Oil On Cardboard, Bathing In Nature By André Lupiac

LUPIAC André Pierre (1873-1956)

French painter of allegorical compositions. Symbolist.

After completing his schooling in Toulouse, André-Pierre Lupiac attended the Toulouse School of Fine Arts. In 1891, he exhibited at the Union Artistique Toulousaine, and two years later was awarded the Second Grand Prix de peinture.

Moving to Paris, he frequented the studios of Jean-Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant, and exhibited at the Salon for the first time in 1900. Life in the capital was difficult for him. Mobilized during the Great War in the same unit as his son, himself a painter, he returned to the south-west and settled in Castanet-Tolosan in the 20s.

Lupiac's favorite subjects were reinvented and sometimes dreamt-up Antiquity, set in the landscapes of the Lauragais region.

Recognized for his craftsmanship, the artist received a number of public commissions. He was responsible for part of the decor of the Capitole municipal council chamber, notably "Le Vent d'autan".

In 1905, he co-founded the Société des Artistes Méridionaux.

His works are highly colorful and visual, feminine and symbolist.