Pierre Carron

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|12|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Fécamp, Normandy, France

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|03|19|1932|12|16|df=y}}

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| occupation = Sculptor and painter

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Pierre Carron (16 December 1932 – 19 March 2022) was a French sculptor and painter,{{cite news|last=Pernette|first=Valerie|title=L'exposition de Pierre Carron vers un beau prolongement|url=http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/LOISIRS/Expos-musees/L-exposition-de-Pierre-Carron-vers-un-beau-prolongement|accessdate=17 January 2011|newspaper=La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest|date=5 September 2010|language=French}} especially known for his portrayals of children and natural landscapes.{{Cite web|title=Pierre Carron holds solo oil painting exhibition in Beijing[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn|url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/art/2015-01/14/content_19319855.htm|access-date=2021-04-12|website=www.chinadaily.com.cn}}

Biography

Born in Fécamp, Normandy, France, he primarily studied drawing at the École Régionale des Beaux-Arts in Le Havre. Because of the German occupation, he was, for a time, the only student at the school.{{Cite web|title=Pierre Carron {{!}} Academie Des Beaux Arts|url=https://www.academiedesbeauxarts.fr/en/pierre-carron|access-date=2021-04-12|website=Pierre Carron {{!}} Academie Des Beaux Arts|date=21 February 1990 |language=en}} Later, he attended the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, then, in 1951, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France, for 4 years, to study and work under the mentorship of Raymond Legueult.{{Cite web|title=Pierre Carron {{!}} Academie Des Beaux Arts|url=https://www.academiedesbeauxarts.fr/en/pierre-carron|access-date=2021-04-12|website=Pierre Carron {{!}} Academie Des Beaux Arts|date=21 February 1990 |language=en}}

In 1957, he received the Prix de la critique and, in 1960, the Grand Prix de Rome. From 1961 to 1964 he took up residence in the Villa Medici, France, where he met Balthus, director of the establishment at the time. They developed a deep friendship that Carron would celebrate in many of his works.{{Cite web|title=Indice de Cotation i-CAC de l'artiste Pierre CARRON (Ile-de-France (FR) - Val-d'oise) - Marché de l'Art Contemporain|url=https://www.i-cac.fr/artiste/carron-pierre.html|access-date=2021-04-08|website=www.i-cac.fr|language=fr}} He became a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1967, a post he held for thirty years.{{Cite web|title=Pierre Carron {{!}} Academie Des Beaux Arts|url=https://www.academiedesbeauxarts.fr/en/pierre-carron|access-date=2021-04-12|website=Pierre Carron {{!}} Academie Des Beaux Arts|date=21 February 1990 |language=en}} He was the last professor at the school to teach exclusively in a figurative, realist, style of painting. In 1991, he was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts, to the chair previously occupied by Félix Labisse, and in 2002 was made President of the Académie, as well as serving as vice-president in 2018 under Patrick de Carolis.{{cite web|language=French|title=Pierre CARRON|url=http://www.academie-des-beaux-arts.fr/membres/actuel/peinture/Carron/fiche.htm|publisher=Académie des Beaux-Arts|accessdate=17 January 2011}}{{Cite web|date=2018-01-15|title=Art Industry News: Vogue Drops Bruce Weber and Mario Testino After Harassment Exposé + More Must-Read Stories|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-industry-news-january-15-2018-1199264|access-date=2021-04-12|website=Artnet News|language=en-US}}

Aside from his paintings, Carron's major works also include the stained glass windows in the Orléans Cathedral and a double triptych for the Saint-Etienne Cathedral in Meaux.{{Cite web|title=Pierre Carron {{!}} Academie Des Beaux Arts|url=https://www.academiedesbeauxarts.fr/en/pierre-carron|access-date=2021-04-12|website=Pierre Carron {{!}} Academie Des Beaux Arts|date=21 February 1990 |language=en}}

Carron died on 19 March 2022 at the age of 89.{{Cite news |title=Décès de Pierre Carron |url=https://www.academiedesbeauxarts.fr/deces-de-pierre-carron |access-date=2022-03-22 |work=Académie des Beaux-Arts |language=fr}}