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1928 Nice, France - 2005 New York City. Known for: Happenings, assemblage, abstraction.
Armand Pierre Arman, whose birth name was Armand Fernandez, and who goes by the single name of Arman, was born in Nice, France in 1928. His father, an antique dealer and weekend painter, had moved... Read full biography
Armand Pierre Arman, whose birth name was Armand Fernandez, and who goes by the single name of Arman, was born in Nice, France in 1928. His father, an antique dealer and weekend painter, had moved the family from Algeria to southern France. Best known for his 'assemblages' created from found... Read full biography
Armand Pierre Arman, whose birth name was Armand Fernandez, and who goes by the single name of Arman, was born in Nice, France in 1928. His father, an antique dealer and weekend painter, had moved the family from Algeria to southern France. Best known for his 'assemblages' created from found objects, Arman divided his time between France and the United States. His first exposure to painting was through his father, who gave him art lessons. In 1946, he began his painting study at the Ecole... Read full biography
Armand Pierre Arman, whose birth name was Armand Fernandez, and who goes by the single name of Arman, was born in Nice, France in 1928. His father, an antique dealer and weekend painter, had moved the family from Algeria to southern France. Best known for his 'assemblages' created from found objects, Arman divided his time between France and the United States. His first exposure to painting was through his father, who gave him art lessons. In 1946, he began his painting study at the Ecole Nationale d'Art Decoratif in Nice, where he also earned degrees in mathematics and philosophy. There he met artists Claude Pascal and Yves Klein, and together they hitchhiked across Europe. He completed his studies in Nice in 1949, and went on to the... Read full biography
Armand Pierre Arman, whose birth name was Armand Fernandez, and who goes by the single name of Arman, was born in Nice, France in 1928. His father, an antique dealer and weekend painter, had moved the family from Algeria to southern France. Best known for his 'assemblages' created from found objects, Arman divided his time between France and the United States. His first exposure to painting was through his father, who gave him art lessons. In 1946, he began his painting study at the Ecole Nationale d'Art Decoratif in Nice, where he also earned degrees in mathematics and philosophy. There he met artists Claude Pascal and Yves Klein, and together they hitchhiked across Europe. He completed his studies in Nice in 1949, and went on to the Ecole du Louvre, studying oriental art and archaeology. Some of his first works were in Abstract and Surrealist styles. A... Read full biography
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Keywords (47)
Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Conceptual
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Aluminum/Aluminium
- •Assemblage
- •Brass
- •Bronze
- •Cardboard
- •Casein
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Fiberglass
- •Found Objects, Junk, Recycles
- •Gold
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Iron, Cast Iron
- •Marble
- •Metal, Metalwork, Metal Plates, Metal Point
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Painting on Glass, Glass Design, Studio Glass Art
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Plastics
- •Plexiglas
- •Resin
- •Steel, Stainless Steel
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Wire
- •Wood for carving, sculpture, and/or surface
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Nouveau Realisme
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Statue of Liberty
- •Statue Sculpture
- •Torsos
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Public Art in Washington DC
- •Richard Weisman Collection
Added Description
- •Abstract Sculpture Specialty
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York