Pierre Roy , is a painter French born with Nantes on August 10th, 1880 and dead on September 26th, 1950 with Milan.

Biography

Pierre Roy is the elder one of a phratry of 4 children who become all painters amateurs thanks to their father secretary of the commission of monitoring of the Musée of the Art schools. He follows his schooling in Externat of Child-Nantes and passes in 1897 a baccalaureat of Rhétorique then in 1898 a baccalaureat of letters and Philosophie. He directs himself towards architecture and spends some time in a cabinet of architects. He follows the courses to the 3Ecole Nationale Sup3erieure of the fine arts which he leaves to work with the preparations of the World Fair of 1900. In 1905 Pierre Roy decides to devote himself to painting and it takes part in 1906 in its first exposure to the National company of the Art schools, then exposes into 1907,1908,1913,1914 to the Salon of Independent the. In 1925 Pierre Roy takes part in the first exposure of the painters Surréaliste to the side of Giorgio De Chirico, max Ernst, Picasso and in 1926 it carries out its first particular exposure whose catalog is prefaced by Louis Aragon In 1933 it is named for 5 years painter of the department of the Marine. It is only in 1935, during an exposure which is devoted to him to the gallery of the Art schools, that Pierre Roy is finally recognized in France. It exposes in 1937 to the International exhibition of Arts and Métiers and in 1938 to the Montaigne gallery.

Pierre Roy travels much and exposes in several galleries throughout the world:

• New York in Brummer Galery in 1930 and 1933, in the Julien Levy Gallery in 1932, the Museum off Modern Art of New York in 1936, in Carstairs Gallery in 1949.
• London in 1934 with the Wildenstein gallery.
• Hawaii in 1939 with the academy of arts of Honolulu,

In addition, Pierre Roy carries out stage sets, several covers of the magazine Vogue, advertizing posters.

Bibliographical source: Pierre Roy museum of the Art schools of Nantes and Somogy editions of art, Paris, 1994

Its painting

André Breton regards it as the father of surrealism, but he even known as " not to like to belong to a group whatever it soit".

These tables are settings in scene of current objects, represented most accurately possible. Shells, vegetables and fruits, wool reels, ears and seeds, eggs, ribbons are assembled, mixed to create poetic scenes.

" I absolutely do not have, as painter, any philosophy. When I paint anything, I am entire with the pleasure of painting. I do not have the least intention of symbolism. But very often, sometimes a long time after having completed my table, I become aware by what inspired to me and of what my fabric signifie". (answer to a questionnaire of the Museum of Modern art of New York in 1947)

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