Pierre Palué (1920-2005)

Pierre Palué was born in 1920 in Bordeaux. He attended l’Ecole d’art de Valence in 1941 before travelling to Mirmande to paint with André Lhote, Alexandere Garbell and Gustave Bolin. Palué exhibited his paintings in Paris in 1945, then in 1947 at the Drôme in Chavannes. He participated in group exhibitions at le Salon des Indépendants, des Surindépendants, le Salon d’Automne, le Salon des Jeunes Peintres, le Salon de la Société Nationale de Beaux-Arts, le Salon Comparaisons, and le Biennale de Menton. He has held solo exhibitions at Galerie Vandôme, Musée de Toulon, Galerie Colette Dubois, Galerie Réno, Château du Mouchet, Amis de l’art du Musée, Dié and Galerie Merle. Palué’s paintings are in museum collections in Grenoble, Saint-Etienne, Séte, Toulon, Tournon and Valence.