Jean-Pierre Pophillat

Jean-Pierre Pophillat 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.