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Sergio Brignoni BIOGRAPHY
1903 Chiasso, Switzerland - 2002 Bern, Switzerland. Known for: Surrealist printmaking, painting and sculpture.
Serge Brignoni was born in Chiasso, Switzerland in 1913. His family moved to Berne in 1907 where he eventually studied with Victor Surbek. He continued his studies in Berlin between 1922 and 1923 and... Read full biography
Serge Brignoni was born in Chiasso, Switzerland in 1913. His family moved to Berne in 1907 where he eventually studied with Victor Surbek. He continued his studies in Berlin between 1922 and 1923 and in Paris with Andre Lhote. His first solo exhibition was held in 1926. Brignoni was a friend of... Read full biography
Serge Brignoni was born in Chiasso, Switzerland in 1913. His family moved to Berne in 1907 where he eventually studied with Victor Surbek. He continued his studies in Berlin between 1922 and 1923 and in Paris with Andre Lhote. His first solo exhibition was held in 1926. Brignoni was a friend of Stanley William Hayter, Wolfgang Paalen and Alberto Giacometti and worked at Atelier 17* in Paris through the 1930s. Brignoni contributed both paintings and prints to a number of Surrealist* exhibitions... Read full biography
Serge Brignoni was born in Chiasso, Switzerland in 1913. His family moved to Berne in 1907 where he eventually studied with Victor Surbek. He continued his studies in Berlin between 1922 and 1923 and in Paris with Andre Lhote. His first solo exhibition was held in 1926. Brignoni was a friend of Stanley William Hayter, Wolfgang Paalen and Alberto Giacometti and worked at Atelier 17* in Paris through the 1930s. Brignoni contributed both paintings and prints to a number of Surrealist* exhibitions but was best known as a sculptor. He experimented with lyrical cubism* and romantic expressionism* before finding his artistic home with the surrealists, and at an early age his works were included in international surrealist exhibitions in leading... Read full biography
Serge Brignoni was born in Chiasso, Switzerland in 1913. His family moved to Berne in 1907 where he eventually studied with Victor Surbek. He continued his studies in Berlin between 1922 and 1923 and in Paris with Andre Lhote. His first solo exhibition was held in 1926. Brignoni was a friend of Stanley William Hayter, Wolfgang Paalen and Alberto Giacometti and worked at Atelier 17* in Paris through the 1930s. Brignoni contributed both paintings and prints to a number of Surrealist* exhibitions but was best known as a sculptor. He experimented with lyrical cubism* and romantic expressionism* before finding his artistic home with the surrealists, and at an early age his works were included in international surrealist exhibitions in leading European capitals as well as the United States. Brignoni always said nature inspired him, adding that his art... Read full biography
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Serge Brignoni was born in Chiasso, Switzerland in 1913. His family moved to Berne in 1907 where he eventually studied with Victor Surbek. He continued his studies in Berlin between 1922 and 1923 and in Paris with Andre Lhote.
His first solo exhibition was held in 1926. Brignoni was a friend of Stanley William Hayter, Wolfgang Paalen and Alberto Giacometti and worked at Atelier 17* in Paris through the 1930s. Brignoni contributed both paintings and prints to a number of Surrealist* exhibitions but was best known as a sculptor.
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