Pierre Célice, born in 1932 was the son of a lawyer. He first started studying Law but quickly found his way into the art of drawing and painting. Under the influence of Henri Hayden, who he refers to as his master he started painting figurative works. This is visible throughout his early work.
Pierre Célice first became successful between 1950 and 1960. During this period he was exhibiting his works at the gallery of among other Simone Badinier. Quickly his work evolves from figurative art to something more synthetic. This is where colour starts playing a more important role. He starts making new compositions which consist out of lines and colours. Abstraction is on it’s way in, but it is not quite there yet…
In the beginning of the 70’s Pierre Célice starts working in the atelier of lithographer Peter Bramsen. At the atelier Pierre Célice gets to know the works of Bram Van Velde, Pierre Alechinsky, Asger Jorn, Karel Appel etc. This is where he starts to cut ties with figurative art.
However Pierre Célice has many doubts about his oeuvre and his artstic line. His finished paintings do not meet with the vision he has about art. Unhappy with his works he burns and destroys multiple paintings he has made over the years. Around the end of the 70’s he begins to find peace again. In 1982 he moves back to Paris and participates in various group exhibitions.
Ever since then there are a lot of exhibitions dedicated to his work in France and outside of France.
Pierre Célice past away on april 5th 2019 at his residence in Paris.
Important personal exhibitions
- 2019 Paris, Art Paris
- 2018 Paris, Art Paris
- 2015 Anvers, Maurice Verbaet Gallery
- 2014 Bruxelles, Schiller Art Gallery
- 2013 Paris, galerie Nicolas Deman
- Bordeaux, galerie D.X.
- Bruxelles, Schiller Art Gallery
- 2012 Domfront en Champagne, Espace Domfront
- 2011 Evreux, Musée d’Evreux
- 2007 Paris, Agnès B. activités
- 2006 Malakoff, Maison des Arts
- Arceuil, La Réserve
- 2005 Shangai, foire internationale d’art contemporain
- 2001 Paris, La manufactures des œillets
- 1999 Paris, galerie Patrick Derderian
- Paris, galerie Larock-Granoff
- 1998 Paris, galerie Eterso
- Milan, galerie Giacobbe Spazio
- Gand, foire international d’art contemporain
- 1997 Ivry-sur-Seine, La manufacture des œillets
- 1995 Paris, galerie Eterso
- Strasbourg, salon international d’art contemporain
- 1993 Paris, galerie Mostini Bastille
- Milan, galerie San Carlo
- 1992 Bordeaux, galerie A 80
- 1991 Paris, galerie Mostini
- Copenhague, Nicolaj Kirk Museum
- Gand, foire internationale d’art contemporain
- Paris, galerie Eterso
- 1990 Paris, galerie Mostini
- Cannes, galerie Eterso
- 1989 Cannes, galerie Eterso
- Nice, Art Jonction Internationa
- 1988 Paris, galerie Lavignes-Bastille
- Toulouse, espace Croix-Baragnon
- 1987 Dijon, centre de création contemporaine
- 1986 Montpellier, fondation du Pioch-Pelat
- Jouy-sur-Eure, centre d’art contemporain
- 1985 Ermont, quartier des arts
- 1976 Paris, galerie Jacob
- 1965 Paris, galerie Simon Badinier
- Bruxelles, galerie Tamara Pfeiffer
- 1964 Paris, galerie Simon Badinier
- 1961 Paris, galerie Simon Badinier
- 1957 Paris, galerie Simon Badinier
Group exhibitions
- 2006 Arceuil, La Réserve
- 1983 Ornans, Musée Courbet
- 1981 Paris, galerie Simon Badinier
- 1976 Paris, Grand Palais, Salon réalités Nouvelles
- 1974 Paris, Grand Palais, Salon réalités Nouvelles
- 1972 Alençon, Biennale art contemporain
- 1964 Paris, Grand Palais, Salon jeune peinture
- 1963 Paris, Grand Palais, Salon comparaison –
- New York (Twenty young painters of the Paris School’ – Paris, Grand Palais, Salon jeune peinture –
- Paris, Musée d’art Moderne, Biennale de Paris – Paris, Musée de la Monnaie, Lauréat du prix Victor Chocquet
- 1958 Paris, Grand Palais, Salon jeune peinture
- All., Japon, USA ‘Jeunes peintres français à l’étranger’
- 1957 Paris, La nouvelle vague
- 1956 Paris, Grand Palais, Salon jeune peinture –
- Sélection prix Pacquement – Sélection prix Othon Friez
Architectural work
- 1997 Alençon, collège Saint Exupéry, fresque monumentale, céramique
- 1996 Paris, maison de l’avocat, 10 verres sérigraphiés – lycée Paul Gauguin, 3 fresques
- 1986 Noisy le Grand, hall d’entrée d’immeuble, fresque monumentale – Paris, siege ACL, fresque
- 1981 Paris, Antenne 2, Enseigne néon – Paris, hôtel Les Arcades à La Villette
- 1976 Bagnolet, centre commercial, fresques – Créteil, operation Nanterre – Paris, hôtel Drouot
- 1975 Paris, centre Saint-Lazare, sculptures monumentales – Nièvre, fresques Clamecy
- 1974 Garges-les-Gonesse, animation de façade – Paris, 13ième, sculpture monumentale
Selection from bibliographie
- Pierre Célice, De Paris à Anvers… en roue libre, texte de Camille Brasseur, Maurice Verbaet Gallery, 2015
- Inventaire des collections du Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2006
- Editions Mostini, texte de Patrick-Gilles Persin, 1990
- Bill’Art 1ère édition – Cimaises, texte de Claude Bouyeure, 1990
- Editions Gamelle, texte de Fortino Barthélémy, 1981
- Collections Marginales, la cote des peintres, Robert Pfeiffer
- ACL Construction et les toits de France, textes de Edouard de Penguilly et Xavier Dejean, 1986
- Musée Nicolaj Kirk, texte de Annette Lydiksen, Copenhague
- Dictionnaire des Arts – Gründ, texte de JP Delarge
- Editions Acte Sud, textes de Jacques Rigaud et Xavier Dejean
Films
- Pascal Perez, ‘Pierre Célice’, 2018
- Yvon Lammens, ‘Pierre Célice’, 2014-2015
- Samantha Deman, Pierre Célice ‘La spontanéité revendiquée’, 2013
- Bruno Dunckel, Pierre Célice ‘Du sol au plafond’, Musée d’Evreux, 2011
- Raoul Sangla, ‘Le fil des jours. Chronique de la vie courante avec Pierre Célice’, Musée d’Evreux, 2010
- Bruno Dunckel, ‘Le livre de Pierre Célice’, 2007
- Raoul Sangla et Macha Mieg, ‘Pierre Célice s’expose à la Maison des Arts de Malakoff’, 2006
- Claude Guibert, ‘Pierre Célice’, 1999
- Raoul Sangla, ‘Pierre Célice s’expose à la Manufacture des œillets’, 1997
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