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Jean-Michel Atlan Art

French, 1913-1960
Jean Michel Atlan was born in Constantine (Algeria) in 1913. After his studies in Constantine, he came to Paris in 1930 to prepare a bachelor’s degree in philosophy at the Sorbonne. He prepared the courses, while teaching in various provincial schools until 1940. He was dismissed by the Vichy government and moved to Paris. He wrote poems of a surreal nature, not yet painted. He then content himself sometimes to illustrate his poetry with simple drawings. Atlan began painting in 1941, in the middle of the war. His first works were expressionist. He contacted the Resistance and was arrested by the Germans; interned at Sainte-Anne, he simulated madness, which allowed him to «get out». After the long-awaited liberation, in 1944 Atlan participated in his first exhibitions, collective and individual. This date will be the starting point for many other exhibitions. From 1945, Atlan created abstract and fantastic figurative animal forms influenced by the high primitivism of the Cobra group and participated in its exhibitions. Around 1956, Jean-Michel Atlan’s style was strengthened. Very marked black winding lines surround fields with pastel tones reminiscent of organic and plant associations and whose theme is combat and fantasy resulting from a vision of the agnostic and biologistic world. Atlan’s artistic breakthrough in 1956 was due to a poster that the artist designed for the exhibition of the new "Ecole de Paris" in the Charpentier gallery and for an exhibition in the Bing gallery in Paris. In the 1950s, Atlan, considered one of the most important representatives of the "New School of Paris", enjoyed strong recognition in France as in Japan, but also in England and the USA. The artist died of cancer in Paris in 1960. It has already been paid tribute to Jean-Michel Atlan in 1963 by a retrospective at the National Museum of Modern Art. It leaves about 220 works to posterity among which one finds tapestries and illustrations.
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Sagittarius
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1959 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 10/100 Publisher : Éditions L'Oeuvre Gravé Printer : Jean Pons (Paris) Catalog : [Polieri 1751 p.610-611] 65.00 cm. x...
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1950s Abstract Jean-Michel Atlan Art

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Lithograph

Les Hespérides
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1957 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annoted HC Publisher : Le musée de Poche (Paris) Printer : Jean Pons (Paris) Catalog : Polieri, 1746 50.50 cm. x 66.00 cm. 19...
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1950s Abstract Jean-Michel Atlan Art

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Lithograph

East
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1957 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 87/100 Publisher : Editions le Musée de Poche, Paris Printer : Jean Pons Catalog : [Polieri 1747] 66.00 cm. x 50.00 c...
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1950s Abstract Jean-Michel Atlan Art

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Lithograph

Composition Original Drwaing Hand signed dated Unique piece
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Original mixed media on paper Pastel and color pencils Hand signed lower right Hand dated 1953 Unique piece
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1950s Abstract Jean-Michel Atlan Art

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Pastel, Color Pencil

JEAN MICHEL ATLAN - ABSTRACT - ORIGINAL DRAWING
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Original felt pens on paper Unique piece Hand signed and dated in 1957 Rare piece from the Master
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1950s Abstract Jean-Michel Atlan Art

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Felt Pen

Moonbird
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1954 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annotatd EA 7/7 Edition : 220 Publisher : Guilde de la Gravure (Paris et Genève) Printer : Mourlot (Paris) Catalog : Polieri 1...
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1950s Abstract Jean-Michel Atlan Art

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Lithograph

Jean-Michel Atlan - Kafka - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original lithograph by Jean-Michel Atlan For Description of a Struggle by Franz Kafka Paris, Maeght Publisher, 1946. Dimensions: 30.5 x 24.5 Edition: 300 on vellum Mourlot JEAN-MI...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Jean-Michel Atlan Art

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Lithograph

Jean-Michel Atlan - Kafka - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original lithograph by Jean-Michel Atlan For Description of a Struggle by Franz Kafka Paris, Maeght Publisher, 1946. Dimensions: 30.5 x 24.5 Edition: 300 on vellum Mourlot JEAN-MI...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Jean-Michel Atlan Art

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Lithograph

Jean-Michel Atlan - Kafka - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original lithograph by Jean-Michel Atlan For Description of a Struggle by Franz Kafka Paris, Maeght Publisher, 1946. Dimensions: 30.5 x 24.5 Edition: 300 on vellum Mourlot JEAN-MI...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Jean-Michel Atlan Art

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Lithograph

Jean-Michel Atlan - Kafka - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original lithograph by Jean-Michel Atlan For Description of a Struggle by Franz Kafka Paris, Maeght Publisher, 1946. Dimensions: 30.5 x 24.5 Edition: 300 ...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Jean-Michel Atlan Art

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Lithograph

Jean-Michel Atlan - Kafka - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original lithograph by Jean-Michel Atlan For Description of a Struggle by Franz Kafka Paris, Maeght Publisher, 1946. Dimensions: 30.5 x 24.5 Edition: 300 on vellum Mourlot JEAN-MI...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Jean-Michel Atlan Art

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Lithograph

Jean-Michel Atlan - Kafka - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original lithograph by Jean-Michel Atlan For Description of a Struggle by Franz Kafka Paris, Maeght Publisher, 1946. Dimensions: 30.5 x 24.5 Edition: 300 on vellum Mourlot JEAN-MI...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Jean-Michel Atlan Art

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Lithograph

Jean-Michel Atlan - Kafka - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original lithograph by Jean-Michel Atlan For Description of a Struggle by Franz Kafka Paris, Maeght Publisher, 1946. Dimensions: 30.5 x 24.5 Edition: 300 on vellum Mourlot JEAN-MI...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Jean-Michel Atlan Art

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Lithograph

Jean-Michel Atlan - Kafka - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original lithograph by Jean-Michel Atlan For Description of a Struggle by Franz Kafka Paris, Maeght Publisher, 1946. Dimensions: 30.5 x 24.5 Edition: 300 on vellum Mourlot JEAN-MI...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Jean-Michel Atlan Art

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Lithograph

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Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
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No title
Located in Paris, FR
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Located in Paris, FR
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Le Sagittaire
Located in Paris, FR
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Oiseau de Lune
Located in Paris, FR
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East
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1957 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 5/100 Publisher : Editions le Musée de Poche, Paris. Catalog : Polieri 1747 63.00 cm. x 50.00 cm. 24.8 in. x 19.69 i...
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East
H 24.81 in W 19.69 in
Le Simoun
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1957 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annotated "Epreuve artiste" Edition : 150 Publisher : L'oeuvre Gravé (Genève) 50.00 cm. x 65.00 cm. 19.69 in. x 25.59 in. (pa...
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Le Simoun
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1957 Edition : 97/150 Publisher : L'oeuvre Gravé (Genève) 50.50 cm. x 66.00 cm. 19.88 in. x 25.98 in. (paper) 40.00 cm. x 54.00 cm. 15.75 in. x 21.26 in. (image) Handsi...
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1950s Jean-Michel Atlan Art

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No title
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel Handsigned by the artist in pencil 32.00 cm. x 24.00 cm. 12.6 in. x 9.45 in. (image) Framed work : 55 x 45 cm LCD4932
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1950s Abstract Jean-Michel Atlan Art

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Pastel

No title
No title
H 12.6 in W 9.45 in
No title
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel, 1957 Handsigned by the artist in pencil Dedicated "à mon ami Borsi avec admiration" Catalog : Jacques Polieri n°1736 64.00 cm. x 45.00 cm. 25.2 in. x 17.72 in. (paper) Fram...
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No title
Located in Paris, FR
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Untitled
Located in Paris, FR
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