François Peltier

François Peltier was born on 7 September 1955 at Caudéran, today a quartier of Bordeaux, France. After attending Collège Saint-Joseph in Sarlat and the European School of Luxembourg, he decided, aged 15, to become a painter. He had a passion for the Flemish Primitives, and went to Brussels (Belgium) to attend courses at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts (the Royal Academy of Fine Arts). He graduated in 1978 with honours in painting (Diplôme Supérieur de Peinture de Chevalet). Peltier later trained at the Manufacture d'Estampes et de Livres d'Art in Brussels (Belgium) under Maître-Pressier André Colpin. Since 1979, he has dedicated himself entirely to painting and his work has been included in private collections in 15 countries. The artist can be contacted via his website at http://www.favolus.com