Pierre Alechinsky

(Belgian, born 1927)

gnomes et gnose by pierre alechinsky

Pierre Alechinsky

Gnomes et Gnose, 1974

1,800 EUR

writing book by pierre alechinsky

Pierre Alechinsky

Writing book, 1980

600 EUR

cursive by pierre alechinsky

Pierre Alechinsky

Cursive, 1972

1,000 EUR

Biography

Timeline

1927
Born in Brussels, Belgium
1944 - 1948
Studied at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture et des Arts Decoratifs, Brussels, Belgium
1949
Associated with the newly formed CoBrA Movement
1977
Recipient, Andrew W. Mellon Prize for Painting
1984 - 1987
Professor at the French National School of Fine Arts, Paris, France
1984
Recipient, French Grand Prix National for Painting
Lives and works in France

Exhibitions

2010
Alechinsky: les Ateliers du Midi, Musée Granet, Aix en Provence, France (solo)
2009
Pierre Alechinsky: Ronds, Peintures 2008-2009, Galerie Lelong, Paris, France (solo)
2008
60 Jahre COBRA, DIE GALERIE, Frankfurt, Germany
Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
2007
Pierre Alechinsky: Terrils, Galerie Lelong, Paris, France (solo)
2006
Entre Cobra et l'abstraction, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Paris, France
2004
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
2002
Baukunst Galerie, Cologne, Germany
1998
Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France (solo)
1987
Retrospective, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (solo)
1981
Retrospective, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (solo)

Public Collections

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tate Gallery, London, UK
Royal Museums of Fine Arts , Belgium, Brussels
Musee Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland

Literature

1998
Bonnefoy, Françoise and Sarah Clément. Alechinsky. Paris: Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, 1998