Patrick Pietropoli

About the Artist

Patrick Pietropoli is a contemporary painter who represents urban landscapes and street scenes as well as figurative compositions and delicate nudes. He paints the carefully articulated architecture of New York, Paris, Rome and Venice as well as the intimate portrait of the female figure, always finding a perfect balance between freedom and form.

Patrick Pietropoli was born in Paris in 1953. After Sciences Po Paris and a master's degree in ancient history, he taught history for six years before devoting himself fully to sculpture and painting.

This passion began in early childhood and developed through various experiences with fine art techniques into a lifelong commitment. The artists' canvases favor line over color while representing objects from the history of art, architecture, urban landscapes with or without characters, female figures. The ancient Greek myths are like a permanent "leitmotiv" in his work.

His first personal exhibition in 1981 was on the Florentine Annunciations, the second on "the Abduction of the Sabines", as depicted in Nicolas Poussin's painting in the Louvre.

Patrick Pietropoli has spent most of his life in Paris and moved to New York in January 2008.

“My work is about drawing and painting. I mean there is no border between them, they are most of the time together coexisting in the final canvas. I start of course the work with drawing, but it doesn’t mean it will not reappear at the final step, on the top of the paint layers.”
— Patrick Pietropoli
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