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

Jean-Pierre Latz (1691 - 1754)
Jean-Pierre Latz
1691 - 1754
Marc-Louis Solon (1835 - 1913)
Marc-Louis Solon
1835 - 1913
Anatole Devosge (1770 - 1850)
Anatole Devosge
1770 - 1850
Jean Pierre Marie Jazet (1788 - 1871)
Jean Pierre Marie Jazet
1788 - 1871
Jacques Clauzel (1941)
Jacques Clauzel
1941
Charles Lucien Léandre (1862 - 1934)
Charles Lucien Léandre
1862 - 1934
Otto Schmidt-Hofer (1873 - 1925)
Otto Schmidt-Hofer
1873 - 1925
Peter Adolf Hall (1739 - 1793)
Peter Adolf Hall
1739 - 1793
Hans Reichel (1892 - 1958)
Hans Reichel
1892 - 1958
Claude Charles Saunier (1735 - 1807)
Claude Charles Saunier
1735 - 1807
Agustin Lazo Adalid (1896 - 1971)
Agustin Lazo Adalid
1896 - 1971
Auguste Couder (1790 - 1873)
Auguste Couder
1790 - 1873
François Auguste René Rodin (1840 - 1917)
François Auguste René Rodin
1840 - 1917
Rose-Adélaïde Ducreux (1761 - 1802)
Rose-Adélaïde Ducreux
1761 - 1802
Gerhard Vormwald (1948 - 2016)
Gerhard Vormwald
1948 - 2016
Alfred Boucher (1850 - 1934)
Alfred Boucher
1850 - 1934

Creators Contemporary art

Leonid Fyodorovich Balaklav (1956)
Leonid Fyodorovich Balaklav
1956
Yoko Ono Lennon (1933)
Yoko Ono Lennon
1933
Mary Swanzy (1882 - 1978)
Mary Swanzy
1882 - 1978
Fausto Pirandello (1899 - 1975)
Fausto Pirandello
1899 - 1975
Tony Oursler (1957)
Tony Oursler
1957
Jules Chéret (1836 - 1932)
Jules Chéret
1836 - 1932
Ralph Ward Stackpole (1885 - 1973)
Ralph Ward Stackpole
1885 - 1973
André Derain (1880 - 1954)
André Derain
1880 - 1954
Dóra Maurer (1937)
Dóra Maurer
1937
Harry Brodsky (1908 - 1997)
Harry Brodsky
1908 - 1997
Maurizio Savini (1965)
Maurizio Savini
1965
Vladimir Nikolaevich Aralov (1893 - 1972)
Vladimir Nikolaevich Aralov
1893 - 1972
Dale Chihuly (1941)
Dale Chihuly
1941
Marco Neri (1968)
Marco Neri
1968
Attila Kovács (1938 - 2017)
Attila Kovács
1938 - 2017
François-Xavier Lalanne (1927 - 2008)
François-Xavier Lalanne
1927 - 2008
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