Nationality
French
Artist Dates
1886-1964
Title of Work
Preview
Date of Work
1955
Medium
Color lithograph
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
Displayed
Location
University House
Artist Bio
Roger Bissiére began studying at the école des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux in 1905 under Paul Francois Quinsac. Bissiére studied there until 1909, then in 1910 he went to study under Gabriel Ferrier at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Bissiére mostly painted, starting with a cubist style influenced by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and Pablo Picasso, and later finding his own personal style that leaned into the abstract and using stains of rich color, but he also designed several stained-glass windows for some churches.
Additional Information
Abstract yellow, blue, black, and pink.
After the Second World War, Bissiére’s painting evolved into an abstract style in the orbit of Art Informel and Tachisme that fused expressive fauve-like color with a loosened cubist structure, as can be seen in his color lithograph, October.