Will the family, friends and acquaintances honoring Pierre Cornette de Saint Cyr at his funeral be wearing black?<\/p>\n
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One might think not, given that the auctioneer<\/strong>, who passed away at the age of 84<\/strong> on August 20<\/strong> in Saint Tropez (Var), following a neurodegenerative disease, was able to break the codes of masculine attire. For a long time, he had been sporting colors considered shocking on our side of the Channel! According to Le Monde newspaper, he had even adopted a color schedule recommended by his clairvoyant: one color a day until yellow, the color of the sun, on Sundays!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Behind this sartorial anecdote lies the portrait of a man who was colorful in more ways than one. And one who enjoyed shaking up the established rules<\/strong> with elegance.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The fact that he was born in Meknes, Morocco, on January 1, 1939<\/strong>, may well have played a decisive role in his attraction to light-filled beings and objects, and his journey as a lover of beauty, eager to shed light on it without restraint, even if it meant shocking the establishment.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Be that as it may, all the tributes paid to this exceptional personality underline the fact that he had a profound impact on, and even transformed, the approach to his profession<\/strong>. Giving it an unprecedented celebrity and media dimension.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n After initially intending to pursue a career as an engineer and then as a lawyer, Pierre Cornette de Saint Cyr finally decided to become an auctioneer. His passion for collecting old drawings and photographs<\/strong> led him to his profession.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It was a decisive choice<\/strong> for him, but also for the art world<\/strong>, particularly the so-called “contemporary”<\/strong>, in which Pierre Cornette de Saint Cyr specialized.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For Bruno Vinciguerra, CEO of Bonhams<\/strong>, the man thus marked his era as “one of the most emblematic and charismatic figures in the art market for decades”<\/strong>. Last year, the British auction house Bonhams<\/strong> (14 salesrooms worldwide) acquired the company founded in 1973 by Pierre Cornette de Saint Cyr<\/strong>. Two of his sons, Arnaud and Bertrand, from a previous marriage, subsequently joined the company.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n With his firm, based on avenue Hoche in Paris but also chauss\u00e9e de Charleroi in Brussels, Pierre Cornette had shaken up the auction world in several ways.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/pierre-cornette-de-saint-cyr-style.jpg\")
Highly colorful<\/h2>\n
Decisive choice<\/h2>\n
Forerunner<\/h2>\n
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