Pierre Alechinsky (1927)

Alechinsky co-founded COBRA in 1949, then journeyed to Japan to film calligraphers — and never stopped mixing East and West on canvas.

ABOUT

Pierre Alechinsky (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ aleʃɛ̃ski]; born 19 October 1927) is a Belgian artist. He has lived and worked in France since 1951. His work is related to tachisme, abstract expressionism, and lyrical abstraction. == Life == Alechinsky was born in Schaerbeek, Belgium, to a Russian Jewish father and a Belgian Walloon mother. In 1944, he attended the l'École nationale supérieure d'Architecture et des Arts décoratifs de La Cambre, Brussels where he studied illus…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Mais où sont-ils 1947 · Art Institute of Chicago Deux personnages 1950 The Secret 1956 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Untitled 1962 · Art Institute of Chicago La grande bellezza 1965 Untitled, from Pour Jorn 1976 · Art Institute of Chicago

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Jean DubuffetArt Brut Henri MichauxSurrealism / Visual Poetry Asger JornCOBRA Karel AppelCOBRA

Influenced

Walasse TingLyrical Abstraction Reinhoud d'HaeseCOBRA / Sculpture