Jean Degottex (1918 - 1988) - photo 1

Jean Degottex

Jean Degottex was a French painter and a pioneer of lyrical abstraction.

Self-taught, in the army in Tunisia and Algeria when he was in his early 20s, Jean painted his first figurative paintings influenced by Fauvism. In 1951, Degottex was awarded the Kandinsky Prize, and from 1954 he began to paint in the style of gesture abstraction. He was also particularly inspired by East Asian calligraphy and Zen philosophy.

Degottex painted large-scale works, often in series, and in the 1970s began experimenting with paper art, folding and tearing paper. His work has always been characterized by extreme minimalism, and the artist meditates for a long time before starting to draw.

Date and place of birt:25 february 1918, Sathonay-Camp, France
Date and place of death:9 december 1988, Paris, France
Nationality:France
Period of activity: XX century
Specialization:Artist, Painter
Art school / group:New School of Paris
Genre:Figurative art
Art style:Fauvism, Lyrical abstraction, Contemporary art

Creators France

André-Charles Boulle (1642 - 1732)
André-Charles Boulle
1642 - 1732
Piotr Kowalski (1927 - 2004)
Piotr Kowalski
1927 - 2004
Henry de Groux (1866 - 1930)
Henry de Groux
1866 - 1930
Rembrandt Bugatti (1884 - 1916)
Rembrandt Bugatti
1884 - 1916
Alfred Pellan (1906 - 1988)
Alfred Pellan
1906 - 1988
Henri-Horace Roland Delaporte (1724 - 1793)
Henri-Horace Roland Delaporte
1724 - 1793
Hanna Ben Dov (1919 - 2009)
Hanna Ben Dov
1919 - 2009
Edouard Pignon (1905 - 1993)
Edouard Pignon
1905 - 1993
Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat (1844 - 1910)
Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat
1844 - 1910
Eugène-Louis Lequesne (1815 - 1887)
Eugène-Louis Lequesne
1815 - 1887
Henri Laurens (1885 - 1954)
Henri Laurens
1885 - 1954
Marcelle Cahn (1895 - 1981)
Marcelle Cahn
1895 - 1981
Jean-Paul Turmel (1954)
Jean-Paul Turmel
1954
Bernard Molitor (1755 - 1833)
Bernard Molitor
1755 - 1833
Erwin Emerich (1876 - 1960)
Erwin Emerich
1876 - 1960
James Tissot (1836 - 1902)
James Tissot
1836 - 1902

Creators Contemporary art

Andrea Marie Breiling (XX century)
Andrea Marie Breiling
XX century
Andreas Schulze (1955)
Andreas Schulze
1955
Menno Fahl (1967)
Menno Fahl
1967
Gabriel Fernández Ledesma (1900 - 1983)
Gabriel Fernández Ledesma
1900 - 1983
Johannes Theodor Baargeld (1892 - 1927)
Johannes Theodor Baargeld
1892 - 1927
Johanna Oenicke (1972)
Johanna Oenicke
1972
Anne Rosat (1935)
Anne Rosat
1935
Yang Yanping (1934)
Yang Yanping
1934
Patrick Hughes (1939)
Patrick Hughes
1939
Peter Randall-Page (1954)
Peter Randall-Page
1954
Gennady Stepanovich Rayshev (1934 - 2020)
Gennady Stepanovich Rayshev
1934 - 2020
Rashid Johnson (1977)
Rashid Johnson
1977
LaToya Ruby Frazier (1982)
LaToya Ruby Frazier
1982
Hongnian Zhang (1947)
Hongnian Zhang
1947
Frank Horvat (1928 - 2020)
Frank Horvat
1928 - 2020
Oscar Murillo (1986)
Oscar Murillo
1986
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