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Joseph Lacasse Biography
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1894 |
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Born in Tournai, Belgium
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1910 |
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Completed his first abstract and Cubist compositions
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1914 |
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First exhibition in Brussels
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1912 - 1918 |
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Studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Tournai
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1921 |
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Visited Italy where he painted his 'motherhood' series, religious works and workers - always in a
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1920 - 1922 |
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Studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels
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1922 - 1923 |
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Travelled to Brittany and Spain
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1925 |
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Moved to Paris where he met Robert Delaunay
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1937 |
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Invents an aesthetic theory of the abstract
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1930 - 1939 |
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Lacasse moves towards Tachism
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1940 |
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Joined the Liberation French forces in England
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1943 |
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Became professor of sculpture and ceramics in Stoke-on-Trent
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1947 |
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At the end of the war he returned to Paris and became a French citizen in 1947
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Joseph Lacasse par lui-meme. Fonds Mercator, Anvers, 1974.
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