Biography from Chemers Gallery:
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 Born in Tours, France in 1925, the abstract artist James Coignard studied at the Ecole des Arts Dècoratifs in Nice, and later apprenticed under the well-known painter Marchand des Raux.
Exhibitions and Museums:
British Museum, London;
Dublin Museum, Dublin;
Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe;
Phoenix Art Museum;
Musee d'Art Moderne, San Francisco;
Israel Museum, Jerusalem;
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris;
Gallery Goetz, Stuttgart;
International Art Fairs, Basel, Chicago, New York;
Flamingo Grafik, Falkenberg
Gallerie L'Obsidienne, Paris.
"The painter is, like everybody, witness of his time...
I focus in my paintings on the anguishes and agressions of mankind by my gesture of anger, dynamism and also of hope."
James Coignard, 1995.
A resident of of Antibes, James Coignard died on March 8, 2008 in Cannes, France.
Sources include:
Obituary, Le Mardi, March 11, 2008
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Studied:
Ecole des Arts DEcoratifs in Nice
Under painter Marchand des Raux |
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