Jean Albert Gorin - Artist Info

About Jean Albert Gorin

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    Albert Jean Gorin (2 December 1899 – 29 March 1981) was a French neoplastic painter and constructivist sculptor*. He was a disciple of Piet Mondrian, and remained true to the concept of rigid geometricism and use of primary colors, but pushed the limits of neo-plasticism* by introducing circles and diagonals. He was known for his three-dimensional reliefs.

    Albert Jean Gorin was born on 2 December 1899 in Saint-Émilien-de-Blain, Loire-Atlantique. His father made shoes and his mother managed a small hotel with a restaurant. He attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Nantes in 1914–16. After the end of World War I (1914–18) he studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière* in Paris from 1919–22. He was influenced by Henri Matisse, Vincen...

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