Gérard SCHNEIDER

Perrotin is delighted to present for the first time a solo show of works by Gérard Schneider. Relying on unpublished archives, the exhibition echoes the last major retrospective dedicated to the artist at Musée d'Orléans in 2013.

Born in 1896 in Sainte-Croix, Switzerland, Gérard Schneider grew up in Neuchâtel, where he was surrounded by art from an early age –his father was a cabinetmaker and antique dealer. He quickly developed a keen interest in mastering classical techniques as well as a great appetite for discovery. His artistic training began at the age of twenty when he went to Paris to study at the National School of Decorative Arts, before moving to the National School of Fine Arts in 1918 to work under Fernand Cormon who had taught many masters of modern art such as Vincent van Gogh and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Schneider settled permanently in Paris in 1922, devoting the following years to the study of art techniques and art history.