Watercolor and pencil by Pierre Charbonnier (1897-1978) on cardboard - southern France.

Magnificent watercolor and pencil on cardboard by Pierre Charbonnier (1897-1978) depicting a port in the south of France.
Dimensions of work : 31cm x 24cm.
Dimensions with frame : 44 cm x 37 cm

Pierre Charbonnier, born August 24, 1897 in Vienne, Isère, and died July 2, 1978 in Paris, was a French painter, set designer and film director.
He was notably the set designer for Robert Bresson's films between 1934 and 1974.

Pierre Charbonnier paints many uncluttered urban views, with a constant concern for framing that reflects a sensitive eye for photographic and cinematographic shots. These sometimes reveal the frame of a window opening onto a large perspective. His compositions are often highly geometric, featuring urban elements in a static atmosphere. They are punctuated by large lines, sometimes horizontal, sometimes vertical, creating large voids.

He began his training at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lyon in 1915, before moving to Paris, where he attended the Académie Ranson. He presented his first paintings at the Salon des Indépendants, the Salon des Tuileries and the Salon d'Automne in the early 1920s. He also exhibited in galleries in France (Galerie Henriette Gomès, Galerie Albert Loeb) and abroad (Italy, Japan, Brazil, Luxembourg).

The theme of water is very present in the work of Pierre Charbonnier, who grew up on the banks of the Rhône.
Mostly inanimate, Pierre Charbonnier's landscapes of pure, intense color express the poetry of the modern post-war world. This refinement is also reflected in the artist's keen interest in poetry, which he shares with friends such as Max Jacob, Tristan Tzara, René Char, Jacques Prévert and Blaise Cendrars.© A.BIOT

The 1920s saw the first stylistic experiments. His compositions and points of view were already remarkable. Strongly influenced by cinema and photography, Pierre Charbonnier composed his canvases with a taste for the shot. Indeed, the shots are studied and sophisticated, and the effects of dynamic openings

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