Artist: Pierre Alechinsky (1927 - )
Nationality: Belgian
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
Belgian artist, Pierre Alechinsky worked mainly France in an array of mediums, including painting, printmaking, drawing, and filmmaking. He joined the Jeune Peinture Belge in 1947 and two years later, joined the Cobra group. In 1952, he left the group to move to Paris and study under S.W. Hayter. He also traveled extensively across Europe, the Far East, the United States, and Mexico. His paintings are done in an abstract manner and are reminiscent of the work of Ensor.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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Pierre Alechinsky To Day Red Hot, Too Hot color lithograph 1964
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Pierre Alechinsky Untitled color lithograph 1981
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Pres du Cheval, Pierre Alechinsky (Belgium, Brussels, born 1927-10-19)  (Artist), 1979, Acrylic on rice paper
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Pierre Alechinsky untitled, plate on p. 61 in the book, 1¢ Life ([Bern: E. W. Kornfeld, 1964]) color lithograph 1964
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Pierre Alechinsky untitled, plate on pp. 80-81 in the book, 1¢ Life ([Bern: E. W. Kornfeld, 1964]) color lithograph 1964
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Pierre Alechinsky untitled, plate on p. 23 in the book, 1¢ Life ([Bern: E. W. Kornfeld, 1964]) color lithograph 1964
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Pierre Alechinsky untitled, plate on p. 148 in the book, 1¢ Life ([Bern: E. W. Kornfeld, 1964]) color lithograph 1964
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Pierre Alechinsky untitled, plate on p. 149 in the book, 1¢ Life ([Bern: E. W. Kornfeld, 1964]) color lithograph 1964
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Pierre Alechinsky untitled, plate on p. 134 in the book, 1¢ Life ([Bern: E. W. Kornfeld, 1964]) color lithograph 1964
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Pierre Alechinsky - Untitled c. 1968 watercolor and brush Hirshhorn Museum Belgian
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Pierre Alechinsky - Haute Surveillance 1986 acrylic and paper mo The Detroit Institute of Art Belgian
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Pierre Alechinsky - Prenez La Porte 1960 oil on canvas Hirshhorn Museum Belgian
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Martyre de saint Pierre (1ère moitié 18e siècle) by SUBLEYRAS Pierre
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Martyre de saint Pierre (1ère moitié 18e siècle) by SUBLEYRAS Pierre
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Genèse, 1er jour (1960) by SZEKELY Pierre
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Genèse, 7e jour (1960) by SZEKELY Pierre
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Genèse, 6e jour (1960) by SZEKELY Pierre
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Genèse, 4e jour (1960) by SZEKELY Pierre
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Genèse, 5e jour (1960) by SZEKELY Pierre
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Groupe de tailleurs de pierre (1938 entre; 1940 et) by VIGOUREUX Pierre (sculpteur)
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Pierre Vallet Portrait of Pierre Vallet, (Self-Portrait) etching 1608
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Genèse, 2e jour (1960) by SZEKELY Pierre
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Cirque de Pierre (1983) by SZEKELY Pierre
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Remise des clefs à saint Pierre (17e siècle) by anonyme
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Christ désignant à saint Pierre agenouillé les attributs de la papauté (4e quart 17e siècle) by anonyme
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Le martyre de Saint Pierre by JOUVENET Jean-Baptiste
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Portrait de Pierre Gaxotte (?) en habit d'académicien (3e quart 20e siècle) by LIGEY Agnès ; LIGEY Pierre
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L.P.6. (1964) by SZEKELY Pierre
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L.P.10. (1964) by SZEKELY Pierre
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L.P.8. (1964) by SZEKELY Pierre
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L.P.7. (1964) by SZEKELY Pierre
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L.P.12. (1964) by SZEKELY Pierre
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L.P.2. (1964) by SZEKELY Pierre
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L.P.11. (1964) by SZEKELY Pierre
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L.P.3. (1964) by SZEKELY Pierre
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L.P.5. (1964) by SZEKELY Pierre
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L.P.4. (1964) by SZEKELY Pierre
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L.P.1. (1964) by SZEKELY Pierre
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L.P.9. (1964) by SZEKELY Pierre
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Délivrance de saint Pierre by GHEZZI Pier Leone
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La croix lumineuse de saint Pierre by LOUIS Victor
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Portrait de Pierre Dupré by MELLAN Claude
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La Délivrance de saint Pierre (17e siècle) by anonyme
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Ropps (1965) by SZEKELY Pierre
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Saint Pierre (17e siècle) by anonyme
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Vocation de saint Pierre (17e siècle) by anonyme
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Délivrance de saint Pierre (17e siècle) by anonyme
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Ropps (1965) by SZEKELY Pierre
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Ropps (1965) by SZEKELY Pierre
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La Vocation de saint Pierre by FRANCO Battista
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LE CRUCIFIEMENT DE SAINT PIERRE (4e quart 17e siècle) by CRETEY Pierre Louis
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Le Reniement de saint Pierre (4e quart 17e siècle) by anonyme
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LE REPENTIR DE SAINT PIERRE (1778) by LACOUR Pierre Père
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Fleur (1960) by SZEKELY Pierre
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Ropps (1965) by SZEKELY Pierre
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Pierre-FranÁois Basan Le Reniement de St. Pierre 18th century
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La vendangeuse (1925 vers) by VIGOUREUX Pierre (sculpteur)
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Saint Pierre sur des nuages (4e quart 16e siècle ; 17e siècle) by anonyme
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Ropps (1965) by SZEKELY Pierre
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JESUS DONNANT LES CLES A SAINT PIERRE (4e quart 17e siècle) by BERGAIGNE Pierre

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (5)
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Jack Rutberg Fine Arts: Pierre Alechinsky
Born in 1927, Pierre Alechinsky was a founder of the European expressionist movement - CoBrA. Although the CoBrA movement officially lasted through 1948 -1951, its impact was considerable as it included many of Europe s leading painters, writers, poe...
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Art at Midcentury: Spotlight on the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The exhibition opens with art by European and Latin American artists such as Max Ernst and Matta, whose work was to play a defining role in shaping the New Yor...
Takasaki Museum of Art: Reinhardt Sobye: Part of the Tomio Isahai Collection
Reinhardt Sobye states about is work: "The prevailing attitude in modern culture is that every individual is a world in his/her own right, a world from which all other's are excluded. This is a major lie. The truth is that we are each other's worl...
Irish Museum of Modern Art: Cobra: Copenhagen Brussels Amsterdam
The name Cobra was coined in 1948 by the Belgian poet Christian Dotremont from the three cities where the main participants lived: Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam. Explosively expressive, with an emphasis on myth and the untutored art of child...
Palazzo Ducale: Arti and Architettura: 1900 - 2000
A utopian adventure, encroaching sometimes into “archisculpture”, whose protagonists – artists and architects from Kazimir Malevich to Vladmir Tatlin, from Antonio Sant'Elia to Giuseppe Terragni, from Ludwig Mies van der Rohe to Piet Mondrian, f...

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Pierre Alechinsky: Biographie | Sonia Zannettacci - Art Gallery - Geneva, Switzerland
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