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

Charles Auguste Arnaud (1825 - 1883)
Charles Auguste Arnaud
1825 - 1883
Ambrose McCarthy Patterson (1877 - 1966)
Ambrose McCarthy Patterson
1877 - 1966
Le Corbusier (1887 - 1965)
Le Corbusier
1887 - 1965
Ivan Choultse (1874 - 1939)
Ivan Choultse
1874 - 1939
Robert Laurent (1890 - 1970)
Robert Laurent
1890 - 1970
María Gutiérrez Blanchard (1881 - 1932)
María Gutiérrez Blanchard
1881 - 1932
Claude Viseux (1927 - 2008)
Claude Viseux
1927 - 2008
Raoul Dufy (1877 - 1953)
Raoul Dufy
1877 - 1953
Bernard Réquichot (1929 - 1961)
Bernard Réquichot
1929 - 1961
Isidore Dagnan (1794 - 1873)
Isidore Dagnan
1794 - 1873
Jean Mayodon (1893 - 1967)
Jean Mayodon
1893 - 1967
Annie Christine Boumeester (1904 - 1971)
Annie Christine Boumeester
1904 - 1971
Robert Le Vrac de Tournières (1667 - 1752)
Robert Le Vrac de Tournières
1667 - 1752
Simon Segal (1898 - 1969)
Simon Segal
1898 - 1969
François Arnal (1924 - 2012)
François Arnal
1924 - 2012
 Corneille (1922 - 2010)
Corneille
1922 - 2010

Creators Contemporary art

Steve Galloway (1952)
Steve Galloway
1952
Jean Holabird (1946)
Jean Holabird
1946
Marcel Schaffner (1931 - 2012)
Marcel Schaffner
1931 - 2012
Kenny Scharf (1958)
Kenny Scharf
1958
John Trickett (1953)
John Trickett
1953
Malick Sidibié (1936 - 2016)
Malick Sidibié
1936 - 2016
 DeeKay Kwon (1989)
DeeKay Kwon
1989
Candida Höfer (1944)
Candida Höfer
1944
Isaak Yakovlevich Itkind (1871 - 1969)
Isaak Yakovlevich Itkind
1871 - 1969
Janiva Ellis (1987)
Janiva Ellis
1987
Richard Rappaport (1944)
Richard Rappaport
1944
Bernd Mattiebe (1960)
Bernd Mattiebe
1960
Gloria Graham (1940)
Gloria Graham
1940
Vladimir Vasil'evich Sterligov (1904 - 1973)
Vladimir Vasil'evich Sterligov
1904 - 1973
Raimonds Staprans (1926)
Raimonds Staprans
1926
Robin Page (1932 - 2015)
Robin Page
1932 - 2015