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Pierre Roy

Pierre Roy (1880 - 1950) was active/lived in New York / France, Italy.  Pierre Roy is known for Painting, printmaking, illustration.

A native of the port city of Nantes, France, Pierre Roy was raised by an amateur watercolorist who encouraged his children's artistic pursuits.  Roy's family also had a history of seafaring, a legacy that prompted him to consider a naval career.  Instead, he entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and, for a short time, studied architecture; he left for Paris in 1900 to assist in the preparations for the Exposition Universelle.

A few years later, Roy attended the Académie Julian and studied with Jean-Paul Laurens.  He began exhibiting his paintings at the Salon des Indépendants and other venues for modern art.  However, Roy's artistic identity coalesced after he met Giorgio de Chirico and Guillaume Apollinaire in 1913.  Through them, he became associated with the artists who were at the center of the avant-garde, including Pablo Picasso, André Derain, Amedeo Modigliani, and Francis Picabia.  Shortly thereafter, Roy began regularly exhibiting with the grou   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3046 characters.]  Artist bio

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