Pierre Soulages (1919 – 2022) was a French painter, engraver, and sculptor. Over the years, the “painter of black and light” established himself and was recognized as one of the major French contemporary figures. Pierre Soulages mastered abstraction through the use of reflections in the dark matter that he models on the surfaces of his canvases.  He received numerous international art awards, including the "Rembrandt Award" in Germany in 1976 and the "Great National Award for Painting" in Paris in 1987. Known for his fondness for black, he was described as “the world’s greatest living artist” by...