Pierre Allais (c. 1700 – January 14, 1781) was a French painter and pastel artist.
Career Allais was born in Paris. He was admitted to the Academy of Saint-Luc in 1745; he also probably worked there as an assistant professor. The influence of Jean-Marc Nattier can be observed in his works.
He won the first prize for painting at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in 1726.Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, Londres, Unicorn press, 2006 , p. 33.
He died in Paris in 1781;. on March 25, 1782, his widow, Marie-Françoise Ansiaume, was buried in the Saint-Sulpice cemetery.Henri Herluison, Actes d'état-civil d'artistes français, peintres, graveurs, architectes etc. extraits des registres de l'Hôtel-de-Ville de Paris détruits dans l'incendie du 24 mai 1871, Orléans, 1873, p. 3 Lire en ligne.
Allais's works in public collections include: Portrait de femme, oil on canvas, Paris, Petit Palais Portrait of a Young officer, pastel, 1756, Detroit Institute of Arts
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