Artist: Pierre Alechinsky (1927 - )
Nationality: Belgian
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
Belgian artist, Pierre Alechinsky worked mainly France in an array of mediums, including painting, printmaking, drawing, and filmmaking. He joined the Jeune Peinture Belge in 1947 and two years later, joined the Cobra group. In 1952, he left the group to move to Paris and study under S.W. Hayter. He also traveled extensively across Europe, the Far East, the United States, and Mexico. His paintings are done in an abstract manner and are reminiscent of the work of Ensor.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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Pierre Alechinsky To Day Red Hot, Too Hot color lithograph 1964
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Pierre Alechinsky Untitled color lithograph 1981
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Pierre Alechinsky untitled, plate on pp. 80-81 in the book, 1¢ Life ([Bern: E. W. Kornfeld, 1964]) color lithograph 1964
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Pierre Alechinsky untitled, plate on p. 134 in the book, 1¢ Life ([Bern: E. W. Kornfeld, 1964]) color lithograph 1964
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Pierre Alechinsky untitled, plate on p. 148 in the book, 1¢ Life ([Bern: E. W. Kornfeld, 1964]) color lithograph 1964
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Pierre Alechinsky untitled, plate on p. 23 in the book, 1¢ Life ([Bern: E. W. Kornfeld, 1964]) color lithograph 1964
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Pierre Alechinsky untitled, plate on p. 149 in the book, 1¢ Life ([Bern: E. W. Kornfeld, 1964]) color lithograph 1964
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Pierre Alechinsky untitled, plate on p. 61 in the book, 1¢ Life ([Bern: E. W. Kornfeld, 1964]) color lithograph 1964
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Pierre Alechinsky - Untitled c. 1968 watercolor and brush Hirshhorn Museum Belgian
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Pierre Alechinsky - Haute Surveillance 1986 acrylic and paper mo The Detroit Institute of Art Belgian
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Pierre Alechinsky - Prenez La Porte 1960 oil on canvas Hirshhorn Museum Belgian
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Pierre Vallet Portrait of Pierre Vallet, (Self-Portrait) etching 1608
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Pierre-FranÁois Basan Le Reniement de St. Pierre 18th century
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Clement Pierre Marillier Elle prit une grosse pierre entre ses paltes,... engraving 18th - 19th century
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Pierre Drevet Pierre Pallot Parisien Historiogr du Roy et Genealog du Duche de Bourgogne Engraving 1698
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Eugene Atget - Cour 12 Rue Pierre du Lard 1900 Gelatin Silver print Birmingham Museum of Art French
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Pierre Aveline le jeune Bacchus and Ariadne, prob. after His Father Pierre Aveline le vieux. engraving 17th - 18th century
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Claude Duflos and/or Claude-Augustin-Pierre Duflos Portrait of C.-M. LeTellier, Archbishop of Rheims Engraving 1705
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Jean-August-Dominique Ingres - Portrait of Pierre-Francois Bernier 1800 oil on paper mounted Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester French
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John Singer Sargent - Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau) 1883-84 oil on canvas The Metropolitan Museum of Art American
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Pierre-Imbert Drevet Portrait of Rene Pucelle Engraving 1739
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Pierre Simon le vieux Portrait Engraving 1687
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Louis Cossin Portrait of Louis Roupert, after the painting by Pierre Rabon engraving 1668
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Pierre-Imbert Drevet Tali se Dea Jactat Alumno 17th - 18th century
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Clement Pierre Marillier Cadige, ma fille, vous n'etes encore qu'un Enfant,... engraving 18th - 19th century
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Pierre-Imbert Drevet Portrait of Adrienne le Couvreur Engraving 17th - 18th century
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Pierre-Imbert Drevet Portrait of Jacques-Benigne Bossuet, Bishop of Meaux, etc. Engraving 1723
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Claude Drevet Portrait of F. Pierre Calvairac, Abbot of Pontigny Engraving 18th century
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Francois Eduard Picot - Portrait of Nicholas-Pierre Tiolier c. 1817 c. 1817 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum French
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Pierre Simon le vieux Prince Louis de Bourbon Engraving 1678
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Auguste Rodin - Nude Study for The Burghers of Calais: Pierre de Wiessant 1885-86 bronze Des Moines Art Center French
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Claude Duflos and/or Claude-Augustin-Pierre Duflos For God so loved the world engraving 17th - 18th century
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Claude Duflos and/or Claude-Augustin-Pierre Duflos St. Michel Engraving 17th - 18th century
