Frédéric Bonin-Pissarro


Frédéric Bonin-Pissarro or Frédéric Pissarro is a French painter. Since 2002 he has been a citizen of the United States.

Family

Frédéric Bonin-Pissarro is the son of Sylvie and Claude Bonin-Pissarro, also a painter. He is a grand-great-son of the "father of Impressionism" Camille Pissarro. His sister is named Lila. Married, he has 3 sons whose first is the actor Louka Meliava.

Biography

Frederic began learning the art of painting with his father. Jean Edelmann also exerted a major influence on his style. In 1983–1984 Frédéric Bonin-Pissarro studied at the Ecole de Sèvres, then from 1984 to 1988 he studied at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts. There, he attended masterclasses of Jacques Yankel and of Antonio Segui. After his studies, he settled in Cincinnati. In 1989–90, Bonin-Pissarro worked on stage sets for the Théâtre Populaire des Cévennesin Paris. From 1991 to 1994, he drew up various projects for the Planète Magique amusement park in Paris. From 1995 to 1997, he taught at the art school Faire in Gisors. Since 1998, he has taught setting color, character design, writing scenario, illustration, composition and layout at the Art Institute of Cincinnati. In 2009, The Art Institute of Cincinnati has conferred him an associate degree in graphic design. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts and a Master in Arts, with mention summa cum laude from the Morehead State University in 2015 and 2017 respectively.
In 2017, he is appointed Visiting Lecturer at College of Fine Arts of University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Works

Frédéric Bonin-Pissarro first enrolled in the Neo-Impressionist painting, to which he incorporated elements of fauvisme; then by adopting a clear line and more pronounced colors, his compositions have become more complex; patterns, dots and lines have appeared in his works, now considered part of the modern Abstract Art. His early paintings show the expressive face of representations of wildlife art and still life with oil paintings or acrylic. He himself describes his style as "expressive figurative ".

Pictorial works (selection)

Frédéric Bonin-Pissarro has exhibited at the following exhibitions:
Frédéric Bonin-Pissarro made illustrations for the following books:
The Key of the City of Cincinnati in 2001