Paul Augustin Aizpiri

Tulipes et roses

Born in 1919 in Paris, Paul Aïzpiri spent time by his father, a sculptor, in the Quartier de Montparnasse where he immersed himself in artistic life. After studied at the Ecole Boulle and worked at the Ateliers Nationaux, he entered the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 1936. In 1951, he won the National Prize and represented France at the Venice Biennale. Aïzpiri then became a major figure of the Ecole de Paris and Montparnasse. Between expressionism, fauvism and cubism, his painting always figurative has constantly evolved. Through his canvases, the painter most often celebrates Paris, the Pays-Basque and Saint-Tropez, but also childhood, women and poetry. Award-winning and recognised, the great international museums acquire his paintings, while in Japan, in 1966, a first museum is entirely dedicated to him in Onomichi.