PATRICK PIETROPOLI
Patrick Pietropoli was a teacher of political studies for several years before becoming a professional artist. Trained as both a painter and a sculptor, his oil on linen paintings have both an antique feel and a very contemporary freeness. Drawing inspiration from the style of old masters such as Titian and Velasquez, Pietropoli creates grand figural compositions and cityscapes. He paints the carefully articulated architecture of Paris, New York, Rome and other major cities as well as delicate nudes. His nudes capture a moment in time where he defines the relationship between form and freedom. To the viewer, a simple color field becomes a stable wall behind the figure. Each painting, due to its observed patience, is timeless.With small amounts of paint and a restricted palette, he brings an intimate texture and space to his paintings. He has executed commissions in the form of frescoes and monumental sculpture for the Mutualite Francaise and has consistently exhibited his work in Italy, France, Belgium and America.
Pietropoli has been recognized as an established artist in France since the mid 1980’s. His solo exhibitions in the United States and abroad draw both collectors and admirers.
Biography
Patrick Pietropoli is a contemporary painter artist who represents cityscapes and street scenes along with figural compositions and delicate nudes. He paints the carefully articulated architecture of New York, Paris, Rome and Venice as well as the intimate portrayal of the feminine figure always finding a perfect balance between freedom and form.
Patrick Pietropoli was born in Paris in 1953. After Sciences Po Paris and Master’s degree in Ancient History, he taught history for six years before fully devoting himself to sculpture and painting.
This passion started in early childhood and developed through various experiments with fine arts techniques into a life-long commitment. The artists’ canvases favor line over color while representing objects from the history of Art, architecture, cityscapes with or without figures, female figures. The ancient Greek myths are like a permanent “lietmotiv” in his work.
Artist statement
“My work is about drawing and painting, I mean there is no border between them, they are most of the time together coexisting in the final canvas. I start of course the work with drawing, but it doesn’t mean it will not reappear at the final step, on the top of the paint layers.”
Museums Installations
26 Place Saint Jean Solo exhibition “From the Street to the Museum”.
Oct 2013, "Salle Friese" exhibiting hall, Print Museum, Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry, France.
Oct 2010 - Jan 2011, Espace St Jean exhibiting hall, Museum of Melun, France. The Museum located at the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte acquired one painting for permanent collection
Sept - Oct 2006, Civic Museum of Crema, Crema, Italy.
Past Exhibitions
2015 Galerie Felli, “Just Next to Reality”, Paris 3 – solo exhibition
Galerie Claudine Legrand, “New York Street Views and Lointains”, Paris 6 – solo exhibition
The Cynthia Corbett Gallery, Art Wynwood Art Fair, Miami, FL “New York City Views“
The Cynthia Corbett Gallery, Art Miami New York Fair, NYC
The Cynthia Corbett Gallery, Art Hampton, Southampton Art Fair
2014 Axelle Fine Arts Soho Gallery, “New York Street Views, grid of 9” NY
Axelle Fine Arts Soho Gallery, “New hanging, July-Aug”, NY
The Cynthia Corbett Gallery, Art Hampton, Southampton Art Fair, “Polyptychs“
The Cynthia Corbett Gallery’s anniversary, “New York Fifth Ave, variations, grid of 9″, London.
