Jean Piaubert

Jean Piaubert ( born January 27, 1900 in Bordeaux, France, † January 28, 2002 in Paris ) was a French painter and printmaker. He is one of the most important representatives of Abstract Art after the Second World War.

Life

Jean Piaubert visited in 1918 the École des Beaux -Arts in Bordeaux. After completing his military service, he moved to Paris in 1922 and continued his studies at the Académie de la Grande Chaumiere continued.

On his arrival in Paris Piaubert was a landscape painter who also borrowed his style means constructivism. In the years 1933-1943, his style is somewhat ambiguous, since 1945 he only begins to paint abstract.

Jean Piaubert had his first solo exhibition in 1932 at Galerie Zack, Paris. In the 1950s, his art brings international attention. He is shown at numerous international exhibitions, including documenta 2 in Kassel in 1959. Among his works includes paintings, drawings and graphics are also tapestries.

Jean Piaubert died at 102 years and one day on 28 January 2002 in Paris.

Important group exhibitions

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• After 1933 Salon des Tuileries
• 1946 to 1961 Salon de Mai
• 1946 Salon des Nouvelles Réalités
• 1947 Paris, deuxième volet de Peintures abstraites, Denise René gallery
• 1951-1955 Biennial of São Paulo - 1st to 3rd Biennial
• 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 Biennale of Tokyo.

Important individual exhibitions

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