Étienne-Auguste Krier
1875-1953

Étienne-Auguste Krier was born in Mareuil-sur Ay, France in 1875. He was a student of Léon Bonnat at l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Krier exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français beginning in 1904, where he won a prize in 1924. He was awarded the Prix des Anciens Eléves de Bonnat in 1930.

Krier exhibited in Copenhagen, and Tunisia, he exhibited at the Galerie Ecalle in Paris in 1930.

Krier’s painted in a very realistic manner, typical of the Beaux-Arts style of the late 19th Century, but his subjects, composition, boldness and use of brilliant color make his paintings quite modern. He painted many beautiful women in the fashions of the period, often in very detailed interiors. He also painted very sensual nudes. Krier had a long and successful career for almost forty years.