Pierre Waidmann

Pierre Waidmann (Remiremont, August 19, 1860 – Neuilly-sur-Seine, October 26, 1937) was a French painter and sculptor.

Pierre Waidmann, born into a wealthy family and sensitive to the arts, moved from his native Lorraine to Paris in the late 1870s to study with Ferdinand Humbert and François-Louis Français.

[1] In 1890 he took up residence in Paris, at 66 rue de Lisbonne [fr], but he still returned regularly to stay at the home of his grandfather, the collector Charles Friry [fr] (1802–1881)[2] where he painted numerous landscapes of the Vosges region.

In the historic 18th-century mansion where he was born,[3] Waidmann created the interior decorations (especially marquetry and overdoors) in many rooms.

[5] In February and March 1896 he had a show at Le Barc de Boutteville, an avant-garde gallery in Paris[6]