Galerie Felli, “Interieurs/Exterieurs”, Paris 3 – solo exhibition
2013 Galerie Claudine Legrand, “New York and New Yorkers”, Paris 6 – solo exhibition
Musee de l’imprimerie, Ponthierry, France “Florence, Rome, New York, Street
Views et grands lointains” – solo exhibition
2012 The Cynthia Corbett Gallery, Palm Beach Art Fair, Florida
Axelle Fine Arts Boston Gallery, “Un voyage en Italie”, MA – solo exhibition
Galerie Gantois, “Lointains et drapes”,Cannes, France – solo exhibition
Galerie St Dizier, Montreal, Canada Art Toronto Art Fair
2011 Galerie Claudine Legrand, “New York grands lointains”, Paris 6 – solo exhibition
The Cynthia Corbett Gallery, “Landscapes, Vedute, peaks and intimate scenes”,
London – solo exhibition
Axelle Fine Arts Soho Gallery, “Chrysler Tower”, NY – solo exhibition
2010 The Cynthia Corbett Gallery, Art Chicago Art Fair, Chicago
Axelle Fine Arts Chelsea Gallery, “Paris-New York”, NY – solo exhibition
Galerie Felli, “Grandes vues de New York”, Paris 3 – solo exhibition
2009 Axelle Fine Arts Boston Gallery, “Nudes, Portraits and Town Landscapes”,
Boston – solo exhibition
Galerie Claudine Legrand, “New York-Venice, 2 villes sur la mer”,
Paris 6 – solo exhibition
2008 Relocated from Paris to New York
Axelle Fine Arts Chelsea Gallery, “Portraits, Urban Landscapes, Compositions”,
NY – solo exhibition
Axelle Fine Arts San Francisco Gallery, “Ingres in the City”, CA – solo exhibition
Galerie Felli, “Grandes vues et scenes intimes”, Paris 3 – solo exhibition
2007 Axelle Fine Arts Soho Gallery, “Le rouge et le Noir”, NY – solo exhibition
Axelle Fine Arts Boston Gallery, “La Haute Bourgeoisie”, MA – solo exhibition
Galerie Claudine Legrand, “New York, New York”, Paris 6 – solo exhibition
2006 Galerie Claudine Legrand, “Venice”, Paris 6 – solo exhibition
The Cynthia Corbett Gallery, London Art Fair, London
Crema Museum, “New paintings”, Italy – solo exhibition
2005 Axelle Fine Arts Soho Gallery, “Room with a view”, NY – solo exhibition
Axelle Fine Arts San Francisco Gallery, “Paintings”, CA – solo exhibition
2004 Galerie Francis Barlier, “Pedestrians in the city”, Paris 8 – solo exhibition
Galerie Visconti, “Works on paper and terra cotta”, Paris 6 – solo exhibition
2003 Axelle Fine Arts Soho Gallery, “Portraits and nudes”, NY – solo exhibition
Galerie de l’Europe, “Portraits anciens et scenes intimes”, Paris 6 – solo exhibition
2002 Galerie de l’Europe, “Grands Lointains”, Paris 6 – solo exhibition
Galerie Veronique Smagghe, ART PARIS, Carrousel du Louvre
2001 Galerie Claudine Legrand, “Une visite au Musee”, Paris 7 – solo exhibition
Galerie Gantois, “Town views and terra cottas”, Cannes, France – solo exhibition
Galerie Veronique Smagghe, ART PARIS, Carrousel du Louvre
Axelle Fine Arts Soho Gallery, NY
2000 Galerie Ileana Bouloulis, “Venice and visitors”, Paris 7 – solo exhibition
Galerie de l’Europe, “Obelisques en terre cuite et facades”, Paris 6 – solo exhibition
Musee la Marine, Place de la Concorde: two paintings acquired for permanent collection
1999 Galerie CGB, “groupes en terre cuite et en bronze”, clays and bronzes,
Honfleur, France – solo exhibition
Galerie Claudine Legrand, “Piazzas, Campos and backgrounds”, Paris 7 – solo exhibition
Galerie Boulan, SAGA, Paris, Grand Palais
Galerie de l’Europe, “Grands tableaux fresques”, Paris 6 – solo exhibition
1998 Galerie Septentrion, “Architectural drawings”, Lille France – solo exhibition
Galerie Boulan, SAGA, Paris, Grand Palais
Galerie Etienne de Causans, “Views from Andaloucia”, Paris 6 – solo exhibition
Galerie CGB, LINEART, Gand, Belgium
Galerie Bouboulis, “Visitors in museums”, clays and paintings on panel,
Paris – solo exhibition
1997 Galerie Catherine Guerard, “Italian Vedute”, Paris 4 – solo exhibition
Galerie Claudine Legrand, “Spain Vedute”, Paris 7 – solo exhibition
1996 Galerie Guenegaud, “Un voyage a Venise”, Paris 6 – solo exhibition
1995 Galerie Anne Robin, “objets utiles”, Paris 3 – solo exhibition
Galerie Felli, Paris 6 – solo exhibition
Salon d’Art Contemporain de Strasbourg with Galerie Anne Robin
1983 – 94 Galerie Michel Ozenne, Paris 1: “About the 15th Century’s images of the Annunciation in Florence” – solo exhibition
Galerie 31, Lille, France: “Rewritings from the Sabines’ Abduction by Francois
Poussin” – solo exhibition
Personal exhibitions each year in Lille and Paris. Execution of commissions:
frescoes and monumental sculptures
Press & publications
September 2011 Cover of the American Artist magazine
2010 Beaux Arts magazine
October 2010 Article at La Republique
2006 Crema Exhibition – La Cultura
Journal de Lille, PP press
Projects
February, 2017 Museo Civico di Crema, Italy. Solo exhibition – New paintings
October 2016-January 2017 Museum of Melun, Espace St Jean