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Olivier Debre Art

French, 1920-1999
From an early age, Olivier Debré began to paint, draw and sculpt. At the age of 14, he was naturally influenced by the impressionist landscapes of his grandfather, the painter Edouard Debat-Ponsan (1847-1913). In 1938, received at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, he joined the architecture studio run by his uncle and frequented that of Le Corbusier. In 1941, he meets Picasso who will have a decisive influence on him. He now seeks to express his emotion without going through the representation. The sign thus appears to him as the incarnation of emotion and thought. While being abstract, he considers that the sign does not mean anything other than reality. In 1949, he presented at Galerie Bing his first solo exhibition of colorful and expressive paintings. Around 1950, Olivier Debré favors matter and dull colors. Always carried by the idea of the sign as representation of the thought, he paints the series of "signs-characters". At the turn of the 1960s, Olivier Debré returned to the landscape and found his original way. the formats get longer, suggesting both a panoramic view of a limitless space and diving into a near-monochronic. He therefore describes his painting as a fervent abstraction because it symbolizes the emotion aroused by the contemplation of a landscape. During the 80s-90s, Olivier Debré benefited from several public commissions: the curtain-stage of the Comédie Française, the Hong Kong Opera, and the Shanghai Opera. In 1995, the National Gallery of the Jeu de Paume offers a retrospective of Olivier Debré, also presented in Europe and Latin America. He died in Paris on June 2nd, 1999.
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Artist: Olivier Debre
Signe paysage II
By Olivier Debre
Located in Columbia, MO
Lithograph Ed. EA Biography Olivier Debré is a French abstract painter born in Paris in 1920. He is one of the main representatives of lyrical abstraction, along with Hans Hartung, P...
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1990s Abstract Olivier Debre Art

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Lithograph

Signe paysage blue
By Olivier Debre
Located in Columbia, MO
Lithograph Olivier Debré is a French abstract painter born in Paris in 1920. He is one of the main representatives of lyrical abstraction, along with Hans Hartung, Pierre Soulages, ...
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1990s Abstract Olivier Debre Art

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Lithograph

Signe personnage
By Olivier Debre
Located in Columbia, MO
Etching Biography Olivier Debré is a French abstract painter born in Paris in 1920. He is one of the main representatives of lyrical abstraction, along with Hans Hartung, Pierre Soul...
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1990s Abstract Olivier Debre Art

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Grande signe personnage VI
By Olivier Debre
Located in Columbia, MO
Etching Biography Olivier Debré is a French abstract painter born in Paris in 1920. He is one of the main representatives of lyrical abstraction, along with Hans Hartung, Pierre Soul...
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1990s Abstract Olivier Debre Art

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Etching

Grande signe personnage IX
By Olivier Debre
Located in Columbia, MO
Etching Biography Olivier Debré is a French abstract painter born in Paris in 1920. He is one of the main representatives of lyrical abstraction, along with Hans Hartung, Pierre Soul...
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1990s Abstract Olivier Debre Art

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Etching

Signe paysage rouge
By Olivier Debre
Located in Columbia, MO
Etching Ed. EA Olivier Debré is a French abstract painter born in Paris in 1920. He is one of the main representatives of lyrical abstraction, along with Hans Hartung, Pierre Soulag...
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1990s Abstract Olivier Debre Art

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Accordeoniste
By Olivier Debre
Located in Columbia, MO
Etching Biography Olivier Debré is a French abstract painter born in Paris in 1920. He is one of the main representatives of lyrical abstraction, along with Hans Hartung, Pierre Soul...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Olivier Debre Art

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Untitled
H 35.44 in W 24.41 in
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Double signe-personnage
By Olivier Debre
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No title
By Olivier Debre
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annoted EA Dedicated to Jacques Maillet LCD3911
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1970s Abstract Olivier Debre Art

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Composition
By Olivier Debre
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1970 Edition : 50/80 76.00 cm. x 56.00 cm. 29.92 in. x 22.05 in. (image) Handsigned by the artist in pencil Ref : LCD2966
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H 29.93 in W 22.05 in
Compsition red green bleue and yellow
By Olivier Debre
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1995 Edition : /120 101.00 cm. x 74.00 cm. 39.76 in. x 29.13 in. (paper) Handsigned by the artist in pencil Ref : LCD1546
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1990s Abstract Olivier Debre Art

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