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Most exhibitions in: |
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| Germany | 31 |
| Belgium | 19 |
| Austria | 17 |
| France | 13 |
| Canada | 9 |
Most exhibitions held at: |
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Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée, Belgium |
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Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Canada |
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Galerie Sandrine Mons, France |
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Biography: 
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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)
| | Public exhibitions 137 
until 15.12.
Solo shows 31
2008
2007
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| Alechinsky from A to Y - Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels |
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| Pierre Alechinsky - The Faroe Islands Art Museum, Thorshavn |
2006
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| Pierre Alechinsky - Galerie Lelong - Paris, Paris |
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| Pierre Alechinsky - Galeri Nev - Ankara, Ankara |
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| Alechinsky - Carl-Henning Pedersen og Else Alfelts Museum, Herning |
2005
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| Encres et Estampes, 1969-2004 - Galerie Sandrine Mons, Nice |
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| Paris - Galerie tazl., Weiz |
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| Alechinsky - 50 ans d’imprimerie - Musée Mandet à Riom (France), 's-Graveland |
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| Pierre Alechinsky - Werke aus fünf Jahrzehnten - Kunsthalle in Emden, Emden |
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| La Suit Voirin - Pierre Alechinsky - Museum Kampa - The Jan and Meda Mládek Foundation, Prague |
2004
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| Alechinsky - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
2003
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| Alechinsky - 50 ans d’imprimerie - Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Quebec City |
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| Alechinsky - Peintures des années 2002 & 2003 - Galerie Lelong - Zürich, Zurich |
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| Pierre Alechinsky - Galerie Dittmar, Berlin |
2002
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| Pierre Alechinsky - Neue Bilder - Baukunst Galerie, Cologne |
2000
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| Das kleine Format - Galerie Marie-José van de Loo, Munich |
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| Pierre Alechinsky - Galerie Biedermann, Munich |
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| Pierre Alechinsky - Rétrospective - Museum Voor Moderne Kunst (PMMK), Oostende |
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| Pierre Alechinsky - Bilder und Papierarbeiten - Galerie Gabriele von Loeper, Hamburg |
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| Pierre Alechinsky - Neue Arbeiten - Baukunst Galerie, Cologne |
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| Alechinsky - 50 ans d’imprimerie - Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée, La Louvière |
1999
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| Pierre Alechinsky - Le pinceau voyageu - Bawag Foundation, Vienna |
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| Pierre Alechinsky - MMK Museum Moderner Kunst - Stiftung Wörlen, Passau |
1981
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| Pierre Alechinsky: A Print Retrospective - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
1980
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| Pierre Alechinsky: A Print Retrospective - Blaffer Gallery - The Art Museum of the University of Houston, Houston, TX |
1978
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| Alechinsky - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
Group shows 105
2009
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| FLOWER POWER - Craa Centro di ricerca arte attuale Villa Giulia, Verbania |
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| Da Hartung a Warhol - CAMeC - Centro de Arte Moderna e Contemporanea della Spezia, La Spezia |
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| L'Artista viaggiatore da Gauguin a Klee, da Matisse a Ontani - Museo d'Arte della Citta di Ravenna, Ravenna |
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| Post COBRA - Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg |
2008
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| Cobra & Co - Engravings and prints - BOZAR - Palais des Beaux-Arts / Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels |
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| Selected works from the contempory art collection - Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia |
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| Pretty Ugly - Gavin Brown's Enterprise GBE modern, New York City, NY |
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| Signe Ecriture Signe - MAMAC Musée d´Art Moderne et Contemporain, Liège |
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| Danish / International Summer exhibition - Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg |
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| Monumental proportions - ASU Art Museum - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ |
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| MAde in Belgium - Galerie Sandrine Mons, Nice |
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| I love JENISCH - Musée Jenisch, Vevey |
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| Cobra & Cia - Museo Barjola, Gijón |
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| COBRA Reykjavik - Trondheim Art Museum, Trondheim |
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| The Hands of Art - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent |
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| Vriations - Galerie Sandrine Mons, Nice |
2007
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| Die aufregende Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts - Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin |
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| Homenaje a Picasso - MNBA - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Santiago Chile, Santiago |
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| Works from the Colletion of Société Generale Paris - National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bucharest |
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| Black & White - Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz |
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| Cobra Reykjavík - Listasafn Islands - National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik |
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| Cobra et Cie à Echirolles (F) - Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée, La Louvière |
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| Drawing from History. Permanent Collection and Loans - ASU Art Museum - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ |
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| Salon d'Antibes - Galerie Sandrine Mons, Nice |
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| Il segno, il colore, la forma - CAMeC - Centro de Arte Moderna e Contemporanea della Spezia, La Spezia |
2006
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| Ensor and the avantgardes by the sea - Museum Voor Moderne Kunst (PMMK), Oostende |
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| Works of Art from the Société Générale Collection - Museum Kampa - The Jan and Meda Mládek Foundation, Prague |
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| Peintures / Painting - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin |
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| Selections from the Collection of Edward R. Broida - The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| Estampes Estivales - Galerie Sandrine Mons, Nice |
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| 20 Jahre Kunsthalle - Kunsthalle in Emden, Emden |
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| Pierre Alechinsky /Karel Appel - Peinture à quatre mains - Galerie Lelong - Zürich, Zurich |
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| D'ici et d'ailleurs - Galerie Lacerte Art Contemporain, Quebec City |
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| Vernissage - Cobra Museum, Amstelveen |
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| Art'itudes - BOZAR - Palais des Beaux-Arts / Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels |
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| Cobra & Cie - Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée, La Louvière |
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| Was ist modern? - Art Forum Ute Barth, Zurich |
