Born in Rebréchien (Loiret), in 1921. Died in 2012

Even though Pierre Courtin is a painter, he is above all an engraver, using mainly the chisel to create small bas-reliefs peopled with insects and animals. 
He was member of the Jeune Gravure Contemporaine group from 1946 to 1956, worked for a while with Jacques Villon and as a printer in the Georges Leblanc atelier. 
His engravings are printed very few times, seldom similar, and the material occupies a major place. He also participated in the Suites Prisunic adventure, where a small number of lithographies were edited by Jacques Putman.



SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)

2022
Galerie Laurent de Puybaudet

2008
"Pierre Courtin, Graveur et peintre"
, Galerie Laurent de Puybaudet, Paris

2000
"Pierre Courtin, Utopie Carressée"
, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Genève

1998
"Pierre Courtin. La gravure tactile
", Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

1989
Galerie Claude Bernard

1973
Musée-Château, Annecy. Présentation du catalogue de son oeuvre gravé

1964
Stefelijk Museum, Amsterdam

1960
Prix Bright, Biennale de Venise

1959
Documenta, Kassel


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