Pierre Carron, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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French sculptor, painter, professor
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Place of Birth: FĂ©camp, Normandy, France
About Pierre Carron
- Pierre Carron (born 16 December 1932) is a French sculptor and painter.Born in Fécamp, Normandy, France, he primarily studied drawing at the Ecole régionale des Beaux-Arts in Le Havre.
- Because of the German occupation, he was, for a time, the only student at the school.
- Later, he attended the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, then, in 1951, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, to study and work under the mentorship of Raymond Legueult. In 1957, he received the Prix de la critique and, in 1960, the Grand Prix de Rome.
- He took up residence in the Villa Medici, where he met Balthus, director of the establishment at the time.
- He became professor at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1967, a post he held for thirty years.
- He became 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.
- In 2002, he was made president of the Academie.
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