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His international career continued throughout the seventies and by 1983 he became Professor of painting at the [[École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts]], Paris.
His international career continued throughout the seventies and by 1983 he became Professor of painting at the [[École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts]], Paris.
In 1994 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Free University of Brussels, and in 1995 one of his designs was used on a Belgian stamp. His works are held in the collections of the [[Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium]], the [[Tate]],<ref>[http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=639 tate.org.uk]</ref> [[Museum Ludwig]] in [[Cologne]], the New York [[Museum of Modern Art]],<ref>[http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A107 moma.org]</ref> the [[Walker Art Center]] in Minneapolis,<ref>http://collections.walkerart.org/item/agent/919 collections.walkerart.org</ref> and the [[Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale]], Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.<ref>http://www.moafl.org</ref> The main-belt asteroid [[14832 Alechinsky]] was named in his honour in October 2000.<ref name="springer" />
In 1994 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Free University of Brussels, and in 1995 one of his designs was used on a Belgian stamp. His works are held in the collections of the [[Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium]], the [[Tate]],<ref>[http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=639 tate.org.uk]</ref> [[Museum Ludwig]] in [[Cologne]], the New York [[Museum of Modern Art]],<ref>[http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A107 moma.org]</ref> the [[Walker Art Center]] in Minneapolis,<ref>http://collections.walkerart.org/item/agent/919 collections.walkerart.org</ref> and the [[Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale]], Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.<ref>http://www.moafl.org</ref> The main-belt asteroid [[14832 Alechinsky]] was named in his honour in October 2000.<ref name="springer" />

Alechinsky was a close friend of Borge Birch, the owner of the [[Galerie Birch]] in Copenhagen. Even though both have passed away [[Galerie Birch|Galerie Birch Monaco]] continues to owner their friendship by continuing their legacy.
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Pierre Alechinsky
Born (1927-10-19) 19 October 1927 (age 97)
Schaerbeek
NationalityBelgian
Known forPainting, Printmaking, Drawing

Pierre Alechinsky (born 19 October 1927) is a Belgian artist. He has lived and worked in France since 1951. His work is related to tachisme, abstract expressionism, and lyrical abstraction.

Alechinsky was born in Schaerbeek. In 1944 he attended the l'Ecole nationale supérieure d'Architecture et des Arts décoratifs de La Cambre, Brussels where he studied illustration techniques, printing and photography. In 1945 he discovered the work of Henri Michaux, Jean Dubuffet and developed a friendship with the art critic Jacques Putman. In 1949 he joined Christian Dotremont, Karel Appel, Constant, Jan Nieuwenhuys and Asger Jorn to form the art group Cobra. He participated both with the Cobra exhibitions and went to Paris to study engraving at Atelier 17 under the guidance of Stanley William Hayter in 1951.

In 1954 he had his first exhibition in Paris and started to become interested in oriental calligraphy. In the early 1950s he was the Paris correspondent for the Japanese journal Bokubi (the joy of ink). In 1955, encouraged by Henri Storck and Luc de Heusch, he left for Japan with his wife. He exhibited Night, 1952 (Ohara Museum of Art, Kurashiki) and made a film: Japanese Calligraphy – Christian Dotremont would write the commentary with music by André Souris.

Le Bruit de la Chute, 1974–75

By 1960 he had exhibited in London, Bern and at the Venice Biennial, and then in Pittsburgh, New York City, Amsterdam and Silkeborg as his international reputation grew.

He worked with Walasse Ting and continued to be close to Christian Dotremont. He also developed links with André Breton.

His international career continued throughout the seventies and by 1983 he became Professor of painting at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris. In 1994 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Free University of Brussels, and in 1995 one of his designs was used on a Belgian stamp. His works are held in the collections of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, the Tate,[1] Museum Ludwig in Cologne, the New York Museum of Modern Art,[2] the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis,[3] and the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.[4] The main-belt asteroid 14832 Alechinsky was named in his honour in October 2000.[5]

References

  1. ^ tate.org.uk
  2. ^ moma.org
  3. ^ http://collections.walkerart.org/item/agent/919 collections.walkerart.org
  4. ^ http://www.moafl.org
  5. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (14832) Alechinsky. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 817. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved April 2016. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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