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

Pierre Laffillé (1938 - 2011)
Pierre Laffillé
1938 - 2011
Elias Robert (1821 - 1874)
Elias Robert
1821 - 1874
Jean-Charles Develly (1783 - 1862)
Jean-Charles Develly
1783 - 1862
Jean Beffier (1851 - 1920)
Jean Beffier
1851 - 1920
Olaf Helliesen Lange (1875 - 1965)
Olaf Helliesen Lange
1875 - 1965
Henri Ding (1844 - 1898)
Henri Ding
1844 - 1898
Yvonne Canu (1921 - 2008)
Yvonne Canu
1921 - 2008
Aurélie Nemours (1910 - 2005)
Aurélie Nemours
1910 - 2005
Louis-Alexandre Cabié (1853 - 1939)
Louis-Alexandre Cabié
1853 - 1939
Élisabeth Joulia (1925 - 2003)
Élisabeth Joulia
1925 - 2003
Maurice Chabas (1862 - 1947)
Maurice Chabas
1862 - 1947
Victor-Louis Mottez (1809 - 1897)
Victor-Louis Mottez
1809 - 1897
Bernard Boutet de Monvel (1881 - 1949)
Bernard Boutet de Monvel
1881 - 1949
Nikolai Nikolayevich Ovchinnikov (1958)
Nikolai Nikolayevich Ovchinnikov
1958
Emmanuel Mané-Katz (1894 - 1962)
Emmanuel Mané-Katz
1894 - 1962
Marie Vassilieff (1884 - 1957)
Marie Vassilieff
1884 - 1957

Creators Contemporary art

Ferdinand Finne (1910 - 1999)
Ferdinand Finne
1910 - 1999
Nancy Reddin Kienholz (1943 - 2019)
Nancy Reddin Kienholz
1943 - 2019
Rupprecht Matthies (1959)
Rupprecht Matthies
1959
Sabina Grzimek (1942)
Sabina Grzimek
1942
Isaac Soyer (1902 - 1981)
Isaac Soyer
1902 - 1981
Helmut Dorner (1952)
Helmut Dorner
1952
George Passmore (1942)
George Passmore
1942
Serban Savu (1978)
Serban Savu
1978
Avish Khebrehzadeh (1969)
Avish Khebrehzadeh
1969
Victor Ivanovich Ivanov (1924)
Victor Ivanovich Ivanov
1924
Hito Steyerl (1966)
Hito Steyerl
1966
Constantine Andreou (1917 - 2007)
Constantine Andreou
1917 - 2007
Mattia Moreni (1920 - 1999)
Mattia Moreni
1920 - 1999
Otto van Rees (1884 - 1957)
Otto van Rees
1884 - 1957
Philip Henry Jackson (1944)
Philip Henry Jackson
1944
Lucie Rie (1902 - 1995)
Lucie Rie
1902 - 1995
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