Jacques Poirier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jacques Poirier

French painter

Date of Birth: 23-Feb-1928

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 01-Jan-2002

Profession: painter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Jacques Poirier (1928–2002) was a French master painter who lived in Paris near Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
His mother was a painter [1] so he claimed with irony that he always sniffed turpentine between breastfeeds.
He joined the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 1945.
Poirier came to painting quite late after a successful career as an illustrator [2].
His paintings were done in the realist "Trompe l'Oeil" style with a mastery and a poetry rarely seen in this genre.
He became a member of "Trompe l'Oeil and Reality", the group of realist painters created by Henri Cadiou Henri Cadiou.
His good friend Pierre Gilou fr:Pierre Gilou shared in a comment [3] how Poirier was quickly accepted in the group back in 1970.