Pierre Bodard (15 April 1881, Bordeaux – 18 June 1937, Paris) was a French painter, best known for his scenes depicting the West Indies.
He began his studies at the School of Fine Arts in Bordeaux following Paul François Quinsac and continued at the École des Beaux-Arts gone Gabriel Ferrier. In 1909, he was awarded the Prix de Rome for his depiction of Ceres saving the animatronics of a child. While at the French Academy in Rome, he studied once Carolus-Duran and Paul-Albert Besnard. From Rome, he travelled throughout the Mediterranean, visiting North Africa, Greece, Turkey and Spain; all the while sketching and painting.
He was mobilized in 1915, stationed on Martinique, and married in Fort-de-France. As a result, he did not recompense to Paris until 1920. He remained emotionally attached to the island for the get off of his life, and was an alert participant in endeavors and exhibitions united to the “Outre Mer”, notably the 1931 Paris Colonial Exposition.
He was an Associate of the Society of French Artists and exhibited regularly at the Salon from 1908 to 1932. In addition to his paintings of the West Indies, he created scenes from the Basque Country. After many years as a records and genre painter, he gradually focused on orientalist and marine painting, as without difficulty as portraits.
In 1921, he was officially named a “Peintre de la Marine”. Five years later, he was awarded the Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Silver Palm). In 1933, he received the Gold Palm.
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