Pierre can be contacted through the Contact Us link on the welcome page. Several of his works are for sale and he is very much open to commissions.
To the left, you will see me with Pierre in his studio. He is explaining his art. Click here to view.
In the Sumer of 1989, I went to France, accompanied by my husband, to do graduate research on Barbey d'Aurevilly. I was working on my doctorate at UCLA at the time. Barbey d'Aurevilly was born in Saint Sauveur le vicomte, Normandy, France. It was only natural that we should travel to his ancestral home.
One day while shopping at an outdoor market, I was admiring the plump and luscious produce in the stalls. Another woman nearby was also equally impressed with the produce. This mutual admiration of the produce sparked a conversation. From our appearance, she knew that my husband and I were Americans. I told her the purpose of my visit to her little town. To my surprise, she told me that her husband was a sculptor and an expert on Barbey d'Aurevilly. Her name is Josette.
Josette invited us that afternoon to her house to meet Pierre. He showed us around his studio, and being aware that I came to Saint Sauveur le Vicomte to research Barbey d'Aurevilly, he informed us that his four panels depicting Barbey's novels were on permanent exhibit at the local school house. The following day, Pierre took us to the school house to see the exhibit and afterward, on a grand tour to some of the famous landscapes described in Barbey's works. We went to Valogne and saw their impressive squares.
Then, we visited the Barbey d'Aurevilly museum which is housed in his family home, just three doors away from Pierre Bataille's house. As we stepped into Barbey's world, we immediately felt his ambiance. There were his manuscripts, posters of the theatre, his notes, his favorite books, the pens he wrote with. On display, we saw a "dapper" vest which was representative of his dandyism. There was furniture, as well as the private collection of things put there by the local d'Aurevilly Society. There was the famous blue room and yellow room that he used as decorum in some of his novels.
Later on, we met Pierre in Paris, and he took us again on another long tour of Barbey's favorite haunts. It was an exhilarating evening of talking, walking and seeing the incredibly beautiful sights of Paris at night. I could almost imagine seeing them through Barbey d'Aurevilly's eyes. It is curious that an author who has been dead since 1889 played the major role in bringing Pierre Bataille and me together 100 years later.
Just four months ago, Tom and I offered to our sculptor friend, Pierre bataille, to build an all English speaking website: www.pierre-bataille.com We are the web hosts, and we want to make him very accessible to you. We believe in him and admire his outstanding accomplishments. Our major goal is to share his great work with the public and to attract buyers and commissions to the site who would like to utilize his great talent to have some special heirloom of their own.