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Jean Messagier

The aim is not disguise nature, it is to make discoveries through it.

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Jean Messagier is born in the summer of 1920 in Paris. He spends his childhood between Paris and the Franche-Comte, where his family originates. He creates his first watercolors and drawings (1940) in the countryside of Franche-Comte, which becomes for him, subsequently, the ideal embodiment of his art. His early works are figurative, portraits and landscapes (including the landscape of banks of . . .

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Original signed screenprint de Messagier Jean : Unknown title I
Unknown title I
Circa 1980 Original screenprint, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Lithograph poster de Messagier Jean : Bicentenaire de la révolution Française
Bicentenaire de la...
1989 Poster, original lithograph, signed and dedicated in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed aquatint de Messagier Jean : Sardanapale à l'ombre des oeufs sur le plat
Sardanapale à...
1979 Original drypoint and aquatint, signed and titled in pencil by the artist. Ed. Jacques Putman, Paris. Tonneau-Ryckelynck n° 7908
Original signed drypoint de Messagier Jean : Les yeux au ciel
Les yeux au ciel
1967 Original drypoint, signed in pencil by the artist. Rivière n°161
Original signed drypoint de Messagier Jean : Printemps à mille coeurs
Printemps à mille...
1967 Original drypoint, signed in pencil by the artist. Rivière n°160
Original signed drypoint de Messagier Jean : Nude
Nude
1946 Original drypoint, signed and titled in pencil by the artist. Rivière n°21
Original signed aquatint de Messagier Jean : Le casque du printemps
Le casque du...
1988 Original aquatint, titled and signed in pencil by the artist. Tonneau-Ryckelinck n°8801
Original signed aquatint de Messagier Jean : Machine à regarder
Machine à regarder
1972 Original drypoint and aquatint, signed and titled in pencil by the artist. Prisunic Ed., Paris. Rivière n°195
Original signed aquatint de Messagier Jean : Les mangeurs de vent
Les mangeurs de vent
1969 Original drypoint and aquatint, signed and titled in pencil by the artist. Prisunic Ed., Paris. Rivière n°177
Original signed aquatint de Messagier Jean : Tous les ventres du monde avec dessert
Tous les ventres du...
1980 Original aquatint, titled and signed in pencil by the artist. Tonneau-Ryckelynck n°8005
Original signed drypoint de Messagier Jean : Nude
Nude
1946 Original drypoint, signed and titled in pencil by the artist. Rivière N°21
Original signed drypoint de Messagier Jean : Portrait
Portrait
1945 Original drypoint, signed in pencil by the artist. Rivière n°4
Original signed drypoint de Messagier Jean : Two characters
Two characters
1946 Original drypoint on copper, signed and titled in pencil by the artist. Rivière n°20
Original signed etching de Messagier Jean : Carte de visite de la lune
Carte de visite de...
1968 Original drypoint and aquatint, signed and titled in pencil by the artist. Prisunic Ed., Paris. Rivière n°164
Original signed etching de Messagier Jean : Printemps à mille coeurs
Printemps à mille...
1967 Original etching, drypoint, signed and titled in pencil by the artist. Ed. Prisunic, Paris. Rivière n°160
Original signed aquatint de Messagier Jean : Génisse de grand beau temps
Génisse de grand...
1973 Original aquatint, titled and signed in pencil by the artist. Rivière n°208
Original signed aquatint de Messagier Jean : Châalis
Châalis
1951 Original aquatint, titled and signed in pencil by the artist. Rivière n°86
Original signed etching de Messagier Jean : L'entrevue du camp du drap d'or
L'entrevue du camp...
1945 Original etching, signed and titled in pencil by the artist. Rivière n°11
Original signed etching de Messagier Jean : Les cavalières
Les cavalières
1948 Original etching, signed and titled in pencil by the artist. Y. Rivière n°65
Signed etching de Messagier Jean : Summer I
Summer I
1956 Original etching, signed and titled in pencil by the artist. Title : L'été I. Rivière n°108
Original signed etching de Messagier Jean : Players
Players
1951 Original etching, signed and titled in pencil by the artist. Title : Les joueuses. Rivière n°81
Original signed etching de Messagier Jean : Young girls in the cascade
Young girls in the...
1948 Original etching, signed and titled in pencil by the artist. Title : Jeunes filles dans la cascade. Rivière n°53
Original aquatint de Messagier Jean : Several valleys
Several valleys
1956 Original etching, aquatinte on zinc, signed and titled in pencil by the artist. Pennequin Printer, Paris. Title : Plusieurs vallées. Rivière n°105
Signed aquatint de Messagier Jean : Passage from a valley to another.
Passage from a...
1953 Original etching, aquatinte on zinc, signed and titled in pencil by the artist. Pennequin Printer, Paris. Title : Passage d'une vallée à l'autre. Rivière n°99
Signed mixed technique print de Messagier Jean : Rectilinear floods
Rectilinear floods
1956 Original etching, aquatinte on copper, signed and titled in pencil by the artist. Pennequin Printer, Paris. Title : Inondations rectilignes. Rivière n°113
Single work Original signed drawing de Messagier Jean : The valley
The valley
1950 Original drawing in charcoal, signed and dated in bottom on the right by the artist. Without

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
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To read about the artist :
  • « Jean Messagier », Pierre Cabanne, Ed. L'oeil du Temps, 1969
  • « Jean Messagier », Dore Ashton et autres, cat., Grand Palais, Paris, 1981
  • « Jean Messagier », cat., Ed. Katia Granoff, Paris, 1990
  • « Jean Messagier : 1947-1990 », cat., Musee Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, 1990
  • « Jean Messagier », Louis Ucciani, Ed. Marval, Paris, 1992
  • « J. Messagier, œuvres graphiques », M. Messagier, Musée Baron Martin de Gray, 2000
  • « Jean Messagier, Traces », Francette Messagier, Ed. Néo Typo, Besançon, 2006
  • « Jean Messagier : traces », F. Messagier, Néo Ed., Besançon, 2006
  • « Jean Messagier », Richard Leydier, Alain Jouffroy, Ed. Cercle d’Art, 2007
  • « J. M. : Le Cercle d'art contemporain », R. Leydier, A. Jouffroy, Ed. Cercle d'Art, 2007
To read from the artist :
  • « Jean Messagier », P. Cabanne et J. Messagier, Cat. Fond. Maeght, 1983
  • Tous les pollens du monde », vol. 38, Ed. Janninck, Paris, 1998
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