color ranges. He also created wall decorations, such as the mosaic in La Ciotat created in 1971 and at the nursery school in Le Cannet in 1976.
Pierre Pallut's work is divided in its continuity. from 1948 onwards, the painter made a sudden shift towards abstraction. However, despite the abandonment of abstract form, his abstract work is distinguished by a delicacy that remains from the painter's first period and can be described as post-impressionism. Pierre Pallut retains Klee's freedom of language but does not forget Renoir. In this second period, he nonetheless pursues the iridescence of his own inner vision, abstract now.