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François Morellet (30 April 1926 – 10 May 2016) was a French contemporary abstract painter, sculptor, and light artist. His early work prefigured minimal art and conceptual art and he played a prominent role in the development of geometrical abstract art and post-conceptual art .
- 10 May 2016 (aged 90), Cholet, France
- François Charles Alexis Albert Morellet, 30 April 1926, Cholet, France
- Painter, sculptor, artist
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François Morellet (30 April 1926 – 10 May 2016) was a French contemporary abstract painter, sculptor, and light artist. His early work prefigured minimal art and conceptual art and he played a prominent role in the development of geometrical abstract art and post-conceptual art.
François Morellet (30 April 1926 – 10 May 2016) was a French contemporary painter, sculptor, and light artist. His early work prefigured minimal art and conceptual art, and he played a prominent role in the development of geometrical abstract art . After a short period of figurative/representational work, Morellet turned to abstraction in ...
- French
- Cholet, Maine-et-Loire, France
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Biography. François Morellet (1926 – 2016), a prolific self-taught painter, sculptor, and installation artist, developed a radical approach to geometric abstraction during a career spanning more than six decades. His object-based paintings, neon and architectural installations, and site-specific works explored the creative potential of ...
May 11, 2016 · François Morellet died on Wednesday, just a few days after his 90th birthday. Parisian gallerist Kamel Mennour confirmed the French artist’s passing to Le Monde. Morellet is known primarily as a major figure of geometric abstraction and Concrete Art, working across mediums including painting, sculpture, and light-based art.
François Morellet was a French Conceptual sculptor and light artist known for his intricate geometric forms and patterns. Born on April 30, 1925 in Cholet, France, Morellet initially made figurative paintings before turning to abstraction, painting a series of crisscrossing lines that formed squares, triangles, and other geometries.
2016. ) François Morellet (French, b.1926) is a painter, engraver, sculptor, and light artist associated with Minimalism and Conceptual Art, as well as geometrical abstract art. Born in Cholet, Morellet taught himself to paint while working for his father’s company. In 1950, he created his first abstract works, and held his first solo show ...
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