French painter, sculptor and engraver Pierre Soulages celebrates his 100th birthday. Born in the South of France in 1919, the “painter of black and light” fascinates and amazes. Over the years, he established himself and has been recognized as one of the major French contemporary figures. Pierre Soulages masters abstraction through the use of reflections in the dark matter that he models on the surfaces of his canvases. He received numerous art awards, including the “Rembrandt Award” in Germany in 1976 and the “Great National Award for Painting” in Paris in 1987. He is today one of the top-rated...