Pierre Bittar

Artist Biography

French artist Pierre Bittar, world renowned for his Impressionistic oil paintings, was born only eight years after the death of Claude Monet, the father of Impressionism. Bittar began drawing at a very early age and completed his first oil painting at the age of ten when his parents gave him his first set of oil paints. His great passion to learn more about the Impressionistic style continued to grow as he reached his teens. The young Pierre Bittar began spending his free time at museums, studying for hours at a time the art, prints and posters of the master Impressionists, trying to discover this mysterious art which moved him so much. His main objective became his quest to one day become an artist of Impressionism, like the masters he emulated and admired so much.

Pierre Bittar's dream was to be put aside until 1979. Sadly, when the artist was only nineteen years of age, his father passed away. Assuming his responsibility, Bittar accepted a position as a computer and sales instructor, with NCR, Inc., in Zurich, Switzerland. This full time occupation kept him busy, however he began to fill all his weekends and leisure time with excursions painting art, prints and posters. He then enrolled in the Art Academie and finished in only three years' time, winning the Academie's first prize.

Bittar's effort did not go unnoticed. In 1963, he had his first one man show of his art, prints and posters in Lausanne, Switzerland. He continued to collect honors and awards in France, when he returned with his company to Paris in 1965 to direct NCR's French Education Center.

Pierre Bittar Art, Prints and Posters Collection