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Claude Gilli BIOGRAPHY
1938 Nice, France - 2015. Known for: Carved wood landscapes, painting, steel sculpture, new realism.
Claude Gilli was born in Nice France in 1938. He enterd the School of Decorative Arts in Nice in 1955. In 1957, he met Albert Chubac and his first exhibition was organized with him and Martial Raysse... Read full biography
Claude Gilli was born in Nice France in 1938. He enterd the School of Decorative Arts in Nice in 1955. In 1957, he met Albert Chubac and his first exhibition was organized with him and Martial Raysse ("Painters of twenty years" at the gallery Longchamp Nice). In the wake of Raysse, Gilli began to... Read full biography
Claude Gilli was born in Nice France in 1938. He enterd the School of Decorative Arts in Nice in 1955. In 1957, he met Albert Chubac and his first exhibition was organized with him and Martial Raysse ("Painters of twenty years" at the gallery Longchamp Nice). In the wake of Raysse, Gilli began to work at the School of Nice in the sixties. Abandoning the painting to assemblages of constructed objects, he produced - from 1961 - a long series of "Ex-votos”; first work in painted carved wood, this... Read full biography
Claude Gilli was born in Nice France in 1938. He enterd the School of Decorative Arts in Nice in 1955. In 1957, he met Albert Chubac and his first exhibition was organized with him and Martial Raysse ("Painters of twenty years" at the gallery Longchamp Nice). In the wake of Raysse, Gilli began to work at the School of Nice in the sixties. Abandoning the painting to assemblages of constructed objects, he produced - from 1961 - a long series of "Ex-votos”; first work in painted carved wood, this period marks the commitment of the artist to the adventure of creation. The following year, Gilli burned almost everything he had done before, making his commitment to establish a true starting point. Arman, Ben and Raysse allowed him to participate... Read full biography
Claude Gilli was born in Nice France in 1938. He enterd the School of Decorative Arts in Nice in 1955. In 1957, he met Albert Chubac and his first exhibition was organized with him and Martial Raysse ("Painters of twenty years" at the gallery Longchamp Nice). In the wake of Raysse, Gilli began to work at the School of Nice in the sixties. Abandoning the painting to assemblages of constructed objects, he produced - from 1961 - a long series of "Ex-votos”; first work in painted carved wood, this period marks the commitment of the artist to the adventure of creation. The following year, Gilli burned almost everything he had done before, making his commitment to establish a true starting point. Arman, Ben and Raysse allowed him to participate in his first Parisian exhibition (Gallery Henriette Legendre); he made the acquaintance of Robert Malaval. Gilli, in the early sixties,... Read full biography
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Claude Gilli was born in Nice France in 1938. He enterd the School of Decorative Arts in Nice in 1955. In 1957, he met Albert Chubac and his first exhibition was organized with him and Martial Raysse ("Painters of twenty years" at the gallery Longchamp Nice).
In the wake of Raysse, Gilli began to work at the School of Nice in the sixties. Abandoning the painting to assemblages of constructed objects, he produced - from 1961 - a long series of "Ex-votos”; first work in painted carved wood, this period marks the commitment of the artist to the adventure of creation. The following year, Gilli burned almost everything he had done before, making his commitment to establish a true starting point.
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