Pierre Lesieur

1940, he entered the Beaux-Arts in Paris, which he left after a few weeks. He followed the lessons of André Lhote for some time then attended a free workshop in Montparnasse and, for three years, the Montmartre academy, boulevard de Clichy. 1952, Pierre Lesieur presents his first exhibition in Paris. And exhibition at the Coard gallery which will regularly exhibit his paintings. 1958, Obtains the Critics' prize, which launches his international career. Working between Paris and Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, he subsequently produced around thirty personal exhibitions in France as well as in Tokyo, New York or London. Musée national d'art moderne, Paris Musée de Grenoble Musée de l'Abbaye4 de Saint-Claude, Jura Musée national d'histoire et d'art de Luxembourg, Luxembourg University of Kansas, Art Museum Lawrence, Kansas Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art , Kansas City, Missouri Brooklyn Museum, New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Museum of Hiroshima, Japan Kasama Nichido Museum of Art, Japan Sakata, Japan Matsuzakaya, Japan