Pierre Ambrogiani (1907-1985) Montbrun village in the Drôme 1963

Pierre Ambrogiani was born on January 17, 1907 in Ajaccio (Corsica) and died in 1985. His family moved to Marseille in 1908, where he spent his childhood and adolescence.

From 1937, he devoted himself entirely to painting. His reputation rested in particular on his numerous still lifes of Mediterranean fish and landscapes of Provence, which he rendered with thick, bold brushstrokes and a liberal use of matter and color.
Our work depicts the village of Montbrun, in the Drôme, a picturesque region of France, with its houses tiered on a slope and a rolling landscape in the background. The village is rendered with a certain abstraction: the geometric shapes of the houses, the roofs, and the elements of nature are simplified, creating an atmosphere where contours and concrete details fade away in favor of the color and energy of the scene.
Throughout his life, Pierre Ambrogiani pursued his career as an artist, depicting Provence with the lyricism of a fiery colorist and gaining popularity in his native region.

He took part in numerous group exhibitions: the Salon d'Automne, of which he became a member, the Salon des Peintres Témoins de leur Temps, the Salon Comparaisons, and others.

His work was shown in exhibitions of contemporary French art, notably at the Musée du Luxembourg in 1948, the Whitney Museum in New York in 1948, Stockholm in 1949 and Saarbrücken in 1949.