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Pierre Alechinsky (Brüssel 1927) - Sell & Buy

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Belgian painter and graphic artist. A. studied typography, illustration and photography at the Brussels Academy from 1944-48. In 1949 he joined the artist group CoBRA. With a scholarship, he was able to continue his studies, particularly in graphic techniques, in Paris in 1951. It was there that he first came into contact with Japanese calligraphy, which played a significant role in the development of his ornamental and symbolic style. He was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor in 2006 and received the Praemium Imperiale in 2018. Mus.: New York (MoMA, Guggenheim), Amsterdam (Stedelijk Mus.), Berlin (Nat.-Gal.), Zurich (Kunsthaus), Brussels, Antwerp, Pittsburgh a. others. Lit.: AKL, Thieme-Becker, Vollmer.

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