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

Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli (1697 - 1771)
Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli
1697 - 1771
Constantin Terechkovitch (1902 - 1978)
Constantin Terechkovitch
1902 - 1978
Henri Ding (1844 - 1898)
Henri Ding
1844 - 1898
Auguste Herbin (1882 - 1960)
Auguste Herbin
1882 - 1960
David Pierre-Jean D'Angers (1788 - 1856)
David Pierre-Jean D'Angers
1788 - 1856
Alfred Manessier (1911 - 1993)
Alfred Manessier
1911 - 1993
Annick Gendron (1939 - 2008)
Annick Gendron
1939 - 2008
Zwy Milshtein (1934 - 2020)
Zwy Milshtein
1934 - 2020
Eugène Galien-Laloue (1854 - 1941)
Eugène Galien-Laloue
1854 - 1941
Florence Henri (1893 - 1982)
Florence Henri
1893 - 1982
Julien Caussé (1869 - 1914)
Julien Caussé
1869 - 1914
André Beaurepaire (1924 - 2012)
André Beaurepaire
1924 - 2012
Adolphe (Aizik) Féder (1886 - 1943)
Adolphe (Aizik) Féder
1886 - 1943
Osip Markovich Lubitch (1896 - 1990)
Osip Markovich Lubitch
1896 - 1990
Carlos Mauricio Valenti Perrillat (1888 - 1912)
Carlos Mauricio Valenti Perrillat
1888 - 1912
Jean-Claude Duplessis (1699 - 1774)
Jean-Claude Duplessis
1699 - 1774

Creators Contemporary art

Christine Porath (XX century)
Christine Porath
XX century
Mike Williams (1940)
Mike Williams
1940
Alec DeMarco (1989)
Alec DeMarco
1989
George Clair Tooker (1920 - 2011)
George Clair Tooker
1920 - 2011
Michael Reiter (1952)
Michael Reiter
1952
Ming Wong (1971)
Ming Wong
1971
Lee Friedlander (1934)
Lee Friedlander
1934
Illarion Vladimirovich Golitsyn (1928 - 2007)
Illarion Vladimirovich Golitsyn
1928 - 2007
Mochtar Apin (1923 - 1994)
Mochtar Apin
1923 - 1994
Timur Si-Qin (1984)
Timur Si-Qin
1984
Francesca Woodman (1958 - 1981)
Francesca Woodman
1958 - 1981
Max Švabinský (1873 - 1962)
Max Švabinský
1873 - 1962
Nina Ivanovna Zhilinskaya (1926 - 1995)
Nina Ivanovna Zhilinskaya
1926 - 1995
Patrick Hughes (1939)
Patrick Hughes
1939
Philippe Lambercy (1919 - 2006)
Philippe Lambercy
1919 - 2006
Alex Hubbard (1975)
Alex Hubbard
1975
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