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19.10.1927 Born in Brussels (BE)
Belgian painter.
Co-Founder of the COBRA art movement with Appel, Jorn and Constant
1944 - 1948 studies book illustration and typography at the "Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'architecture et des Art Décoratifs"
1947 Journey through Marocco and Jugoslavia
1947 Becomes a member of the group "Jeune Peintre Belge"
1949 Becomes a founder-member of the COBRA - movemnet after meeting Christian Dotremont.
Travels to Denmark und Sweden.
Foundation of "Les Ateliers du Marais" in Brussels.
1951 Moves with his wife to Paris.
etchings - together with the artist Stanley-William Hayter in the studio 17, Paris
1955 Travels to Japan to study the art of calligraphy, and makes a film called "Calligraphie japonaise"
1956 first large-size inks on creased paper, wich is mount on canvas
be awarded at the "Kunstfilmfestival in Bergamo" for the film "Calligraphie japonaise"
1957 - 1960 studio in Sauvagemont, Belgium
1958 - 1972 member of the administration commitee: Salon de Mai, Paris
Paints large - size canvas.
1960 New York Hallmark-Price for the painting "Hommage à Ensor"
studio in La Bosse together with the sculptor Reinhoud
1961 First stay in New York, for the moment he paints in his chamber in the Chelsea hotel, later in the studio of the artist Walasse Ting
1963 Moves to Bougival near Paris
1964 Origin of his biggest oil-painting " Le Dernier jour".
Works on the film "Encre" with Appel and Ting
1965 Long stay in New York
Paints his first painting in acrylic "Central Park"
Travels to Mexico
Publication of "Titres et pains perdu", collection of text und illustration by Denoël, Paris
1966 Price at the "Triennale de la gravure en Belgique"
1967 first painting in acrylic with "predella"
He fits out his "Kupferstichkabinett" in Bougival, where Jéan Certé prints his graphics until 1983
1968 Is awarded with the Grand Prix Marzotto-Europe pour la Peinture, Valdagno, Italy
Book-objekt with Joyce Mansour
1970 Second Price at the "Festival international de peinture", Cagnes-sur-mer. He steps down of the administration-commitee "Salon de Mai". Works on a serie about the theme "Vulkan".
1971 Travels to Norwey. Luc de Heusch makes the film "Dotremont-les-logogrammes", after a story-board from Alechinsky.
1972 First Palimpsest (a central ink-painting with coloured marginals on written papers)
1975 The Louisiana Museum in Humlebaek fits out an Alechinsky-Room. He publishes his first book together with Pierre André Benoit " Entre le pouce et l´index".
1976 Is awarded with the Andrew W. Mellon - Price, Pittsburgh, for his oeuvre
1979 studio in New York
Travels to Mexico
1981 Origin of his biggest acrylic-painting "Le passé inaperçu"
1982 In collobaration with Hans Spinner the first ceramics originates in the Fondation Maeght
1983 - 1987 Professor at the "École nationale supèrieure des Beaux-Arts", Paris
1984 Is awarded with the "Grand Prix national des Arts et Lettre pour la Peinture", Paris
1988 Travel to China.
Is awarded with the Herbert-Boeckl Price, Salzburg
studio in Saint Rémy, Provence
1989 Starts again to paint oil-paintings. He publishes 60 small paintings with a text by the publishing house Daniel Lelong
1990 Publication of "Hoirie Cobra"
He is at the same time against the Cobra donation
1994 Is honored with the "Docteur Honoris Causa" at the "Freien Universität" Brussels
1995 Scetch for a belgian stamp
1996 Donation for the "Musée Réattu", Arles - together with Alberto Gironella
1998 Publication of illustrations - Fata Morgana Verlag
Works in public - space (Selection)
1976 Metro-Haltestelle Annessens, Brussels, Belgium, wallpainting, with Christian Dotremont
1984 Ministry of education, Paris, France, Salon (wall, ceiling, carpets)
