Jean-Pierre Velly
Jean-Pierre Velly (14 September 1943, Audierne, France – 26 May 1990) was a Breton etcher, draftsman and painter. In 1965, after attending the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Toulon, he began study at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. The following year he won the "Grand Prix de Rome" for etching.
Jean-Pierre Velly
- Name
- Jean-Pierre Velly
- Born
- 14 September 1943
- Died
- 26 May 1990
- Birthplace
- Audierne, France
- Place of death
- Trevignano Romano
- Field
- etching, painting, drawing
- Training
- Ecole des Beaux Arts de Toulon École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts French Academy in Rome
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- engraver · painter · draftsperson · graphic artist
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris · École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art
- Honours
- resident at the Villa Medici
- Languages
- French
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Jean-Pierre Velly (14 September 1943, Audierne, France – 26 May 1990) was a Breton etcher, draftsman and painter. In 1965, after attending the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Toulon, he began study at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. The following year he won the "Grand Prix de Rome" for etching.
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In 1967 he moved to Rome for three years to work under Balthus at Villa Medici, the French Academy. From 1970 he lived at Formello, a small village near Rome, where he worked for the next twenty years. In 1971 he began exhibiting at Rome's Don Chisciotte Gallery, and started working in silverpoint, and painting in watercolor, particularly for the series Velly pour Corbière (1976–1978) from the poems of Tristan Corbiere, and Bestiaire Perdu (1978–1980). In the 1980s his subjects turned to landscapes, still life, life studies, trees and self portraits; using pencil, china ink, watercolor and oil. In 1990, he was the victim of a boating accident and drowned in Lake Bracciano; his body was never recovered. Since then his work has been exhibited in Italy, France and Germany.
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• Name — Jean-Pierre Velly • Born — 14 September 1943 • Died — 26 May 1990 • Birthplace — Audierne, France • Place of death — Trevignano Romano • Field — etching, painting, drawing • Training — Ecole des Beaux Arts de Toulon École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts French Academy in Rome
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1943
Jean-Pierre Velly born at Audierne.
1990
Jean-Pierre Velly died at Trevignano Romano.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 16080233-7, Ausstellung Jean-Pierre Velly - Zwischen den Welten (2009-2010 : Bad Frankenhausen (Kyffhäuser)).
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 16080233-7, Ausstellung Jean-Pierre Velly - Zwischen den Welten (2009-2010 : Bad Frankenhausen (Kyffhäuser)).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Formation and teaching. Velly studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art. Recorded as having studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art.
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Velly, Jean Pierre, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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