Yvon Prével (1943 - 2002)
Yvon Prével
Yvon Prével was a French artist, painter and sculptor of bas-relief woven in hessian, listed in the Bénézit Encyclopedia of painting. From 1968 to 1975, he was the painter of abstract geometry with his inks and pastels. From 1975 to 1993 his painting became volumes or bas-reliefs in burlap, sculpted, nailed, glued, frayed, pleated, and painted. The art critic Pierre Brisset describes his work as "unclassifiable", "a work of which the pictures are neither quite paintings nor quite reliefs of thick canvases". He exhibited in numerous national and international galleries and museums, including in 1971 Galerie Birkdam, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1972 Galerie du Haut Pavé, Paris, 1974 Galerie du Lion, Place des Vosges, Paris, 1983 Galerie Muck, Bienne, Switzerland, 1997 Museum of Fine Arts, Jinan, China etc. Yvon Prével is listed in the Bénézit Encyclopedia of Painting.
| Date and place of birt: | 1943, France |
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| Date and place of death: | 2002, Paris, France |
| Period of activity: | XX, XXI century |
| Specialization: | Artist, Painter, Sculptor |
| Art style: | Geometric abstraction, Lyrical abstraction, Contemporary art |