2005
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| LAAC : expo Collection 2... - LAAC - Lieu d'Art et Action Contemporaine de Dunkerque, Dunkerque |
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| Dessins de la collection / Drawings from the Collection - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
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| Pensar les Fromes - Escultures Contemporànies a les col·leccions mallorquines - Es Baluard, Palma de Mallorca |
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| Résonnances - Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée, La Louvière |
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| COBRA - Galerie tazl., Weiz |
2004
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| Vision einer Sammlung - Museum der Moderne Salzburg Mönchsberg, Salzburg |
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| Arte & Architettura. 1900 - 2000 - Palazzo Ducale, Genoa |
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| "Bäume" - Galerie Biedermann, Munich |
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| 'Objetos de deseo.....Objetos de Artista' - Galería Elvira González, Madrid |
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| Gränslös grafik - Eskilstuna Artmuseum, Eskilstuna |
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| "Zeichensprache" - Galerie Marie-José van de Loo, Munich |
2003
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| Collection D'Estampes Contemporaines - Galerie Akié Arichi, Paris |
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| Anarchie in der Kunst. Die Schenkungen Otto van de Loo, Berlin/Emden - Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin |
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| Stiftung Maria und Gerald Fischer-Colbrie - Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz |
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| COBRA: Copenhagen Brussels Amsterdam - Irish Museum of Modern Art - IMMA, Dublin |
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| Gelijk het leven is - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent |
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| Meisterwerke der Graphik - Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz |
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| Cobra in the Hermitage: The Past of the Present - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam |
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| COBRA - Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester (England) |
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| Cobra - BALTIC The Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (England) |
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| CoBrA - From the Collection of Stéphane Janssen - ASU Art Museum - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ |
2002
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| Multiples - Galerie Kandler, Toulouse |
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| Memoir of Freedom - CAM - Chelsea Art Museum, New York City, NY |
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| "Master-prints" - Galerie Albert Baumgarten, Freiburg |
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| Durch 150 Jahre in Schwarz - Weiss - Hachmeister Galerie, Münster |
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| Arte Múltipla - Galeria 111 - Lisboa, Lisbon |
2001
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| ERLESENE DRUCKGRAPHIK - Galerie Dreiseitel, Cologne |
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| Druckgraphik aus Frankreich nach 45 - MMK Museum Moderner Kunst - Stiftung Wörlen, Passau |
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| Die Cabinette des Dr. Czerny - Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz |
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| Corps à corps - Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée, La Louvière |
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| Künstler der Galerie - Galerie Biedermann, Munich |
2000
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| Marc Chagall - Last works - Galerie Pascal Polar, Brussels |
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| Exposição do Grupo CoBrA - SEEC - Casa Andrade Muricy, Curitiba |
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| Une Ville-Une Collection - Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée, La Louvière |
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| Times are changing - Auf dem Wege! Aus dem 20. Jahrhundert! - Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen |
1999
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| Lineamente International - Von der Linie zur Zeichnung - Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz |
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| Kunst und Demokratie Widerstand und Freiheit - Galerie Carinthia, Klagenfurt |
1998
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| Un siècle de collage en Belgique - Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée, La Louvière |
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| Cobra 50 years - ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Copenhagen |
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| CoBrA - KunstHaus Wien, Vienna |
1997
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| COBRA - CO penhagen BR üssel A msterdam - Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich |
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| Around Europe - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam |
1996
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| Grabado Francés - MADC Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José |
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| Cobra & the Stedelijk - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam |
1995
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| L´art et le septieme art - Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing |
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| Würth - The Collection - Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art - Budapest, Budapest |
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| Dons 1989-1994 - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
1991
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| Cobra-Post-Cobra - Museum Voor Moderne Kunst (PMMK), Oostende |
1989
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| 20° Bienal de São Paulo - Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo |
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| Noir sur blanc - Centre d'Art le LAIT, Albi |
1985
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| 18° Bienal de Sao Paulo - Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo |
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| 1 cent life - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
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| Les vingt ans du Musée à travers sa collection - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
1981
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| Collection Château Mouton Rothschild 1945-1978 - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
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| Les maîtres de l'abstraction lyrique - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
1979
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| L'abstraction lyrique en Europe - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
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| The sixties - Art in Belgium - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent |
1977
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| documenta 6 - Documenta, Kassel |
1964
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| documenta 3 - Documenta, Kassel |
Dealer Directory 53 |
Austria
| | Galerie Weihergut Biberngasse, Salzburg
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Belgium
| | Galerie Van Der Planken, Antwerp
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| | Theo Wijnhoven Interior Art gallery, Bruges
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| | Keitelman Gallery, Brussels
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| | Galerie Pascal Polar, Brussels
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| | Galerie Pascal Retelet, Brussels
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| | Guy Pieters Galleries, Knokke-Heist
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| | Samuel Vanhoegaerden Gallery, Knokke-Heist
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Canada
| | Landau Fine Art Inc., Montreal, QC
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Denmark
| | Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg
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Finland
| | Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki
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France
| | Galerie Sandrine Mons, Nice
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| | Galerie Aittouarès, Paris
