Jacques Poirier

Jacques Poirier (1928–2002) was a French master painter who lived in Paris near Saint-Germain-des-Prés. His mother was a painter [http://fiches.lexpress.fr/personnalite/jacques-poirier_499037/biographie] so he claimed with irony that he always sniffed turpentine between breastfeeds. He joined the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 1945. Poirier came to painting quite late after a successful career as an illustrator [http://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/poirier_jacques.htm]. His paintings were done in the realist ''trompe-l'œil'' style with a mastery and a poetry rarely seen in this genre. He became a member of "Trompe-l'œil and Reality", the group of realist painters created by Henri Cadiou. His good friend :fr:Pierre Gilou shared in a comment [http://slowpainting.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/%E2%80%9Ctrue%E2%80%9D-trompe-l%E2%80%99oeil/] how Poirier was quickly accepted in the group back in 1970. Provided by Wikipedia