Jean Piaubert
Jean Piaubert (born January 27, 1900 in Bordeaux , France , † January 28, 2002 in Paris ), was a French painter and graphic artist . He is one of the most important representatives of abstract art after the Second World War .
Life
Jean Piaubert attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux from 1918 . After completing his military service, he moved to Paris in 1922 and continued his studies at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière .
When he arrived in Paris, Piaubert was still a landscape painter who also borrowed his stylistic devices from constructivism . In the years between 1933 and 1943 his style is not entirely clear; after 1945 he only began to paint abstractly .
Jean Piaubert had his first solo exhibition in 1932 at the Galerie Zack in Paris. In the 1950s, his art attracted international attention. It is shown at numerous international exhibitions, including documenta 2 in Kassel in 1959 . In addition to paintings , drawings and graphics , his works also include tapestries .
Jean Piaubert died on January 28, 2002 in Paris at the age of 102 and one day.
Important group exhibitions
(Selection)
- after 1933 Salon des Tuileries
- 1946 to 1961 Salon de Mai
- 1946 Salon des Réalités Nouvelles
- 1947 Paris, deuxième volet de Peintures abstraites , Denise René gallery
- 1951 to 1955 São Paulo Biennale - 1st to 3rd Biennale
- 1953 New York: Young European Painters , Solomon R Guggenheim Museum
- After 1956, Salons de Mai and l ' École de Paris
- 1959 documenta 2 in Kassel
- 1961 Tokyo Biennial.
Important solo exhibitions
(Selection)
- 1932 Galerie Zack Paris
- 1946 Galerie Creuze Paris
- 1947 Galerie Denise René Paris
- 1958 Brussels, Caracas, Copenhagen, Charleroi, Rotterdam, Mannheim, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Dortmund, Münster, Wuppertal, Bremen, Lübeck
- 1959 Basel
- 1963 Brussels, Charleroi
- 1964 Turin, Nantes
- 1965 Barcelona, Le Havre
- 1966 Paris, Stadler gallery
- 1968 Alexandre Iolas Gallery, Paris
- 1970 Tokyo
- 1974 Paris, Verbeke Gallery
- 1977 Artcurial Gallery
- 1981 Salon d'Automne, au Grand Palais
- 1985 Trigano Gallery, Paris
- 1990 Malaval Gallery, Lyon
- 1995 Paris, Pavillon de Bercy
literature
- Exhibition catalog for documenta II (1959) in Kassel: II.documenta'59. Art after 1945 . Catalog: Volume 1: Painting; Volume 2: Sculpture; Volume 3: Graphic Art; Text tape. Kassel / Cologne 1959
- Heinz Fuchs: Jean Piaubert . Mannheim 1960
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Piaubert, Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter and printmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bordeaux , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 2002 |
| Place of death | Paris |