Born in Rebréchien (Loiret), in 1921. Died in 2012

Even though Pierre Courtin is a painter, he is above all an engraver, using mainly the chisel to create small bas-reliefs peopled with insects and animals. 
He was member of the Jeune Gravure Contemporaine group from 1946 to 1956, worked for a while with Jacques Villon and as a printer in the Georges Leblanc atelier. 
His engravings are printed very few times, seldom similar, and the material occupies a major place. He also participated in the Suites Prisunic adventure, where a small number of lithographies were edited by Jacques Putman.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)

2022
Galerie Laurent de Puybaudet

2008
"Pierre Courtin, Graveur et peintre", Galerie Laurent de Puybaudet, Paris

2000
"Pierre Courtin, Utopie Carressée", Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Genève

1998
"Pierre Courtin. La gravure tactile", Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

1989
Galerie Claude Bernard

1973
Musée-Château, Annecy. Présentation du catalogue de son oeuvre gravé

1964
Stefelijk Museum, Amsterdam

1960
Prix Bright, Biennale de Venise

1959
Documenta, Kassel