The Peintres de la Réalité [pɛ͂tʀ də la ʀealite] (French for "Painters of Reality") were founded after the Second World War by Henri Cadiou to connect artists who were specialized on still life and genre motifs.
1973, the group exhibited at the Cultural Center of New York and the Corcoran Gallery in Washington.
In 1989, after the death of Henri Cadiou, Pierre Gilou continued his father's work within the group.
In 1993, the group had a sensational success as part of the Grand Palais in Paris, the exhibition "le triomphe du trompe-l'oeil" had more than 65,000 visitors in two weeks.
The following were the first members in the international exhibition of the Peintres de la Réalité in 1955, in the gallery Marforen, Paris:[3]