Artist: Jean Fautrier (1898 - 1964)
Nationality: French
Movement: School of Paris
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Jean Fautrier is best remembered for his painting series, Homage that is based on the tragedies of World War II. The paintings were created by layering heavy paint, giving them an abstract quality. They were first shown at the Galerie Rene Drouin in Paris in1945 and were very well received. Fautrier became a leading figure of the School of Paris and also has been seen as a forerunner of Art Informel. He also won the Grand Prix at the Venice Biennale in 1960.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Jean Fautrier - Nu 1943 Oil on paper The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
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Jean Fautrier - Body and Soul 1957 oil and varnish with National Gallery of Art French
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Jean Fautrier - Head of a Hostage, No. 14 1944 Oil on paper The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
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Jean Baptiste Carpeaux - Portrait of Jean-Leon Gerome 1872-75 patinated plaster Hood Museum of Art French
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Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 18th - 19th century
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Jean Mariette, La thÈorie et la pratique du jardinage by Alexandre Le Blond (Paris: Jean Mariette, 1709), 1709
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Antoine-Jean Gros - Count Jean-Antoine Chaptal 1824 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Jean-Joseph Balechou, Portrait Of Jean De Julienne, Holding A Portrait Of Watteau, 18th century
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Jean Francois Janinet, A Paris chez Mondhare et Jean ...(Portrait of a woman), 18th - 19th century
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Jean as a Huntsman 1910 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art French
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Henrietta Shore - Jean Charlot c. 1927-1928 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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George Hurrell - Jean Harlow 1934 gelatin silver print Cincinnati Art Museum American
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Auguste Rodin - Jean d'Aire 1884-1889 plaster National Gallery of Art French
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Maurice Brianchon, Saint-Jean-de-Luz: la plage (St. Jean de Luz: the beach), p. 49, from the book Prints from the Mourlot Press, 1964
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Portrait of Jean Rion
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Madame Jean Baptiste Isabey (Jeanne Laurice de Salienne, died 1829), ca. 1796-1800 Jean Baptiste Isabey
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Jean-Antoine Houdon - Aymard-Jean de Nicolay, Premier President de la Chambre des Comptes 1779 marble Kimbell Art Museum French
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Jean Charlot, Luz, 1933
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Jean Louis Forain, Forain au Chapeau Blanc, 1912
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L.P., Photograph of Le Petit St. Jean (Little St.John) - by the sculptor Jean Auguste Dampt (French, 1853-1946), from the MusÈe du LuxembourgA056633, circa 1870
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Estella Canziani - Sunday, St Jean D'arves 1910 tempera on wooden pa Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery British
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Jean Charlot, Cargador, 1933
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Jean Charlot, War Drum, 1950
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Jean Charlot, Sunday Hat, 1947
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Jean Charlot, Arches, 1933
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Jean Charlot, Pastoras, 1933
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Jean Charlot, Tondo III, 1933
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Jean Charlot, The Rebozo, 1933
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Jean Charlot, The Bathers, 1933
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Jean Charlot, Malinche, 1933
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Jean Charlot, Tondo I, 1933
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Jean Charlot, Tortilleras, 1937
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Jean Charlot, The Petate, 1933
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Jean Charlot, The Rebozo, 1933
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Jean Charlot, Tondo II, 1933
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Jean Charlot, Tondo II, 1933
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Jean Charlot, Plaza, 1933
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Jean Charlot, First Steps, 1936
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Jean Charlot, Idol, 1933
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Jean-Louis-AndrÈ-ThÈodore GÈricault, The Coal Waggon, 1821

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (5)
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Museum of Contemporary Art, LA and the Geffen Contemporary: F A Room of Their Own: From Rothko to Rauschenberg
This presentation together with A Room of Their Own: From Oldenburg to Gober will span more than 50 years of contemporary art. The exhibition is co-organized by MOCA chief cu...
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao: Changing Perceptions: The Panza Collection
Dr. and Mrs. Giuseppe Panza di Biumo began acquiring art in 1956; today, together with private holdings, the Panza collection includes over 2,500 works. Between 1966 and 1975 the Panzas amassed one of the most ambitious collections of...
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art: TheFlower as Image: 150 Works by the World’s Greatest Artists
It is thus the ambition of the exhibition to show how, throughout the epoch of modern art, the artists use, treat, challenge, express and experiment with the flower and its potential in the artistic process. Or, to put it differently, with the flo...
Contemporary Art Centre of Malaga: The Work of Gerhard Richter
Within the present exhibition, the emphasis is on Richter’s paintings based on photographs, his pure paintings, his famous grisailles and in particular the abstract expressionist works. In each one Richter reveals his virtuoso abilities with regar...
Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain (FIAC), Paris Expo: 29th Annual Modern and Contemporary Art Fair Presents 170 Galleries from 23 Countries
This year’s fair includes a rigorous selection of international galleries, focusing on individual and thematic shows, new and previously unseen works, and site-specific installations. The fair will be divided into five sections: Solo Shows; Group ...

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