Pierre Laffillé was a French painter, (June 1, 1938 – June 4, 2011) born at

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Biography

Pierre Laffillé studied at the Académie Julian in Paris in 1956. He then studied at the

École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts The Beaux-Arts de Paris is a French ''grande école'' whose primary mission is to provide high-level arts education and training. This is classical and historical School of Fine Arts in France. The art school, which is part of the Paris Scienc ...

from 1959 to 1961. His first exhibition was in 1960 at

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. He went on to show his works throughout France and much of the rest of the world, managing at least one major exhibition a year through much of his career. He had lived and worked in Montmartre, Paris. In The Netherlands he was represented by Aggie Hendrikx who ran an art gallery in the center of the city called Roermond. Aggie Hendrikx published books on his works. Aggie Hendrikx was brutally robbed, beaten and locked in a cupboard during one night. The incident made the news. She retired within 1-2 years after this incident. During this incident some works including works by Pierre Laffillé where stolen and can be found in the Interpol database (2022). Amongst the awards that he had received, there were the Silver medal of the city of

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, and the Gold Medal of the city of Montmorency. He was also a Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

References

External links

Pierre Laffille Official website

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