Education
In 1980 he devoted himself to painting and studied German Expressionism.
In 1980 he devoted himself to painting and studied German Expressionism.
Jacques Pellegrin paints portraits, landscapes and still lifes. He started to paint at age eight. When he was eleven years old, he carried off the first prize from the Aix-en-Provence city hall.
His style connected first to classic and realist art movements, but then he discovered Impressionism.
After studying to be a translator in Munich, he obtained a German (language) licence in Aix-en-Provence. Teaching was quickly forsaken in favour of living a life of chance as a free artist.
Pellegrin was influenced by Fauvists and French Expressionists such as Vincent van Gogh, André Derain, Albert Marquet, Kees van Dongen, and Henri Matisse. He also followed artists of the Provence and Marseille schools, including Auguste Chabaud, Louis-Mathieu Verdilhan, and Pierre Ambrogiani.
His fundamental guideline: to paint and depict his epoch, his time.
He frequently uses strong colors and underlines his figures with a thick, black stroke. Each painting tells a story, an anecdote, a memory. At the same time, strongly anchored in his epoch, when Pellegrin raises up the past, he does not emphasize nostalgia, only affection.
He is mentioned in the Benezit Dictionary of Artists (1999 and 2006).
Exhibitions
1967: Aix-en-Provence, Galerie Louisiana Provence Libérée
1969: Aix-en-Provence, Galerie Louisiana Provence Libérée
1972: Aix-en-Provence, Galerie des Cardeurs
1977: Marseille, Galerie Le Tigre de Papier
1978: Aix-en-Provence, Galerie Les Amis des Arts
1980: Marseille, Galerie Mary
1983: Aix-en-Provence, Galerie du Belvédère
1984: Toulon, Galerie du Var-Matin
1986: Marseille, Galerie Louisiana Poutre
1989: Marseille, Galerie Chaix Bryan
1990: Marseille, Galerie Forum Ars-Galicana
1991: Marseille, Galerie Sylvestre
1993: Ajaccio, Galerie Louisiana Marge
1993: Lyon, Galerie Auguste Comte
1994: Marseille, Galerie Montgrand
1995: Ajaccio, Galerie Louisiana Marge
1995 - 1998: Lyon, Galerie des Brotteaux
1997: Aubenas, Château d"Aubenas
1998: Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Galerie à l"Espace des Arts
2000: Châteauneuf-le-Rouge, Musée Arteum
2001: London, Summer"s Arts Gallery
2001: Tübingen, Casula Gallery
2005 - 2006: Aix-en-Provence, Casula Gallery
2006: Brussels, Lyon, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Galerie à l"Espace des Arts
2006: Milan, Casula Gallery
2008: Dubai, Art Phui
2009: Marseille, Galerie Art 152
2009: Brussels, Galerie à l"Espace des Arts
2009 - 2010: Dubai, The Mojo Gallery
2010: Casablanca, Galerie au 9
2010: Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Musée Jouenne
2011: Marrakech, Marrakech Art Fair
2012: Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, Grand Hôtel Les Lecques
2012: Stockholm, Louisiana Petite Galerie Française
2012: Guangzhou, Canton Art Fair
2012: Paris, Salon d"Automne at Grand Palais
2012: Shanghai, Shanghai Art Fair
2013: Hong Kong, Asia Contemporary Art Show at Marriott hotel
2014: Singapore, Ode to Art Gallery
2014: Bouc-Belorussian-Air, Castle
2014: Aix-en-Provence, City Hall
Public collections
Since 2000: Châteauneuf-le-Rouge, Modern Art Museum.