Park of the University of Lüttich, wallpainting (varnished lava) in collaboration with the architect Claude Strebelle
1990 main foyer of the ministry of finance, Seine- bank, Bercy, France, painting
dining hall of Firma Lhoist, Ottiges Louvain-la-neuve, Belgium, wall decoration (varnished lava)
1991 Entrance of the library-museum PAB, Alés, object (varnished lava with calligraphy)
1992 Entrée of the french ministry of education, Rue Grenelle, Paris, (6 panels)
National Assembly, Paris, France, wall decoration with Jean Tardieu
1998 Entré des Théâtre de Belgique, Place de Martyrs, Brussels, wall decoration
Lives and works in Bougival near Paris (FR)
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from 15.5. Ganz schön ART-ig - LECKERBISSEN III
Fischerplatz Galerie, Ulm
until 17.8. I love JENISCH
Musée Jenisch, Vevey
until 8.6. Die aufregende Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts
Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Solo shows 26
2008 Pierre Alechinsky - Malerei - Steine - Grafik
Fischerplatz Galerie, Ulm
2007 Alechinsky from A to Y
Musée d´Art Moderne Bruxelles, Brussels
Pierre Alechinsky
The Faroe Islands Art Museum, Thorshavn
2006 Pierre Alechinsky
Galerie Lelong - Paris, Paris
Pierre Alechinsky
Galeri Nev - Ankara, Ankara
Alechinsky
Carl-Henning Pedersen og Else Alfelts Museum, Herning
2005 Alechinsky - 50 ans d’imprimerie
Centre de la Gravure et de lImage imprimée, La Louvière
Pierre Alechinsky - Werke aus fünf Jahrzehnten
Kunsthalle in Emden, Emden
Pierre Alechinsky - graphic work and books
France LeJeune Fine Art, Mechelen
La Suit Voirin - Pierre Alechinsky
Museum Kampa - The Jan and Meda Mládek Foundation, Prague
2004 Alechinsky
Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris
Pierre Alechinsky
Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna
2003 Alechinsky - 50 ans d’imprimerie
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Quebec City
Alechinsky - Peintures des années 2002 & 2003
Galerie Lelong - Zürich, Zurich
Pierre Alechinsky
Galerie Dittmar, Berlin
2002 Pierre Alechinsky - Neue Bilder
Baukunst Galerie, Cologne
2000 Das kleine Format
Galerie Marie-José van de Loo, Munich
Pierre Alechinsky
Galerie Biedermann, Munich
Pierre Alechinsky - Rétrospective
Museum Voor Moderne Kunst (PMMK), Oostende
Pierre Alechinsky
KUNSTKABINETT, Regensburg
Pierre Alechinsky - Bilder und Papierarbeiten
Galerie Gabriele von Loeper, Hamburg
Pierre Alechinsky - Neue Arbeiten
Baukunst Galerie, Cologne
Alechinsky - 50 ans d’imprimerie
Centre de la Gravure et de lImage imprimée, La Louvière
1999 Pierre Alechinsky - Le pinceau voyageu
Bawag Foundation, Vienna
Pierre Alechinsky
MMK Museum Moderner Kunst - Stiftung Wörlen, Passau
Pierre Alechinsky -Malerei, Zeichnung, Grafik, Buchgrafik-
Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna
Group shows 62
2008 The Hands of Art
SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent
2007 Homenaje a Picasso
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago
Works from the Colletion of Société Generale Paris
National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bucharest
Black & White
Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz
Cobra Reykjavík
National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik
Cobra et Cie à Echirolles (F)
Centre de la Gravure et de lImage imprimée, La Louvière
Drawing from History. Permanent Collection and Loans
ASUART - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Il segno, il colore, la forma
CAMeC - Centro de Arte Moderna e Contemporanea della Spezia, La Spezia
2006 ACCROCHAGE
KUNSTKABINETT, Regensburg
Works of Art from the Société Générale Collection
Museum Kampa - The Jan and Meda Mládek Foundation, Prague
Peintures / Painting
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
Selections from the Collection of Edward R. Broida
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
