Édouard Pignon (12 February 1905 – 14 May 1993) was a French painter of the School of Paris. Pignon was born into the family of a miner involved in the workers' movement. From a young age he was inspired by the paintings of Francisco Goya and …

Édouard Pignon est un peintre français de la nouvelle École de Paris, né le 12 février 1905 à Bully-les-Mines (Pas-de-Calais) et mort le 14 mai 1993 à La Couture-Boussey (Eure).

Figure essentielle de la peinture française de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle, Edouard Pignon (1905-1993) reste encore pour beaucoup un artiste à découvrir. Pourtant, de l’immédiat après-guerre jusqu’au cours des années 1980, il est l’un des principaux acteurs du débat qui agite la scène artistique, notamment par sa ...

Édouard Pignon (12 February 1905 – 14 May 1993) was a French painter of the School of Paris.

Edouard Pignon is born in 1905 in Bully-les-Mines (Pas-de-Calais, France). His childhood is difficult; he works in a mine, then in a plant from 1920 to 1927. He moves to Paris in 1927 and begins his studies at the Applied Arts School and in the Labour University.

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Edouard Pignon (b. Bully-les Mines, France 1905 - d. La Couture-Boussey, France 1993) was the son of a miner. He worked as a youth down a mine and as a ceiling plasterer but took a correspondence course in art. Pignon moved to Paris in 1927 and initially worked in the Citroën and Renault car factories.

Edouard Pignon est mort le 14 mai 1993 dans sa maison de La Couture-Boussey (Normandie, Eure). Il avait 88 ans. Les obsèques de l’artiste se déroulèrent le vendredi 18 mai au cimetière Montparnasse où il fut inhumé. Une foule nombreuse d’amis …