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1909 Warsaw, Poland - 1994 Nice, France. Known for: Surrealist, still life, figure, landscape painting.
Georges Spiro was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1909 and moved to Nice, France in 1942. By the end of WWII, Spiro signed up with the French Army and later became a French citizen. In 1946, after his wife... Read full biography
Georges Spiro was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1909 and moved to Nice, France in 1942. By the end of WWII, Spiro signed up with the French Army and later became a French citizen. In 1946, after his wife died in a concentration camp, Spiro exhibited a dozen of his works in London, England. This... Read full biography
Georges Spiro was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1909 and moved to Nice, France in 1942. By the end of WWII, Spiro signed up with the French Army and later became a French citizen. In 1946, after his wife died in a concentration camp, Spiro exhibited a dozen of his works in London, England. This successful show prompted Spiro to devote his life to art-making. In 1948, he exhibited in France for the first time where he received the ‘Young Artist Award’. He later showed in Bern, Germany and Cannes,... Read full biography
Georges Spiro was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1909 and moved to Nice, France in 1942. By the end of WWII, Spiro signed up with the French Army and later became a French citizen. In 1946, after his wife died in a concentration camp, Spiro exhibited a dozen of his works in London, England. This successful show prompted Spiro to devote his life to art-making. In 1948, he exhibited in France for the first time where he received the ‘Young Artist Award’. He later showed in Bern, Germany and Cannes, France before traveling to the United States to exhibit art in 1950. Spiro’s wonderfully dream-like imagery belies strong surrealist influences. The self-taught painter was fond of delivery his viewers to fantastical, other-worldly settings. Spiro died... Read full biography
Georges Spiro was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1909 and moved to Nice, France in 1942. By the end of WWII, Spiro signed up with the French Army and later became a French citizen. In 1946, after his wife died in a concentration camp, Spiro exhibited a dozen of his works in London, England. This successful show prompted Spiro to devote his life to art-making. In 1948, he exhibited in France for the first time where he received the ‘Young Artist Award’. He later showed in Bern, Germany and Cannes, France before traveling to the United States to exhibit art in 1950. Spiro’s wonderfully dream-like imagery belies strong surrealist influences. The self-taught painter was fond of delivery his viewers to fantastical, other-worldly settings. Spiro died in 1994. Source:. Website of Arnot Gallery, June 2019... Read full biography
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Georges Spiro was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1909 and moved to Nice, France in 1942. By the end of WWII, Spiro signed up with the French Army and later became a French citizen.
In 1946, after his wife died in a concentration camp, Spiro exhibited a dozen of his works in London, England. This successful show prompted Spiro to devote his life to art-making.
In 1948, he exhibited in France for the first time where he received the ‘Young Artist Award’. He later showed in Bern, Germany and Cannes, France before traveling to the United States to exhibit art in 1950.
Spiro’s wonderfully dream-like imagery belies strong surrealist influences. The self-taught painter was fond of delivery his viewers to fantastical, other-worldly settings.
Spiro died in 1994.
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Website of Arnot Gallery, June 2019Biography from Dom Aukcyjny Ostoya
Georges Spiro was born in 1909 in Warsaw, Poland. He was a self-taught painter and one of the surrealists. He grew up with his uncle who lived in Vienna. In 1942, he and his family moved to France and settled in Nice, where he made a living from making toys, and in his free time he dealt with painting. He never studied painting. At the end of the war, Spiro was admitted to the French army. After the war he went to England. In London, he exhibited his works at the L'Arcade Gallery. In 1948 he returned to France and for the first time exhibited his works in Paris at the exhibition of young artists, receiving an award. Then he decided to do only painting. His paintings, kept in the convention of surrealism, were exhibited in many painting salons and found in the collections of many museums and private collections.Biography from Desa Unicum
Georges Spiro, born in 1909 in Warsaw, was a Swiss painter known for his surrealist paintings. He grew up in Vienna and later moved to France during World War II, settling in Nice. After the war, he searched for his brother in London and exhibited his works at L'Arcade Gallery. Spiro returned to France in 1948 and had his first exhibition in Paris, where he received recognition and awards for his art. His paintings have been featured in various salons and are part of museum and private collections. Georges Spiro passed away in 1994 in Nice.