Poliakoff, Manessier, Clavé, Hartung, School of Paris

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SCHOOL OF PARIS
1945-1960

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The School of Paris cannot be considered as a movement nor even as an artistic current. The term only refers to a number of artists, all quite different, who all happened to be working in Paris during the 1945-1960 period and who, after Jean Bazaine, referred to their artistic style as “nonfigurative”. Each one, French or not, in his own fashion, held a significant place in the intellectual and artistic world of the post World War II period. Atlan had his first personal show in 1944, he died in 1960. Estève, a magician with color, is considered as a major force within the School. Fautrier became the voice of survivors, Hartung that of despair and rebellion in front of the horror of the recent war. As for N. De Staël, he once simply stated: “I have never found any other releasse from all the anxiety of life than to paint.” The School of Paris may not have been a real school, but these artists certainly all shared the same vibrant passion.

Artists not in gallery : Jean Degottex, Georges Mathieu, Nicolas de Staël, etc.

Artists in gallery : Hiroshi Asada, Geneviève Asse, Jean-Michel Atlan, Léon Bakst, Jean Bazaine, Anna-Eva Bergman, Huguette-Arthur Bertrand, Roland Bierge, Renato Birolli, Charles Boggs, Silvano Bozzolini, Camille Bryen, Manuel Cargaleiro , Roger Chastel, Chu Teh-Chun, Antoni Clavé, Antonio Corpora , André Cottavoz, Pierre Courtin, Nicolas De Staël, Jean Degottex, Rajendra Dhawan, Pierre Dmitrienko, Jun Dobashi, Bertrand Dorny, René Duvillier, Henri Epstein, Maurice Esteve, Jean Fautrier, Marcel Fiorini, Johnny Friedlaender, Emile Gilioli, Roger-Edgar Gillet, Léon Gischia, Georges Goldkorn, Raymond Guerrier, Etienne Hajdu, Hans Hartung, Soichi Hasegawa, Théo Kerg, Ladislas Kijno, Chuta Kimura, John-Franklin Koenig, Sigismond Kolos-Vari, Inoue Kozo, André Lanskoy, Thu Xanh Lebadang, Jean Leppien, Aglae Liberaki, Pierre Loeb, Alfred Manessier, Carlo Marangio, André Marchand, Georges Mathieu, Jean Messagier, Francis Montanier, Willy Mucha, José Ortega, Félicia Pacanowska, Pablo Palazuelo, Orlando Pelayo, Armand Petitjean, James Pichette, Edgard Pillet, Arthur-Luiz Piza, Serge Poliakoff, Jean Pons, Mario Prassinos, Bernard Quentin, Serna Ramos, Marie Raymond, Seund Ja Rhee, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Key Sato, Jean Signovert, Gustave Singier, Pierre Soulages, Ferdinand Springer, Anna Staritsky, Kumi Sugai, Sam Szafran, Arpad Szenes, Yasse Tabuchi, Pierre Tal-Coat, Roger-François Thépot, Michel Thompson, Suzanne Valadon , Remigio Valdés de Hoyos, Georges Van Haardt, Bram Van Velde, Geer Van Velde, Roger Vieillard, Maria Helena Vieira Da Silva, Georges Visat, Frank Will, Otto Wols, Enrique Zanartu, Zao Wou Ki.

XXth century art movements

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