Jean-Pierre Pophillat

Jean-Pierre Pophillat (29 August 1938 – 19 September 2020) was a French painter and lithographer.

Biography
Born in Vichy, Pophillat spent the first nine years of his life in Lapalisse where his father was an assistant pharmacist and his mother was a piano teacher. He then moved to Le Raincy, where his parents became herbalists.

In 1957, Pophillat was admitted to the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in the studio of Roger Chapelain-Midy. He participated in an exhibition of young painters alongside Bernard Buffet, Maurice Boitel, Xavier Valls, Michel Henry, and Pierre-Henry. In 1964, he won the Prize of the Casa de Velásquez. Beginning in 1959, he participated in numerous groups, including the Salon d'Automne, of which he became a member in 1972. He was also a member of the Salon Comparaisons, the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, and the Salon des artistes français.

Pophillat painted at his properties in Cannes and Deauville with a bright and colorful style. He died in Paris on 19 September 2020 at the age of 83.

Personal exhibitions

 * Galerie Vendôme, Paris (1977)
 * Château de la Bertrandière, L'Étrat (2011)
 * Gallery Bund 22, Shanghai (2014)
 * Ludwig Galerie, Saarlouis (2015)
 * Galerie Saint-Hubet, Lyon (2015)

Prizes

 * Prix Antral (1963)
 * Prix de la Casa Velásquez (1964)
 * Médaille d'or des artistes français (1970)
 * Prix de la Compagnie Transatlantique (1978)
 * Grand Prix du Salon de Colombes (1985)
 * Grand Prix de la ville de Blois (1987)
 * Grand Prix de la ville de Tours (1987)
 * Grand Prix de la ville de Nantes (1993)