Jean Fautrier - De Primi Fine Art

- Selected Works

- Biography

Jean Fautrier (Paris, May 16, 1898 – July 21, 1964).

At the age of ten years, with his mother, he moved to London where he enrolled at the Royal Academy and later at the Slade School of Art. At the Tate Gallery Fautrier discovers Turner’s paintings, which influence him deeply.
He exhibits and sells his works when he’s still young. At only 16 years Fautrier is called to war with the French troops but in 1921 he left the army due to health problems and takes up painting.He exhibited several times until the beginning of the Second World War during which, again, is committed to the resistance against the Germans. In 1943 he was arrested for a short period.
After this painful episode depicts one of the most famous courses, the Otages (hostages) that exposes by Drouin in 1945. His works do not meet with great success since they remember the hard times of war. Fautrier dedicate himself to the illustration of books for Gallimard (with whom he had already worked together before) and production of graphic works.
In 1955 he exhibited Les Objects at the Galerie Rive Droite of Paris and get a better success than ten years before.
From that moment, the work of Fautrier, thanks to the spread of Informal, get great awards and exhibitions are multiplying.

- Exhibitions

2017
Jean Fautrier. Texture and Light - Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris
2014
Jean Fautrier - NMAO National Museum of Art Osaka, Osaka
Jean Fautrier - Tokyo Station Gallery, Tokyo
2013
Jean Fautrier - Galerie Haas AG, Zurich
2006
Jean Fautrier - Dessins des années 40 - Galerie Di Meo, Paris
Jean Fautrier - Galerie Karsten Greve - Paris, Paris
2004
Jean Fautrier - Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny
2003
Jean Fautrier - Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
Jean Fautrier: 1898–1964 - Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery - Columbia University, New York City, NY
2002
Jean Fautrier - 1898-1964 - Haggerty Museum of Art - Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
Jean Fautrier - Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
2001
JEAN FAUTRIER - Akte - 36 Zeichnungen und eine Skulptur - Michael Werner Kunsthandel, Cologne
Jean Fautrier: Nudes - Michael Werner Gallery - New York, New York City, NY
2000
Jean Fautrier - Early Paintings - Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen
1999
Jean Fautrier - 1898-1964 - Das graphische Werk - Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Cologne
1998
Jean Fautrier - 100 years - Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Jean Fautrier - Villa Wessel, Iserlohn
Jean Fautrier - Die Abenteuer des Körpers - Stadtmuseum Siegburg, Siegburg
Jean Fautrier omaggio per il centenario della nascita - Galleria Seno, Milan
Jean Fautrier: Black Nudes and Other Early Works - Michael Werner Gallery - New York, New York City, NY
1997
Jean Fautrier - Galerie 1900-2000, Paris
1990
Jean Fautrier - Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden
1986
Jean Fautrier. Werke 1925-1935 - Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich
1985
Fautrier - Musée des Beaux-Arts et de la Dentelle, Calais
1983
Jean Fautrier - Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo
1980
Jean Fautrier - Gemälde, Skulpturen u. Handzeichnungen - Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Cologne
1974
Jean Fautrier - Akira Ikeda - Nagoya, Nagoya
1973
Jean Fautrier - Galerie Schmela, Dusseldorf
Jean Fautrier - Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg
1970
Jean Fautrier. oils, gouaches, drawings, sculpture - Staempfli Gallery, New York City, NY
1967
Jean Fautrier - Galería René Metras, Barcelona
1965
Jean Fautrier - Galerie Schmela, Dusseldorf
1963
Jean Fautrier. Målningar 1921–1963 - Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Jean Fautrier - Galleria L'Attico, Rome
1961
Jean Fautrier - Galerie Schmela, Dusseldorf
1959
Jean Fautrier: paintings, gouaches, drawings - Hanover Gallery, London
Jean Fautrier. Opere Dal 1928 A Oggi - Galleria L'Attico, Rome
1958
Jean Fautrier - Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
Fautrier 1928-1958 - Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Fautrier - Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg