PIERRE LETELLIER 1928/2000

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A graduate of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Caen, where he studied under Louis-Édouard Garrido, Pierre Letellier chose not to attend the traditional Beaux-Arts de Paris. He has always strived to live and work outside the capital, attached to his Caen roots. In the mid-1970s, he left France to settle in Switzerland, only to return to France twenty years later.
He has exhibited in New York, Tokyo, Caracas, London, Brussels and Paris.
1928 - Born in Caen. Calvados.
1942 - Begins evening classes at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Caen.
1947 - Begins traveling. Stays in Switzerland and Venice.
1948 - First solo exhibition in Caen. Galerie Alleaume.
1956 - Another exhibition in Caen at the Hôtel Moderne.
1956 - Decorates the bar at the Hôtel de Than.
1956 - Creates a few stained-glass windows for churches in Calvados.
1958 - First participation in Artistes indépendants in Paris. Sauvette exhibition in Caen.
1959 - First exhibition in Paris, Galerie d'Atri, rue de La Boétie, and in Caracas, Galerie Acquavella.
1959 - Participation in the Salons du Dessin and de la Peinture à l'Eau.
1959 - Honfleur artists. Palais Galliera: "Oil as seen by 100 painters".
1960 - Awarded ex acquo the Pris Charles-Pacquement.
1960 - New exhibition at Galerie Ror Volmar, Galerie d'Atri and at Peintres Témoins de leur temps.
1961 - Awarded the Salon des Artistes bas-normands.
1961 - Exhibits at the Palais Galbera Espressionnismes.
1961 - Société nationale (les Beaux-Arts.
1962 - Exhibition at Galerie Ror Volmar in Paris. Galerie Aquavella. Caracas.
1962 - Prix de La critique at the Salon des Artistes bas-normands. Trip to Greenland.
1964 - Exhibition at Galerie Ror Volmar on the theme of "Les Marais".
1964 - Illustrated in a deluxe edition: La Loire, Agnès et les garçons, by Maurice Genevoix.
1964 - Tour of the 3 Laponias and the North Cape.
1965 - New exhibition at Galerie Ror Volmar in Paris.
1965 - Publication of Suite nue, a lithographic suite devoted to the female body.
1965 - First color lithographs.
1966 - Exhibition in Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot. New York: Lesnick Gallery.
1966 - First long trip to Africa: Ivory Coast and Niger.
1967 - Exhibition at Galerie Ror Volmar in Paris.
1967 - New deluxe book: Terre d'Or, by Jean Giono.
1967 - Brief stay in New York. Two-month trip to North India.
1968 - Welcome departure for Africa and Tibesti. Working stay in Morocco.
1968 - Release of The Hound of the Baskervilles.
1969 - Publication of Roman de Renart, a book for bibliophiles, illustrated with 20 color lithographs.
1969 - Departure for Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
1970 - Exhibition of pastels, Galerie d'art Matignon, Paris.
1970 - Pastels to illustrate Le Lion by Kessel.
1972 - Publication of the photography book Animaux d'Afrique, for which he took all the photographs himself and wrote the texts.
1972 - Illustration of Aphrodite by Pierre Louys.
1972 - Exhibition at the Musée de la Maison de la chasse et de la nature in Paris, on the theme "La Légende de Diane".
1973 - Galerie d'art du Printemps exhibition on this theme.
1973 - Publication of Les Amour d'Ovide, a book he illustrates for a bibliophiles' club.
1973 - Exhibition in Deauville, Mont-Canisy chapel.
1974 - Settles in Féchv, Switzerland.
1975 - Exhibitions in Caracas, Honfleur, Paris (Galerie d'art de la place Beauvau and Musée de la Chasse).
1975 - Settles in Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland. Travels to Turkey.
1976 - Exhibitions in Honfleur, Touques, Lausanne and Villars-sur-Ollon.
1977 - First book illustrated with drypoint engravings on the theme of Jules Renard's Histoires naturelles,
1977 - Exhibition at Jean Millet (Paris) on this theme.
1978 - Exhibition in Paris, Galerie d'art de la place Beauvau and in Brussels, Galerie Van Dormael.
1979 - Event in Brussels with dance pastels.
1979 - Exhibition in Marseille, Galerie Lacydon.
1980 - Paris, November, Galerie d'art de la place Beauvau: Attitudes, with pastels on the theme of classical but also contemporary dance, through the girls of the Crazy Horse Saloon.
1980 - Exhibition at Galerie St-Germain, Geneva, Galerie Schèmes. Lille and Galerie St-Pierre le Jeune in Strasbourg.
1980 - Travels to Kashmir, Pakistan in June and Tibet.
1981 - Exhibition in Geneva, Galerie St-François. Galerie La Pastorale in Fleurance.
1981 - Exhibition at Galerie La Licute rance à Honneur, Galerie Lacydon in Marseille. Galerie d'art de la place Beauvau in Paris and Galerie Schèmes in Lille.
1983 - Exhibits at Galerie d'art de la place Beauvau, Paris.
1984 - Exhibitions at Galerie du Vieux-Villeneuve, Villeneuve and Galerie Lacydon, Marseille.
1985 - Exhibitions at Galerie Le Rehaut. Lyon and Galerie d'art de Villefranche-sur-mer.
1986 - Exhibitions Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris, Galerie L'Art Ancien, Orléans,
1986

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