School of Art

Contact Details

School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

Fax: +44 (0)1970 622461

Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk


Display artist/maker:

Édouard Pignon

Born: 1905, France, Pas-de-Calais, Bully-les-Mines   Died: 1993

Painter, printmaker and ceramicist. Worked as a miner before moving to Paris in 1927 where he worked in car factories. As a communist he joined the Association des Artistes et Ecrivains Révolutionnaires in 1931. He painted part-time until 1943. He produced post-Cubist work, similar to Léger, depicting scenes of working life as well as landscapes, cockfights and coastal scenes. He also made theatre designs

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

Les Oliviers PR2807 Prints

Ostende PR5196 Prints

Vendange PR2806 Prints




 
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