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

August Schenck (1828 - 1901)
August Schenck
1828 - 1901
Reinhold Begas (1831 - 1911)
Reinhold Begas
1831 - 1911
Martha Boto (1925 - 2004)
Martha Boto
1925 - 2004
Henri Bouchard (1875 - 1960)
Henri Bouchard
1875 - 1960
 Ernest-Stanislas Blanc-Garin (1843 - 1916)
Ernest-Stanislas Blanc-Garin
1843 - 1916
Jean Raoux (1677 - 1734)
Jean Raoux
1677 - 1734
Francois Louis Thomas Francia (1772 - 1839)
Francois Louis Thomas Francia
1772 - 1839
Jacobus Faber (1450 - 1536)
Jacobus Faber
1450 - 1536
François Arnal (1924 - 2012)
François Arnal
1924 - 2012
Isaac Fuller (1606 - 1672)
Isaac Fuller
1606 - 1672
François Bonvin (1817 - 1887)
François Bonvin
1817 - 1887
Bruno Catalano (1960)
Bruno Catalano
1960
Alain Manesson Mallet (1630 - 1706)
Alain Manesson Mallet
1630 - 1706
 Mr. Brainwash (1966)
Mr. Brainwash
1966
Augustin Pajou (1730 - 1809)
Augustin Pajou
1730 - 1809
Pénélope Bagieu (1982)
Pénélope Bagieu
1982

Creators Contemporary art

Margaret Kilgallen (1967 - 2001)
Margaret Kilgallen
1967 - 2001
Luis Zimmermann (1998)
Luis Zimmermann
1998
Carlos Sotomayor (1911 - 1988)
Carlos Sotomayor
1911 - 1988
Vibha Galhotra (1978)
Vibha Galhotra
1978
Frank R. Werner (1944)
Frank R. Werner
1944
Haralampi G. Oroschakoff (1955)
Haralampi G. Oroschakoff
1955
Pierre Forssell (1925 - 2004)
Pierre Forssell
1925 - 2004
Stefan à Wengen (1964)
Stefan à Wengen
1964
R. H. Quaytman (1961)
R. H. Quaytman
1961
Will Brüll (1922 - 2019)
Will Brüll
1922 - 2019
Béla Iványi-Grünwald (1867 - 1940)
Béla Iványi-Grünwald
1867 - 1940
Nikos Kessanlis (1930 - 2004)
Nikos Kessanlis
1930 - 2004
Andreas Golder (1979)
Andreas Golder
1979
Glenn Brown (1966)
Glenn Brown
1966
Andreas Feininger (1906 - 1999)
Andreas Feininger
1906 - 1999
Gil Shachar (1965)
Gil Shachar
1965
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