Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Was a French Art Deco illustrator, painter and engraver. He was born in Paris, France and trained at

Was a French Art Deco illustrator, painter and engraver. He was born in Paris, France and trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and Atelier Fernand Cormon in Montmartre, Paris. His fellow Cormon students were André-Édouard Marty, Charles Martin and Georges Lepape.

Is a French sculptor and painter. he primarily studied drawing at the Ecole régionale des Beaux-Art

Is a French sculptor and painter. he primarily studied drawing at the Ecole régionale des Beaux-Arts in Le Havre. Because of the German occupation, he was, for a time, the only student at the school. Later, he attended the École nationale supérieure des Arts décoratifs; then, in 1951, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, to study and work under the mentorship of Raymond Legueult.

Was a French sculptor.Born in Paris, he studied at the École Gratuite de Dessin in Paris and then i

Was a French sculptor.Born in Paris, he studied at the École Gratuite de Dessin in Paris and then in the studio of Charles-Antoine Bridan[1] before attending the Académie Royale. During the French Revolution Cartellier was part of a team of sculptors who

Is a French Canadian musician, who is best known as the lead singer for pop punk band Simple Plan.He

Is a French Canadian musician, who is best known as the lead singer for pop punk band Simple Plan.He is co-owner of Role Model Clothing, along with Chuck Comeau and Simple Plan's webmaster, photographer, and videographer Patrick Langlois.Role Model Clothing is a clothing line owned by Bouvier, Langlois and Chuck Comeau (who are often seen wearing the shirts on stage and in the band's music videos). The line mostly markets shirts, which invariably include the words "ROLE MODEL" in the design. Erik Chandler, from the band Bowling for Soup, is often seen wearing a Role Model shirt. In the illustration in this article, Bouvier wears a Role Model shirt.

Awarded a diploma by the college of the modern arts of Paris, he published about fifty albums for yo

Awarded a diploma by the college of the modern arts of Paris, he published about fifty albums for youth, mainly with the publisher Grasset. His work as an illustrator and a meditative painter is worth to him an international recognition and numerous prizes. The variety of its sources of inspiration, in which it is again necessary to add the Jazz, the dodecaphonic music, or Jimi Hendrix, makes a polymorphic and unclassifiable artist.

Known as Peyo, was a Belgian comics artist, perhaps best known for the creation of The Smurfs comic

Known as Peyo, was a Belgian comics artist, perhaps best known for the creation of The Smurfs comic strip.Peyo began work, fresh out of school, at the Compagnie Belge d'Animation (CBA), a small Belgian animation studio, where he met a few of his future co

Was a French sculptor. He produced a copy of the Kallipygian Venus in Rome in 1722-23, for Augustus

Was a French sculptor. He produced a copy of the Kallipygian Venus in Rome in 1722-23, for Augustus the Strong's Grosser Garten in Dresden (this copy was destroyed with the gardens in 1945).[1] He was president of the French Academy in Rome in 1737-1738. His son Charles de L’Estache was also a sculptor (?-14 March 1811)

Brother-in-law of Antoine Coypel. In 1709 he won first prize in sculpture for David pardonnant à Ab

Brother-in-law of Antoine Coypel. In 1709 he won first prize in sculpture for David pardonnant à Abigaïl.

Was French artist born in Paris on February 20, 1847. He studied his craft at the Ecole des Beaux-Ar

Was French artist born in Paris on February 20, 1847. He studied his craft at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and went on to become a renown and influential landscape artist noted for his sweeping skies, tree studded-plains, and vibrant farmlands. He was regularly recognized by a broad range of art critics as one of the most significant heirs to the Barbizon school tradition.

Was a noted French sculptor and father of poster artist Pierre Fix-Masseau. Fix-Masseau was born in

Was a noted French sculptor and father of poster artist Pierre Fix-Masseau. Fix-Masseau was born in Lyons, studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, served as director of the École Nationale d'Art Décoratif in Limoges until 1935, and was made an officer of the Légion d'honneur.

Was a French cellist who was called the "aristocrat of cellists," on account of his elegant musician

Was a French cellist who was called the "aristocrat of cellists," on account of his elegant musicianship and majestic sound.He graduated from the Paris Conservatory at 17, in 1923. He was hailed as "the cellist of the future" and won praise for his virtuosity and bowing technique. He became well known when he played with the Edouard Colonne Orchestra in 1925. He began touring all over Europe. He played with many of the most highly acclaimed, prestigious musicians of his time, and recorded the complete chamber music of Brahms and Schubert for the BBC on acetates. However, these deteriorated before the recordings could be transferred to a more durable medium. He is also praised for his recordings of the Bach suites, which are regarded to be some of the suites' best recordings.

