Broken line Painting

Jacques Pinon is accustomed to many forms of artistic expression, as attested by his impressive work that includes paintings,sculptures, tapestries, and stainglass windows. He lives and tirelessly pursues his craft in a workshop in the French countryside . His stainglass windows decorates numerous churches and mansions. As a conceptual pioneer, he has forged new paths for this particular kind of art form, where time, space, and light each play their part and merge into a spiritual epiphany. In 1952, a meeting with the famous architect LE CORBUSIER was the beggining of a collaboration between them around architecture and design (with the help of Lucien HERVE): LE CORBUSIER was interested in integrating stainglass windows as a component of modern architecture. Jacques PINON's contemporary tapestries have been woven in the traditional workshop of J. PICAUD and J. FADAT, in the city of Aubusson (Creuse), which boasts a tradition of tapestry going back to the 14th century. These workshops were also known for having crafted tapestries by CALDER, BRAQUE, AUJAME, TOFFOLI. He also encountered Jean COCTEAU and his adopted son, the actor Edouard DERMIT. COCTEAU was interested in designing stainglass windows that would be crafted by Jacques PINON. The tapestries by J. PINON are sold and exhibited worldwide. in 1969, his tapestries were shown at the Galerie Verrières in the city of Lyon, alongside works by Jean LURCAT and GIGLIOLI. Jacques PINON's paintings and sculptures are at the crossroad of many worlds. The light in his paintings is sharp and vibrant like a summer afternoon, but it radiates from a mystical core. Working with color and texture, J. PINON uses both different techniques and styles, always fuelled by his thirst for new artistic ways. He is the custodian of the archives of the American sculptor John STORRS. Last but not least, he is a poet. Could these various artistic calls be genetic? the poet and playwright Alfred DE MUSSET - called the French Byron - is his great grand uncle. His great grandfather, Eugène COURTOT, was director of a workshop at the centuries old Gobelins tapestry manufacture. His grandfather, also named Eugène COURTOT, was a printmaker and regular illustrator for the publisher Armand COLIN before photography replaced artistic renditions. His great grand father, Paul SELLIER, was an artist a major illustrator for Armand COLIN's book and was a friend ( and neighbour in the city of Meudon near Paris)of RODIN and DEGAS.