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Pierre Louis Dagoty Compote porcelain circa 1812
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Jean Le Pautre and Pierre Le Pautre [Statue] 17th century
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Pierre Alexandre Wille Profile of a Man red chalk 1769
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Claude Duflos and/or Claude-Augustin-Pierre Duflos La mere qui intercede Engraving 17th - 18th century
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Claude Duflos and/or Claude-Augustin-Pierre Duflos Les premiers pas de l'enfance Engraving 17th - 18th century
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Pierre Philippe Chaffard Vignette engraving 1772
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Pierre Philippe Chaffard Vignette engraving 1772
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Pierre Philippe Chaffard Vignette engraving 1772
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Claude Duflos and/or Claude-Augustin-Pierre Duflos Portrait of Sebastien LeClerc Engraving 17th - 18th century
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Claude Duflos and/or Claude-Augustin-Pierre Duflos One of Five portraits of Roman emperors and empresses Engravings 17th - 18th century
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Claude Duflos and/or Claude-Augustin-Pierre Duflos One of Five portraits of Roman emperors and empresses Engravings 17th - 18th century
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Claude Duflos and/or Claude-Augustin-Pierre Duflos One of Five portraits of Roman emperors and empresses Engravings 17th - 18th century
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Claude Duflos and/or Claude-Augustin-Pierre Duflos One of Five portraits of Roman emperors and empresses Engravings 17th - 18th century
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Claude Duflos and/or Claude-Augustin-Pierre Duflos One of Five portraits of Roman emperors and empresses Engravings 17th - 18th century
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Claude Duflos and/or Claude-Augustin-Pierre Duflos One of Five portraits of Roman emperors and empresses Engravings 17th - 18th century
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Claude Duflos and/or Claude-Augustin-Pierre Duflos One of Five portraits of Roman emperors and empresses Engravings 17th - 18th century
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Jean-Pierre Ledoux Ten - Sided bowl porcelain and ormolu 1754
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Pierre-Antoine Patel The Month of October oil on canvas 1699
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Pierre Filloeul Dame prenant son the ET 18th century
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Pierre Lanflois Snuff box with hunting scene silver 1736 - 1737
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Jean Le Pautre and Pierre Le Pautre Landscape with a decorative border 17th century
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Jean Le Pautre and Pierre Le Pautre Mort d'Alexandre Engraving 17th century
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Jean Le Pautre and Pierre Le Pautre Flight into Egypt Engraving 17th century
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Clement Pierre Marillier Traitre, defends ta vie - one from set of 86 engravings engraving 1786
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Pierre Salvy FrÈd TeyssonniËres La Tricoteuse etching 19th century
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Multiple Artists Dictionnaire des graveursäby Pierre-FranÁois Basan (Paris: the authorä, 1789), vol. 2 book with engravingsby various artists 1789
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Multiple Artists Dictionnaire des graveursäby Pierre-FranÁois Basan (Paris: the authorä, 1789), vol. 1 book with engravingsby various artists 1789
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Claude Duflos and/or Claude-Augustin-Pierre Duflos Portrait of Charles de la Porte, Duc de Meilleraye Engraving 17th - 18th century
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Artist: Pierre Bonnard Title: Child in Lamplight Date: about 1897 Medium: color lithograph Dimensions: n/a
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Multiple Artists Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemandsä (Paris: the author [and] Amsterdam: Pierre Fouquet, 1792), vol. 1 book with engravings 1792
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Pierre Gaultier Burban 18th century
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Pierre Gaultier Leridan 18th century
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Pierre Gaultier Joyau 18th century
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I. Audran Pierre Paul Rubens, (after van Dyck) engraving 1710
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Pierre Louis Dagoty Compote (one of two - 1945.411-412) porcelain circa 1812
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Jean Le Pautre and Pierre Le Pautre Ball for the birth of the Duc de Bourgoyne Etching 17th century
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Jean Le Pautre and Pierre Le Pautre Le Trosne de la Piete (dedie au sacre du roy) 17th century
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The Storm, 1880 Pierre-Auguste Cot (French, 1837-1883)Oil on canvas; 92 1/4 x 61 3/4 in.