Was a Franco-Flemish sculptor trained in Florence, who provided sculpture for Italian and French pat

Was a Franco-Flemish sculptor trained in Florence, who provided sculpture for Italian and French patrons in the elegant Late Mannerist tradition established by Giambologna.

A French Canadian singer/songwriter.Gage got his start in the music business while still attending h

A French Canadian singer/songwriter.Gage got his start in the music business while still attending high school by landing the role of Johny Roquefort after attending an audition for the rock opera Starmania. Thus began his career as a musician heavily inf

A French Canadian singer born as Pierre Garand on June 26, 1972 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.Discov

A French Canadian singer born as Pierre Garand on June 26, 1972 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.Discovered by Luc Plamondon singing American blues tunes in small Sherbrooke bars, he was drafted by Plamondon to play the role of Quasimodo in his musical Notre

Was a French-Canadian sculptor.Having studied at the École de Beaux-Arts de Montréal and the Unive

Was a French-Canadian sculptor.Having studied at the École de Beaux-Arts de Montréal and the Université de Vincennes in Paris, he taught in the art history department of the Université de Montréal for more than twenty years (1975-1997) until his death in Montreal.As a sculptor, his works are mainly abstract semi-representational pieces, many in aluminium. He was highly influential in the Quebec art world in the field of integrating art and architecture. Some of his public artworks include:

Was a proficient but minor French sculptor, trained in the excellent atelier of François Girardon w

Was a proficient but minor French sculptor, trained in the excellent atelier of François Girardon who produced a generation of highly competent sculptors for the Bâtiments du Roi.[1] Granier served as a modest member of the extensive team that provided sculpture for the Château de Versailles[2] and its gardens.

Was a French sculptor. His son, Pierre-Eugène-Émile Hébert (1828-1893) was also sculptor.

Was a French sculptor. His son, Pierre-Eugène-Émile Hébert (1828-1893) was also sculptor.

Is a French artist who works in a variety of media from film and video to public interventions.Huygh

Is a French artist who works in a variety of media from film and video to public interventions.Huyghe was born in 1962 and trained at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. In 2001 Huyghe represented France at the Venice Biennale, where his pavilion, entitled Le Château de Turing, won a special prize from the jury.

Was a French Sculptor and animalière. He is considered the pioneer of animal sculpture in the ninet

Was a French Sculptor and animalière. He is considered the pioneer of animal sculpture in the nineteenth-century. Mêne produced a number of animal sculptures, mainly of domestic animals including horses, cows and bulls, sheep and goats which were in vogue during the Second Empire. He was one of a school of French animalières which also included Rosa Bonheur, Pierre Louis Rouillard, Antoine-Louis Barye, Auguste Caïn, and François Pompon.

Was a French sculptor who worked in a full range of rococo and neoclassical styles.He served an earl

Was a French sculptor who worked in a full range of rococo and neoclassical styles.He served an early apprenticeship at Le Puy, near his natal village of Saint-Paulien, then at the École de dessin of Lyon, then entered the Parisian atelier of Guillaume Co

Is a Dutch musician who sings under the alias Father Abraham, and who has written around 1600 songs.

Is a Dutch musician who sings under the alias Father Abraham, and who has written around 1600 songs.[1]He worked as a promoter and producer at record label Dureco with Annie de Reuver, who he played with in Duo X.[1] Together with the band Corry & de Rekels he sold over 1 million records in the 1960s.

Was a French writer, translator and artist. He was the eldest son of the artists Erich Klossowski an

Was a French writer, translator and artist. He was the eldest son of the artists Erich Klossowski and Baladine Klossowska, and his younger brother was the painter Balthus. Pierre Klossowski wrote full length volumes on the Marquis de Sade and Friedrich Nietzsche, a number of essays on literary and philosophical figures, and five novels. He translated several important texts (by Virgil, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Martin Heidegger, Friedrich Hölderlin, Franz Kafka, Nietzsche, and Walter Benjamin) into French, worked on films and was also an artist, illustrating many of the scenes from his novels. Klossowski participated in most issues of George Bataille's review, Acéphale, in the late 1930s.

Is a French painter.He studied at the Académie Julian in Paris in 1956 then studied at the École n

Is a French painter.He studied at the Académie Julian in Paris in 1956 then studied at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts from 1959 to 1961.

A Canadian singer. He has won many prizes since his debut, including six Félix in 2005 and at least

A Canadian singer. He has won many prizes since his debut, including six Félix in 2005 and at least one in 2006. He is well known for his voice and his obscure, esoteric lyrics, which tend to be melancholic. Another distinctive characteristic of his lyric

Was a French sculptor, active almost exclusively in Baroque Rome. Nowadays, his name is commonly wri

Was a French sculptor, active almost exclusively in Baroque Rome. Nowadays, his name is commonly written Legros, while he himself always signed as Le Gros; he is frequently referred to either as 'the Younger' or 'Pierre II' to distinguish him from his fat