Pierre Boncompain (French, b. 1938)

Born in Valence, known as the gateway to Provence, Pierre Boncompain is recognized as a modern French master, and inheritor of the colorist tradition. The charm of Provence flows through Boncompain’s paintings, pastels and works on paper. His themes are simple: nudes, still-lifes and landscapes, but, through his continued experimentation with intense color, expressive line, and flat, patterned surfaces, he transcends the everyday to offer us a vision of life that is infinitely attractive. 

Over the last five decades Boncompain has exhibited in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Beijing, Osaka, Tokyo, Lausanne, the United States, and throughout France and The Netherlands. His artworks are collected in numerous important public and private collections.

Pierre Boncompain has been painting and drawing since he was a young child and was encouraged by his parents in his pursuit of the arts. He moved to Paris in the late 1950s and graduated in 1959 first in his class at the French National Academy of Decorative Arts before moving on to the National Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied in the Legueult atelier.

Today, with his wife, model and muse Colette, he splits his time between his studios in Paris and Provence.

Museum and Public Collections

Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France

Museé de Valence, Valence, France 

Musée de Lille, Lille, France 

Museé d’Art Contemporain Saint Martin, Montélimar, France

Chateau de Vascoeuil, France

Chateau de Chenonceau, France 

Musée d’Angers, France 

Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Japan

Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China

Museo de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

Kajikawa Foundation, Kyoto, Japan

Navio Museum, Kyoto, Japan

Takashimaya Museum, Osaka, Japan

Singer Museum, Laren, The Netherlands

Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, Italy

Johnson and Johnson Foundation, New Jersey, USA