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| | Atelier & Studio Franck Bordas, Paris
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| | Editions Atelier Clot, Bramsen & Georges, Paris
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| | Galerie Lelong - Paris, Paris
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| | Galerie Catherine Putman, Paris
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| | Pascal Retelet Fine Art, Saint-Paul de Vence
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| | Galerie Remarque, Trans-en Provence
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Germany
| | Amadeus Art - Berlin, Berlin
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| | Galerie Georg Nothelfer - Charlottenburg, Berlin
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| | Galerie Georg Nothelfer - Tiergarten, Berlin
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| | Galerie Boisserée, Cologne
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| | Die Galerie - Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main
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| | Galerie Gabriele von Loeper, Hamburg
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| | Galerie Biedermann, Munich
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| | Galerie Hanstein, Saarbrücken
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Greece
| | T. Kambani Gallery (former P37 art gallery), Athens
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Italy
| | Galleria San Carlo, Milan
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| | Galleria d'Arte Niccoli, Parma
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| | Contini Galleria d´Arte, Venice
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Monaco
| | GAM Galerie d´Art, Monaco
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Netherlands
| | Galerie Willy Schoots, Eindhoven
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| | Galerie Wansink, Maastricht
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| | Livingstone Gallery, The Hague
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Spain
| | Polígrafa Obra Grafica, Barcelona
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| | Galería Elvira González, Madrid
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Switzerland
| | Galerie Sonia Zannettacci, Geneva
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| | Art Forum Ute Barth, Zurich
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| | Galerie Lelong - Zürich, Zurich
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United Kingdom
| | THE ANDIPA GALLERY, London (England)
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USA
| | Marble Arch Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
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| | Robinsons Art Gallery, New York City, NY
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Public collections 63

Argentina
| | Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes - MNBA, Buenos Aires
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Austria
| | Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg
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Belgium
| | Dexia Art Gallery, Brussels
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| | Musée d'Ixelles - Museum van Elsene, Brussels
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| | Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
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| | SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent
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| | MAMAC Musée d´Art Moderne et Contemporain, Liège
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| | Museum Voor Moderne Kunst (PMMK), Oostende
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
| | Museum of Contemporary Art Banja Luka, Banja Luka
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Brazil
| | Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo
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Canada
| | Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC
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| | National Gallery of Canada - Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa, ON
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Denmark
| | KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg (former Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum), Aalborg
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| | Randers kunstmuseum, Randers
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| | Silkeborg kunstmuseum, Silkeborg
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France
| | FRAC - Basse-Normandie, Caen
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| | LAAC - Lieu d'Art et Action Contemporaine de Dunkerque, Dunkerque
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| | FRAC - Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Marseille
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| | Musée d'Art moderne de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne
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| | Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain (MAMCS), Strasbourg
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| | les Abattoirs de Toulouse, Toulouse
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| | Musée d'art moderne Lille métropole, Villeneuve d'Ascq
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Germany
| | Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen
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| | Sammlung Alison & Peter W. Klein, Eberdingen-Nussdorf
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| | Kunsthalle in Emden, Emden
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| | Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
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Israel
| | Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa
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Italy
| | Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
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| | Ca´la Ghironda - Museo d´Arte Classica, Moderna e Contemporanea, Zola Predosa (BO)
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Japan
| | Iwaki City Art Museum, Iwaki
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| | MOMAK National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto, Kyoto
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| | Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo
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| | MOMAT The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
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Korea (Republic)
| | Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul
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Macedonia (F.Y.R.M.)
| | Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, Skopje
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Netherlands
| | Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht
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| | Gemeentemuseum Helmond - Boscotondohal, Helmond
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| | Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam
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Norway
| | Bergen Kunstmuseum, Bergen
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| | Henie Onstad Art Centre, Høvikodden
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| | Tale Art Museum, Lillestrøm
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Slovakia
| | Danubiana - Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava
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Spain
| | Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona
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| | Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía MNCARS, Madrid
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Switzerland
United Kingdom
| | Tate Britain, London (England)
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USA
| | Samek Art Gallery , Lewisburg, PA
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| | Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
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| | MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
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| | Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI
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| | MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
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| | David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, RI
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| | Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
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| | ASU Art Museum - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
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Catalogs
| | Die Würde und der Mut - l'art moral- Galerie Georg Nothelfer - Charlottenburg, Berlin |
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