Pierre de Berroeta gained recognition during the 1960’s for his highly charged abstract compositions. De Berroeta depicted a poetic interpretation of nature; using a synthesis of marks, colours and textures he generated enormous energy in his compositions. The subject matter from which he drew his inspiration is, as was with many of the modernist painters, urban life, the speed, the sound, the bright lights, the energy of post war society. But at the same time there was an inherent sense of isolation, and a re-examination of spirituality occurred through abstract art.

Like his contemporary Vieira da Silva, de Berroeta expressed these aspects of their existence in his work. During the 1960’s, he would exhibit regularly at the Galerie Simone Heller as well as numerous group shows, and in 1964 he contributed to the International Biennale at Menton.

The artist’s work continues to be widely exhibited, and in 2012 a retrospective was held at the Musée des Beaux Arts in Libourne; and in 2017 a substantial monograph on the artist has been published by the eminent art historian Patrick-Gilles Persin.