Philippe Noyer was born June 28, 1917 in Lyon (central France). After a traditional course of study at the elite Ecole des Roches, Noyer enrolled in the Beaux Arts (Fine Arts) School of Lyon, before going to Paris to study at the Paul Colin School of Art and experience the whirlwinds of Surrealism first hand on Paris' Left Bank. Philippe Noyer started his painting career in 1943. That same year he met the famous Paris art dealer, Emmanuel David, who promoted world-known "School of Paris" painters from 1943 - 1950. David immediately put Noyer on contract with the prestigious DROUANT-DAVID Gallery of Paris. Parallel to his paintings, which at the time, represented owls wrapped in leaves and round-faced urchins with their pet animals, Philippe Noyer soon became one of the most sought after portraitist of Paris and London high society. The Gallery gave him his first one-man show in 1947 crowning him with instant success.   The technique, which Philippe Noyer finished perfecting in 1956 eliminates the use of white in favor of pure colors employing a technique which gives his paintings their very special transparency,light and softness one can feel without touching.   Born in 1940 gifted French artist Denis Paul Noyer has thrilled the Art World with his unique, illustrative style of painting that captures the quirky, almost surreal grace of the Great Late Art Deco Era. Noyer who is the son of renowned artist Philippe Noyer developed a truly one-of-a-kind painting technique in which his characters are at once cartoon-like and exquisitely real, while still displaying his fathers artistic influence.