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Copyright estate of the artist | | | Jean, Marcel (1900 - 1993) France
Toujours, 1947
Oil on Wood; Oil on canvas; 64.7 x 92 cm Surrealism
UID 102-284
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Biography
Born in La Charité sur Loire, France and died at Louveciennes, France. After intermittent studies between 1919 and 1924 at the École des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, Jean lived in New York during 1924-25. He worked as a a textile designer, acquiring skills he would use upon his return to France. As early as 1920, he encountered Modern Art in the magazine Esprit nouveau, but the aesthetic rules espoused by Le Corbusier and Amédée Ozenfant were too systematic for his emotional needs. Very early on, he completed paintings in which poetic invention was unleashed. In 1932, he met Andre Breton and his friends. Until 1950, Jean took part in Surrealism's activities and exhibitions, notably the International Surrealist Exhibition in London and Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism in New York, both in 1936, and the 1938 Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme in Paris, 1938. He helped Oscar Dominguez devise the method for decalcomania, which resulted in a range of images that suggest the first moments in which the world was created. They collaborated on a series of decalcomanias entitled Grisou (1936). Between 1938 and 1945, Jean lived in Budapest and met the Hungarian philosopher and psychologist Arpad Mezei with whom we published several theoretical works, one of which is dedicated to Lautréamont, and also The History of the Surrealist painting.
Exhibitions
A Dada and Surrealist Bouquet:On the Ocasion of the 100th birthday of Tristan Tzara and André Breton The Mayor Gallery, United Kingdom 25-11-1996 ~ 20-12-1996
Marcel Jean Gimpel-Weitzenhofer, USA 01-01-1947 ~ 31-12-1947
Marcel Jean (Lessing Gallery, NY) Lessing Gallery, USA 01-01-1985 ~ 31-12-1985
Berardo Museum Opening Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 25-06-2007 ~ 24-08-2008
Art in France 1860-1960: Realism MASP - Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil 15-05-2009 ~ 30-06-2009
Não te Posso Ver Nem Pintado Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 15-09-2008 ~ 10-05-2009
Art in France 1860-1960: Realism, Porto Alegre MARGS, MUSEU DE ARTE DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL ADO MALAGOLI, Brazil 13-07-2009 ~ 30-08-2009
Paradise Motel Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 13-11-2010 ~ 26-12-2011
Bibliography
A Dada and Surrealist Bouquet: On the Occasion of the 100th birthday of Tristan Tzara and André Breton, 1996 Published by The Mayor Gallery
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