20 Jahre Kunsthalle
Kunsthalle in Emden, Emden
Pierre Alechinsky /Karel Appel - Peinture à quatre mains
Galerie Lelong - Zürich, Zurich
Dici et dailleurs
Galerie Lacerte Art Contemporain, Quebec City
Vernissage
Cobra Museum, Amstelveen
Artitudes
BOZAR - Palais des Beaux-Arts / Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels
Cobra & Cie
Centre de la Gravure et de lImage imprimée, La Louvière
Was ist modern?
Art Forum Ute Barth, Zurich
2005 LAAC : expo Collection 2...
LAAC - Lieu dArt et Action Contemporaine de Dunkerque, Dunkerque
Dessins de la collection / Drawings from the Collection
Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC
Pensar les Fromes - Escultures Contemporànies a les col·leccions mallorquines
Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma, Palma de Mallorca
Résonnances
Centre de la Gravure et de lImage imprimée, La Louvière
2004 Vision einer Sammlung
Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg
Arte & Architettura. 1900 - 2000
Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
Pierre Alechinsky und Karel Appel
KUNSTKABINETT, Regensburg
Bäume
Galerie Biedermann, Munich
Objetos de deseo.....Objetos de Artista
Galería Elvira González, Madrid
Gränslös grafik
Eskilstuna Artmuseum, Eskilstuna
Zeichensprache
Galerie Marie-José van de Loo, Munich
HOMMAGE A PICASSO - 50 KÜnstler - 80 Exponate in verschiedenen Techniken
Galerie Wolfgang Exner, Vienna
2003 Collection DEstampes Contemporaines
Galerie Akié Arichi, Paris
Anarchie in der Kunst. Die Schenkungen Otto van de Loo, Berlin/Emden
Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Stiftung Maria und Gerald Fischer-Colbrie
Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz
Alechinsky & Appel - „SUITE A DEUX“
Fischerplatz Galerie, Ulm
COBRA: Copenhagen Brussels Amsterdam
Irish Museum of Modern Art - IMMA, Dublin
Gelijk het leven is
SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent
Meisterwerke der Graphik
Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz
Cobra in the Hermitage: The Past of the Present
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
COBRA
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester (England)
Cobra
BALTIC The Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (England)
CoBrA - From the Collection of Stéphane Janssen
ASUART - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Leckerbissen
Fischerplatz Galerie, Ulm
2002 Memoir of Freedom
CAM - Chelsea Art Museum, New York City, NY
Master-prints
Galerie Albert Baumgarten, Freiburg
Durch 150 Jahre in Schwarz - Weiss
Hachmeister Galerie, Münster
Arte Múltipla
Galeria 111 - Lisboa, Lisbon
2001 ERLESENE DRUCKGRAPHIK
Galerie Dreiseitel, Cologne
Druckgraphik aus Frankreich nach 45
MMK Museum Moderner Kunst - Stiftung Wörlen, Passau
Corps à corps
Centre de la Gravure et de lImage imprimée, La Louvière
Künstler der Galerie
Galerie Biedermann, Munich
Ein Garten für viele Träume - Teil 1 Pflanzen
Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna
2000 Marc Chagall - Last works
Galerie Pascal Polar, Brussels
Zeitgenössische Graphik Zeichnungen Gpuachen Skulpturen
KUNSTKABINETT, Regensburg
Une Ville-Une Collection
Centre de la Gravure et de lImage imprimée, La Louvière
Times are changing - Auf dem Wege! Aus dem 20. Jahrhundert!
Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen
OBJETS TROUVES - FUNDSTÜCKE
Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna
1999 Lineamente International - Von der Linie zur Zeichnung
Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz
Kunst und Demokratie Widerstand und Freiheit
Galerie Carinthia, Klagenfurt
1998 Un siècle de collage en Belgique
Centre de la Gravure et de lImage imprimée, La Louvière
Cobra 50 years
ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Copenhagen
CoBrA
KunstHaus Wien, Vienna
Dealer Directory 57

