Pierre Alechinsky
Brussel, 1927Biography
Pierre Alechinsky studied book illustration, typography and printmaking at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture et des Arts Decoratifs in Brussel from 1944 to 1948. In 1947 he became a member of the Jeune Peinture Belge group and mounted his first solo exhibition in Brussels. In 1949 he met Christian Dotremont and joined the CoBrA movement.
Together with the sculptors Olivier Strebelle and Reinhoud, Alechinsky was a driving force behind Les ateliers du Marais, the meeting place for many CoBrA artists. Alongside Dotremont, Alechinsky was the lynchpin of CoBrA’s Belgian branch, organising the group’s final joint exhibition in Liège. Alechinsky threw himself with such enthusiasm into the task of organising the movement and editing its newsletter that he hardly had time for his own work, and for this reason he did not really begin to develop as an artist until after the CoBrA period. After the group fell apart in the early Fifties, he settled in Paris.
In 1955 Alechinksy travelled to Japan to study Japanese calligraphy. During the Sixties his work was particularly influenced by Eastern calligraphy. In 1965, during an extended stay in the United States, Alechinsky began to use acrylic paints, a medium that enabled him to forge his “graffiti” of lines, symbols, circles, texts and fabulous creatures into a united whole.
From the Sixties onwards Alechinsky increasingly collaborated with other artists. Publications appeared with poetic texts by various authors, which he illustrated with mythical animals. In the 21st century Pierre Alechinsky is as active as ever.
Works
A Deux Pinceaux (avec Karel Appel)
aquatint, etching
1978
61 x 81 cm
Edition 75
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Papier Traites
lithograph
1978
67 x 52 cm
Edition 99
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Arrondissement 15
lithograph
1983
32 x 48 cm
Edition 99
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Arrondissement 19
lithograph
1983
32 x 48 cm
Edition 99
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La Jardinière
lithograph
1988
36 x 26 cm
Edition 90
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Flora Damica
lithograph, etching
1991
40 x 28 cm
Edition 125
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Louisiana
lithograph
1969
82 x 60 cm
Edition 300
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Flagrant II
etching
2004
35 x 27 cm
Edition 75
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Flagrant III
etching
2004
35 x 27 cm
Edition 75
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Gravure en Puisaye
etching
1997
36 x 28 cm
Edition 80
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Flying Objects
lithograph
1977
65 x 48 cm
Edition EA
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Flying Objects
lithograph
1977
65 x 48 cm
Edition 100
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Galactic Flying Objects
lithograph
1977
65 x 48 cm
Edition 100
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Ou êtes vous?
aquatint, etching
1988
90 x 185 cm
Edition HC 6/20
Price on request
Flagrant I
etching
2004
35 x 27 cm
Edition 75
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Out of the Woods
lithograph
1977
65 x 48 cm
Edition 100
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Papier Traites
lithograph
1978
76 x 52 cm
Edition 99
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Papier Traites
lithograph
1978
67 x 50 cm
Edition 99
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Troll
lithograph, etching
1991
86 x 52 cm
Edition 99
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A Bras le Corps
etching and aquatint
1995
65 x 50 cm
Edition 99
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Chute Libre
etching and aquatint
1977
95 x 60 cm
Edition 60
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Sur l’Honneur
oil on canvas
1989
61 x 51 cm
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Le Gris Nord
oil on canvas
1959
116 x 73 cm
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Pour Malcolm Lowry
aquatint, etching
1969
50 x 65 cm
Edition 150
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Les Inondés
oil on canvas
1959
97 x 130 cm
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Tiens
lithograph, etching
2007
29 x 23 cm
Edition 99
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Coquilles
etching
2013
31 x 22 cm
Edition 60
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Serpent
lithograph
1977
29 x 19 cm
Edition 125
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Ermite
etching
1993
22 x 16 cm
Edition F/O
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Dedalus
etching
2005
38 x 29 cm
Edition D/J
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Le Cachet Faisant Foi
etching
2013
57 x 38 cm
Edition 60
Le Test du Titre
aquatint, etching
1966
48 x 59 cm
Edition 54
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Cobra
etching
2000
35 x 28 cm
Price on request
Joyeuses Affiches
etching
2003
35 x 27 cm
Price on request
Couple de Habitués
oil on canvas
1960
54 x 80 cm
Price on request
Lampe Baladeuse
marouflé
1980
65 x 103 cm
Price on request
Trois
etching
1988
65 x 47 cm
Edition 125
Price on request
