Petite Fille (2006) Painting by Pierre Laffillé

Pierre Laffillé was a French painter and engraver born June 1, 1938 in Envermeu and died June 4, 2011 in Bastia.

He entered the Académie Julian in Paris in 1956 and then studied from 1959 to 1961 at the National School of Fine Arts in Paris. After his first exhibition in 1960 in Dieppe, he went on to exhibitions in France and abroad

"The choice of his subjects proves it, because, if not only are they not subordinated to preferences of a public which, in its quasi-totality, is inclined to plastic courtesies, the practice of which quickly leads a painter down the path of perdition, they always lead to thinking, which I consider to be an important virtue in any creator”
Michel Ciry

Pierre Laffillé is registered in the Bénézith

After his first exhibition in 1960 in Dieppe, he went on to exhibit in France and abroad. ;foreigner (Galerie Laurens, Galerie Vendôme in Paris).

From October 2001 to May 2004, Pierre Laffillé taught drawing and painting in Hélène Legrand's studio in Paris. Saint-Germain-en-Laye[r

The works of Pierre Laffillé are present in the collections of the cities of Paris, Arques-la-Bataille, Rouxmesnil, Belleville, Caen, Calvi, Dieppe.

1983: Silver Medal from the City of Paris.

1984: Gold Medal from Montmorency.

1985: Guest d' honor of the Salon de Tarare.

1991: Knight of Arts and Letters.

For several years, he produced audience sketches for the TV channels: TF1, France 3 by covering headline-grabbing trials.

• Nationality: FRANCE
• Date of birth : 1938
• Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
• Groups: Professional Artist Contemporary French Artists