- Pierre Cayol
Pierre Cayol (born in
Salon-de-Provence ,France in 1939) is a French contemporary painter. He has lived in Tavel (Gard ) since 1968.Biography
He studied art in
Grenoble andParis at theAcademy Jullian .His encounter in 1956 with
Marcel Féguide inEygalières had a decisive influence on his career.His friendship with
Baboulène since 1975 has given him the certainty that this is a course to be pursued,Michel Rodde has encouraged him too.A member of the association "Contacts" in the seventies, he is a founding member of "QUICHUA" which organised thematic exhibitions.
He participated in the festival of
Avignon andToulon . "Bilan de l'art contemporain" inQuébec ,Dallas ,New-York .With the French artist salon, be exhibited in
Peking and Canton.He has been a full member of
Autumn Salon of Paris since 1984. Many rewards and medals ; a prize winner in 1985 of the "Contemporary Painting" Ito-Ham in Paris.The cities of
Avignon , Tavel,Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres ,Valréas have bought paintings also the museums ofBagnols-sur-Cèze , Sedan,Uzès ,Toulon , Salon-de-Provence,Châteauneuf-le-Rouge .Very interested in the Native American peoples, he has travelled there several times in the Southwest and particularly in
New Mexico andArizona . His interest led to him organising an exhibition in Avignon at the town library. He showed artifacts, arts and crafts ; and contemporary paintings by anApache artist living inSan-Carlos Apache Reservation .Pierre Cayol illustrated poems by
Marc Alyn ,Jeannine Baude ,Yves Berger ,Jehan Despert ,Micheline Dupray ,Pierre Estellon ,Jules Laforgue ,Pierre Louys ,Jean-Louis Meunier ,Frank Ricci ,Arthur Rimbaud ,Jean Rousselot .There was a show of his works at
Château de Lascours , during the days of Poetry in May 1989.Since 1965, he has had over twenty personal exhibitions :
Arles , Bollène, Montélimar, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, Toulon, Villefranchesur-Saône, Castillon du Gard, Nîmes, Uzès, Apt, Aix-en-Provence, Gallery Drouant inParis ,Avignon ,Marseille ,Beziers (France),Toronto (Canada),Solothurn andCharmney (Switzerland),Séoul (South Korea),Sarasota (Florida - USA).External links
* [http://www.pierre-cayol.com Pierre Cayol official website]
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