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Claude Bellegarde BIOGRAPHY
1927 Paris, France - 2019. Known for: Figurative, expressionist, abstract painting.
French abstract painter Claude Bellegarde was born in Paris in 1927. He studied drawing and sculpture at a private studio and then began to work independently. During the 1940s following the war... Read full biography
French abstract painter Claude Bellegarde was born in Paris in 1927. He studied drawing and sculpture at a private studio and then began to work independently. During the 1940s following the war Bellegarde became acquainted with the spiritualist Lanza del Vasto, a disciple of Gandhi, and studied... Read full biography
French abstract painter Claude Bellegarde was born in Paris in 1927. He studied drawing and sculpture at a private studio and then began to work independently. During the 1940s following the war Bellegarde became acquainted with the spiritualist Lanza del Vasto, a disciple of Gandhi, and studied the liberal philosophy of Krisnamurti. He first painted figurative pictures, followed by works of tachism* akin to Rorschach tests and then expressionistic* abstract paintings. His first solo show was... Read full biography
French abstract painter Claude Bellegarde was born in Paris in 1927. He studied drawing and sculpture at a private studio and then began to work independently. During the 1940s following the war Bellegarde became acquainted with the spiritualist Lanza del Vasto, a disciple of Gandhi, and studied the liberal philosophy of Krisnamurti. He first painted figurative pictures, followed by works of tachism* akin to Rorschach tests and then expressionistic* abstract paintings. His first solo show was held at the Centre Saint-Jacques, Paris, 1952. Between 1953 and 1957, Bellegarde produced his first major body of work known as Achromaticism (White Period), a series of textured monochrome* abstract works. During this period he became established as... Read full biography
French abstract painter Claude Bellegarde was born in Paris in 1927. He studied drawing and sculpture at a private studio and then began to work independently. During the 1940s following the war Bellegarde became acquainted with the spiritualist Lanza del Vasto, a disciple of Gandhi, and studied the liberal philosophy of Krisnamurti. He first painted figurative pictures, followed by works of tachism* akin to Rorschach tests and then expressionistic* abstract paintings. His first solo show was held at the Centre Saint-Jacques, Paris, 1952. Between 1953 and 1957, Bellegarde produced his first major body of work known as Achromaticism (White Period), a series of textured monochrome* abstract works. During this period he became established as significant member of the young post-war generation of artists in Paris. In 1954, he joined the avant-gardrogallery.com... Read full biography
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French abstract painter Claude Bellegarde was born in Paris in 1927. He studied drawing and sculpture at a private studio and then began to work independently. During the 1940s following the war Bellegarde became acquainted with the spiritualist Lanza del Vasto, a disciple of Gandhi, and studied the liberal philosophy of Krisnamurti.
He first painted figurative pictures, followed by works of tachism* akin to Rorschach tests and then expressionistic* abstract paintings. His first solo show was held at the Centre Saint-Jacques, Paris, 1952.
Between 1953 and 1957, Bellegarde produced his first major body of work known as Achromaticism (White Period), a series of textured monochrome* abstract works. During throgallery.com...But wait, there's more...
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