Pierre Schwarz

Pierre Schwarz
Pierre Schwarz, Belgian painter
Born	1950 Brussels
Education	Royal Academy of Arts, Brussels
Known for	Painting, drawing, engraving, muralism
Movement	neo-expressionist

Pierre Schwarz (born in 1950 in Brussels) is a contemporary Belgian painter and engraver, neo-expressionist and muralist.

Biography

"Student at the Academies of Arts of Brussels and Watermael-Boitsfort, Pierre Schwarz perfect himself with Oskar Kokoschka in Salzbourg. He represent the representation without falling in the picture." ^[1]

Training

• 1968 Academy of Arts of Watermael-Boitsfort (Teachers: Roger Somville, Lucien Braet)
• 1973 Royal Academy of Arts, Brussels, Engraving degree received with distinction (Teacher Claude Lyr)
• 1977 Royal Academy of Arts, Brussels, Monumental painting degree received with the greatest distinction and awards (Teacher Jean Ransy)
• 1977 King's Medal and Medal of the City of Brussels for the Master's degree in monumental painting

Professional experience

• 1978 to 1981 Drawing and monumental painting teacher's assistant at the Royal Academy of Arts, Brussels,
• 1982 until now Painting teacher at the Academy of Arts, Verviers

Bibliography

• Totems Tabous. Oeuvres de Pierre Schwarz, textes de Marianne Van den Broeck et Philippe Hunt, 2002
• Cheminant, il n'y a pas de chemin - Quelques itinérances avec Pierre Schwarz, Philippe Hunt, 2003

Notes and references

1. Biographical illustred dictionary of the artists in Belgique since 1830, Arto