"L'Etoile du Roy et le Renard, au large de la Cité Corsaire" (2021) Painting by Jean-Pierre Missistrano

Born in Marseille in 1948, Jean-Pierre Missistrano went to Paris at the age of six.
A magnet to draw from an early age, he began painting around adolescence, his first oil paintings date back to the '65s.
Hesitating between an artistic or medical career, he obtained a diploma of masseur-physiotherapist in 1974 which will constitute his main professional activity.
Exercising in the Paris region until the 2000s he decided to go down to continue in the Var.
The natural light helping, it emerges brushes, follows different courses first in summer school at the National School of Fine Arts in Paris, then Ecole des Beaux Arts La Seyne sur Mer, and also Toulon.
He continues his training with private teachers: Renaud Jobin in Six-Fours, Adrien Coppola in watercolor in Giens, as well as many internships and studies with eminent "masters" in this field.
He participates in various competitions that he finishes very honorably:
- Finalist of the Boesner Aquarelle 2011 national competition, in Bordeaux, with "La felouque sur le Nil"
- Second in the Boesner Acrylic National Contest, 2013, in Lyon, with "The Menara Basin"
- He is officially listed at a charity auction, by auctioneer Aude Ceysson-Ferrari, in 2014, in Fayence.
Its certification will be confirmed and formalized by Jacques-Armand Akoun, official expert, established at € 600 the 15P in 2015 and 2016, revalued at € 700 the 15P in 2017.
- He is selected on international competition to participate in the 1st Tropical Watercolor Festival of IWS Costa Rica, which will take place from 17/9 to 21/9/2018 in San José, with his work "De la Reppe à la mer ", which will represent France and will be exhibited for one month from 17/9 to 19/10/20

• Nationality: FRANCE
• Date of birth : 1948
• Artistic domains: Works by artists with a certified artist value,
• Groups: Certified Artists Contemporary French Artists