Austria
Galerie Figl, Linz

Belgium
Galerie Van Der Planken, Antwerp

Theo Wijnhoven Interior Art gallery, Bruges

Maurice Keitelman Gallery, Brussels

Galerie Pascal Polar, Brussels

Galerie Pascal Retelet, Brussels

ThinkingPr!nts, Brussels

Guy Pieters Galleries, Knokke-Heist

Samuel Vanhoegaerden Gallery, Knokke-Heist

Galerie Gabriel Van De Weghe, Wortegem

Canada
Landau Fine Art Inc., Montreal, QC

Denmark
Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg

Finland
Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki

France
Galerie Sandrine Mons, Nice

Galerie Aittouarès, Paris

Galerie Ariel, Paris

Atelier & Studio Franck Bordas, Paris

Editions Atelier Clot, Bramsen & Georges, Paris

Galerie Lelong - Paris, Paris

Galerie Catherine Putman, Paris

Pascal Retelet Fine Art, Saint-Paul de Vence

Galerie Remarque, Trans-en Provence

Germany
Amadeus Art - Berlin, Berlin

Galerie Georg Nothelfer - Charlottenburg, Berlin

Galerie Georg Nothelfer - Tiergarten, Berlin

Baukunst Galerie, Cologne

Galerie Boisserée, Cologne

DIE GALERIE - Gesellschaft für Kunsthandel m.b.H, Frankfurt/Main

Galerie Gabriele von Loeper, Hamburg

Galerie Biedermann, Munich

Galerie Marie-José van de Loo, Munich

KUNSTKABINETT, Regensburg

Galerie Hanstein, Saarbrücken

Greece
P37 art gallery, Athens

Italy
Galleria Arte e Arte, Bologna

San Carlo, Milan

Zonca & Zonca, Milan

Galleria d'Arte Niccoli, Parma

2RC Gallery, Rome

Contini Galleria d´Arte, Venice

Luxembourg
Galerie Lea Gredt, Luxembourg

Monaco
GAM Galerie d´Art, Monaco

Netherlands
Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam

Reflex New Art Gallery, Amsterdam

Livingstone Gallery, Den Haag

Galerie Willy Schoots, Eindhoven

Galerie Wansink, Maastricht

Spain
Raiña Lupa, Barcelona

Polígrafa Obra Grafica, Barcelona

Galería Elvira González, Madrid

Switzerland
Galerie Sonia Zannettacci, Geneva

Art Forum Ute Barth, Zurich

Galerie Lelong - Zürich, Zurich

United Kingdom
THE ANDIPA GALLERY, London (England)

USA
Marble Arch Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA

World House Editions, Middlebury, CT

Robinsons Art Gallery, New York City, NY

Public collections 57

Argentina
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires

Austria
Sammlung Essl - Kunsthaus, Klosterneuburg

Bawag Foundation, Vienna

Belgium
Groeninge Museum, Bruges

Dexia Art Gallery, Brussels

Musée d'Ixelles - Museum van Elsene, Brussels

Musée d´Art Moderne Bruxelles, Brussels

SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent

MAMAC Musée d´Art Moderne et Contemporain, Liège

Museum Voor Moderne Kunst (PMMK), Oostende

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Museum of Contemporary Art Banja Luka, Banja Luka

Brazil
Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo

Canada
Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC

National Gallery of Canada - Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa, ON

Denmark
Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg

Randers kunstmuseum, Randers

Silkeborg kunstmuseum, Silkeborg

France
FRAC - Picardie, Amiens

Artothèque de Caen, Caen

FRAC - Basse-Normandie, Caen

LAAC - Lieu d'Art et Action Contemporaine de Dunkerque, Dunkerque

FRAC - Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Marseille

Musée d'Art moderne de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne

Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain (MAMCS), Strasbourg

les Abattoirs de Toulouse, Toulouse

Musée d'art moderne Lille métropole, Villeneuve d'Ascq

Germany
Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen

Museum Ludwig, Cologne

Kunsthalle in Emden, Emden

Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover

Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach

Italy
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice

Ca´la Ghironda - Museo d´Arte Classica, Moderna e Contemporanea, Zola Predosa (BO)

Japan
Iwaki City Art Museum, Iwaki

MOMAK National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto, Kyoto

MOMAT The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

Korea (Republic)
Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul

Macedonia (F.Y.R.M.)
Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, Skopje

Netherlands
Cobra Museum, Amstelveen

Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht

Gemeentemuseum Helmond - Boscotondohal, Helmond

Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam

Museums Vledder, Vledder

Norway
Bergen Kunstmuseum, Bergen

Henie Onstad Art Centre, Høvikodden

Tale Art Museum, Lillestrøm

Slovakia
Danubiana - Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava

Spain
Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía MNCARS, Madrid

Switzerland
Musée Jenisch, Vevey

United Kingdom
Tate Britain, London (England)

USA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA

MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA

Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI

MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY

David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, RI

ASUART - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ

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