- Pierre Alechinsky
Pierre Alechinsky (
October 19 ,1927 ) is a Belgian artist.He was born in
Brussels . In 1944 he attended thel'Ecole nationale supérieure d'Architecture et des Arts décoratifs de La Cambre , Brussels where he studied illustration techniques, printing and photography. In 1945 he discovered the work ofHenri Michaux ,Jean Dubuffet and developed a friendship with the art criticJacques Putman . In 1949 he joinedChristian Dotremont ,Karel Appel andAsger Jorn to form the art group Cobra. He participated both the Cobra exhibitions and went to Paris to study engraving withStanley William Hayter in 1951. In 1954 he had his first exhibition inParis and started to become interested in oriental calligraphy. His paintings are related toTachisme ,Abstract expressionism , andLyrical Abstraction .By 1960 he had exhibited in
London ,Berne and at theVenice Biennial , and then in Pittsburgh,New York ,Amsterdam andSilkeborg as his international reputation grew. He worked withWalasse Ting and continued to be close toChristian Dotremont . He also developed links withAndré Breton . His international career continued throughout the seventies and by 1983 he became Professor of painting at theÉcole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts , Paris.In 1994 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Free University of Brussels, and in 1995 one of his designs was used on a Belgian stamp.His works are held in the collections of the
Tate , [ [http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=639 tate.org.uk] ] theMuseum of Modern Art [ [http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A107 moma.org] ] and theWalker Art Center . [ [http://collections.walkerart.org/item/agent/919 collections.walkerart.org] ]Bibliography
*Mueller-Yao, Marguerite: "Der Einfluss der Kunst der chinesischen Kalligraphie auf die westliche informelle Malerei", Diss Bonn, Koeln Koenig 1985 , ISBN 3-88375-051-4 (pbk)
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