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Jean Le Pautre and Pierre Le Pautre One of Eight landscapes with fine buildings Engraving 17th century
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Jean Le Pautre and Pierre Le Pautre One of Eight landscapes with fine buildings Engraving 17th century
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Jean Le Pautre and Pierre Le Pautre One of Eight landscapes with fine buildings Engraving 17th century
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Jean Le Pautre and Pierre Le Pautre One of Eight landscapes with fine buildings Engraving 17th century
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Jean Le Pautre and Pierre Le Pautre One of Eight landscapes with fine buildings Engraving 17th century
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Jean Le Pautre and Pierre Le Pautre One of Eight landscapes with fine buildings Engraving 17th century
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Jean Le Pautre and Pierre Le Pautre One of Eight landscapes with fine buildings Engraving 17th century
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Jean Le Pautre and Pierre Le Pautre One of Eight landscapes with fine buildings Engraving 17th century
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Jean Le Pautre and Pierre Le Pautre One of Eight landscapes with fine buildings Engraving 17th century
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Gérard de Vesme, 177(3?) Pierre Pasquier (French, 1731-1806)Enamel; Oval, 2 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.
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Pierre Gusman Entree du jardin de Pomone woodcut 19th - 20th century
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Clement Pierre Marillier Testament du Roi Hourschenk engraving 18th - 19th century
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Jean Dubuffet La Pierre (Antilope) Lithograph in four colors 1962
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Comedy Pierre Charles Trémolières (French, 1703-1739)Oil on canvas; 18 3/4 x 23 1/2 in. (47.6
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Claude Duflos and/or Claude-Augustin-Pierre Duflos The Founding of the Hotel Royale des Invalides Engraving-etching 17th - 18th century
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Pierre Gabriel Langlois Vertot 18th - 19th century
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Pierre-Joseph RedoutÈ Broom gray wash & watercolor 1786
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Paul Delaroche Pierre le Grand oil on canvas 18th - 19th century
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Pierre Soulages Composition IV Color etching and aquatint 1957
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Pierre Etienne Moitte La Paresseuse 18th century
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Jean Le Pautre and Pierre Le Pautre Anicetus killing Agrippina Etching and engraving 17th century
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Pierre Courtin Petit Jour Etching-engraving 1963
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Pierre Courtin Cercle Vicieux Etching-engraving 1962
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Pierre Raymond Jacques Monvoisin Eucharis Et TÈlÈmaque...fifty fifth plate in the book... Galerie lithographiÈe de son Altesse royale Monseigneur le Duc d* OrlÈans (Paris: Bureau de la Galerie ä [1830?]), vol. 1 Lithograph 18th -
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Claude Duflos and/or Claude-Augustin-Pierre Duflos Portrait of Denis Thierry, judge of the "Tribunal consulaire" of Paris Engraving 1711
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Multiple Artists Dictionnaire des graveurs by Pierre-FranÁois Basan and H.L. Basan (Paris: J. J. Blaise, 1809), vol. 1 book with 33 engravings by various artists 1809
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Multiple Artists Dictionnaire des graveurs by Pierre-FranÁois Basan and H.L. Basan (Paris: J. J. Blaise, 1809), vol. 2 book with 30 engravings by various artists 1809
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Pierre Gaultier Louis Ducorps 18th century
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Pierre-Gustave Girardon Passage de Provence 19th century

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Jack Rutberg Fine Arts: Pierre Alechinsky
Born in 1927, Pierre Alechinsky was a founder of the European expressionist movement - CoBrA. Although the CoBrA movement officially lasted through 1948 -1951, its impact was considerable as it included many of Europe s leading painters, writers, poe...
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Art at Midcentury: Spotlight on the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The exhibition opens with art by European and Latin American artists such as Max Ernst and Matta, whose work was to play a defining role in shaping the New Yor...
Irish Museum of Modern Art: Cobra: Copenhagen Brussels Amsterdam
The name Cobra was coined in 1948 by the Belgian poet Christian Dotremont from the three cities where the main participants lived: Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam. Explosively expressive, with an emphasis on myth and the untutored art of child...
Palazzo Ducale: Arti and Architettura: 1900 - 2000
A utopian adventure, encroaching sometimes into “archisculpture”, whose protagonists – artists and architects from Kazimir Malevich to Vladmir Tatlin, from Antonio Sant'Elia to Giuseppe Terragni, from Ludwig Mies van der Rohe to Piet Mondrian, f...

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