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FAUTRIER Jean; born 1898 Paris - 1964 Châtenay-Malabry. French painter. |
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| 1908 | Lived from 1908 in London,
where he studied at the Royal Academy and the Slade School of Art. |
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| 1917 | Returned to France. At first enjoyed little success as a
painter, but received important backing from André Malraux and Jean
Paulhan. |
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| 1934-39 | Worked in the French Alps as an
hotelier and ski instructor, neglecting his painting to certain
extent. |
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| 1945 | First major artistic success
with the series 'Hostages'. |
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| 1950 | Invented a process for printing
reproductions, the 'Orginaux Multiples', with the aim of rendering the
one-off original obsolete. |
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| 1955/56 | Turned away from L'art informel,
portraying 'Objects and nudes' in his former naturalistic style.
Further development of 'Multiples' for a wider distribution of works
of art. |
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| 1959 | Participated in documenta 2 in
Kassel. |
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| 1960 | Grand Prix at the Venice
Biennale. |
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| 1963 | Retrospectives in Scandinavia. |
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| 1976 | Solo-exhibitions in the
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, and the Kunsthaus Zurich. |
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| 1979 | Major retrospective in the Musée d'Art Moderne
de la Ville de Paris. |
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Fautrier is considered one of the main exponents of L'Art informel, although he himself objected to this lable. |
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