A man looks at a painting by Pierre Soulages titled 'Peinture 324 x 362' (1985) during the exhibition's recent opening at the Louvre museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
They call him art's man in black. Artist Pierre Soulages has painted primarily in black for eight decades - foreswearing all other colours since 1979.
Now the Louvre museum in Paris is marking his 100th birthday with a rare tribute to a living artist.
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The Pierre Soulages exhibition at the Louvre in Paris
A man looks at a painting by Pierre Soulages titled 'Peinture 324 x 362' (1985) during the exhibition's recent opening at the Louvre museum in Paris. Photo: AFP
Pierre Soulages' exhibition at the Louvre museum in Paris will run until March 9, 2020. Photo: AFP
A Soulages work called 'Peinture 220 x 366' (1968). Photo: AFP
Twenty works - out of more than 1,700 canvasses Soulages has produced over his long career - are featured in a special three-month show at the Louvre in Paris. Photo: AFP
'Black isn't the colour of mourning, white is,' says French painter Pierre Soulages. Photo: AFP
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