Pierre Schwarz (born in 1950 in Brussels) is a contemporary Belgian painter and engraver, neo-expressionist and muralist.

Pierre Schwarz
Pierre Schwarz, Belgian painter
Born1950
EducationRoyal Academy of Arts, Brussels
Known forPainting, drawing, engraving, muralism
Movementneo-expressionist

Biography

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"Student at the Academies of Arts of Brussels and Watermael-Boitsfort, Pierre Schwarz perfect himself with Oskar Kokoschka in Salzbourg. He represent the representation without falling in the picture."[1]

Training

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  • 1968 Academy of Arts of Watermael-Boitsfort (Teachers: Roger Somville, Lucien Braet)
  • 1973 Royal Academy of Arts, Brussels, Engraving degree received with distinction (Teacher Claude Lyr)
  • 1977 Royal Academy of Arts, Brussels, Monumental painting degree received with the greatest distinction and awards (Teacher Jean Ransy)
  • 1977 King's Medal and Medal of the City of Brussels for the Master's degree in monumental painting

Professional experience

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  • 1978 to 1981 Drawing and monumental painting teacher's assistant at the Royal Academy of Arts, Brussels,
  • 1982 until now Painting teacher at the Academy of Arts, Verviers

Solo exhibitions

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  • 1979 Cercle d'Education Populaire
  • 1980 Galerie "L'Escalier", Brussels
  • 1984 Galerie APART, Brussels
  • 1986 Librairie Télémaque, Brussels
  • 1987 Atelier Horta, Brussels
  • 1989 Galerie du Parvis, invited by M. Charles Picqué, bourgmestre de Saint-Gilles
  • 1989 Zoet Peper, Ruisbroeck
  • 1990 Totems-Tabous, Galerie "Now", Liège
  • 1990 "La Marotte", Theux
  • 1990 "Au Laboureur", Brussels
  • 1992 "La Vénerie ", Brussels
  • 1992 Espace d'Art Contemporain "L'Escale", Brussels
  • 1992 Centre Culturel "Silence les Dunes", Verviers
  • 1993 Nicola's, Brussels
  • 1993 "Au Petit Coq", Linkebeek
  • 1993 Prodivet, Eynatten
  • 1994 Ancienne Maison Bronfort, Sart-lez-Spa
  • 1996 Arte Coppo Verviers, "Tout doit partir"
  • 1996 Arte Coppo Verviers, "Telles façons"
  • 1997 Arte Coppo Verviers. "Côte à côte"
  • 1998 Centre Culturel de Chênée
  • 1999 OEuvres en chantier asbl "art Factory"
  • 2000 La convi, Soumagne
  • 2000 Fondation Adolphe Hardy
  • 2000 Archipelago 2000, Musée d'Evere, Cour Royale, Brussels
  • 2001 Castill'Art, France, été 2001, Diplôme d'Honneur
  • 2001 Musée de Herstal
  • 2002 Galerie Orpheu, Liège
  • 2004 Oziomelo Gallery, "Totems Tabous", Liège
  • 2008 Galerie Astelle, Liège
  • 2010 Oziomelo Gallery, Liège

Collective exhibitions

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Numerous participations to Belgian and international exhibitions :

  • Analysis Situs,
  • Fête de la Comunauté française,
  • SRAVE de Verviers
  • Belfort Crypte te Aalst
  • Cercle des Beaux-Arts de Verviers
  • Fondation Pierre-Paul Hamesse. Brussels
  • Vibrations Judaïques, Brussels
  • CCLJ
  • Parcours d'Artiste 2. Brussels
  • Peintures Fraîches, Verviers
  • Artistes en Fête, Overijse
  • Archipelago, Brussels
  • Expo-Solidarité, Verviers
  • L'Appartement, Germany
  • "Du Bon Usage de l'Emballage"
  • Deux cents miniatures contemporaines, Musee des Beaux-Arts de Verviers
  • Cercle Royal des Beaux-Arts, 2005
  • Cercle Royal des Beaux-Arts, 2006
  • Mobil'Art Musée St Georges, Liège, 2007
  • Atelier d'Emanuelle, Liège, 2007
  • Cercle Royal des Beaux-Arts, 2008
  • Galerie l'Astelle, 2008
  • Lisbonne, 2009
  • Cercle Royal des Beaux-Arts, 2010

Private collections

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Private collections in :

Miscellany

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  • Member of asbl "Silence les Dunes ". Verviers
  • Member of asbl "Art Factory", Liège
  • Participation in the movie Boris Lehman "Leçon de Vie"
  • Charter 3000 (mise en scène théatrale et technique audiovisuelle), Sculptures
  • Hommage à l'Abstraction Belge
  • Paintings for "la Maison Delvaux"
  • Hommage à Roger Somville, octobre 1998

Bibliography

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  • Totems Tabous. Oeuvres de Pierre Schwarz, textes de Marianne Van den Broeck et Philippe Hunt, 2002
  • Cheminant, il n'y a pas de chemin - Quelques itinérances avec Pierre Schwarz, Philippe Hunt, 2003

Notes and references

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  1. ^ Biographical illustred dictionary of the artists in Belgique since 1830, Arto