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Pierre Alechinsky Biography
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1927
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Born in Brussels, Belgium
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1944 - 1948
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Studied at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture et des Arts Decoratifs, Brussels, Belgium
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1949
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Associated with the newly formed CoBrA Movement
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1977
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Recipient, Andrew W. Mellon Prize for Painting
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1984
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Recipient, French Grand Prix National for Painting
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1984 - 1987
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Professor at the French National School of Fine Arts, Paris, France
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Lives and works in France
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2010 |
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Alechinsky: les Ateliers du Midi, Musée Granet, Aix en Provence, France (solo) |
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2009 |
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Pierre Alechinsky: Ronds, Peintures 2008-2009, Galerie Lelong, Paris, France (solo) |
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2008 |
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60 Jahre COBRA, DIE GALERIE, Frankfurt, Germany
Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium (solo) |
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2007 |
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Pierre Alechinsky: Terrils, Galerie Lelong, Paris, France (solo) |
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2006 |
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Entre Cobra et l'abstraction, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Paris, France |
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2004 |
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Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France |
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2002 |
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Baukunst Galerie, Cologne, Germany |
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1998 |
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Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France (solo) |
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1987 |
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Retrospective, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (solo) |
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1981 |
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Retrospective, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (solo) |
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1978 |
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Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France |
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1977 |
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Retrospective, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA (solo) |
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1965 |
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L’Ecart Absolu, Tenth International Surrealist, Paris, France
Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo) |
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1960 |
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XXX Venice Biennale, Venice , Italy |
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1958 |
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Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK (solo) |
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1955 |
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Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium (solo) |
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1954 |
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Nina Dausset, Paris, France (solo) |
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Selected Public Collections |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
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Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Royal Museums of Fine Arts , Belgium, Brussels
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Musee Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland
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Haifa Museum, Haifa, Israel
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1998 |
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Bonnefoy, Françoise and Sarah Clément. Alechinsky. Paris: Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, 1998 |
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Links to further information |
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