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Alechinsky, Jorn & Børge Birch in Albisola 1966
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Born 1927 Belgium
Painter, graphic and ceramic artist, writer
Education
In 1944 he enlist and study graphic reproduction and book illustration at the École Nationale Supérieure d´Architecture et des Arts décoratifs (La Cambre), in Brussels. He quits in 1948 to pursue a career as a creative artist.
Biography
Pierre Alechinsky starts early on with a keen interest in art. He starts to paint and already in 1947, he gets his first solo exhibition in Brussels, Belgium. 1949 is the year when he becomes a member in the Cobra Movement, alongside Karel Appel, Corneille, Constant, Christian Dotremont, Asger Jorn, Carl-Henning Pedersen, Reinhoud and others.
Together with his wife Micky he is co-founder of "Les Ateliers du Marais" in Brussels, a creative collective for artists and a sort of "research centre" for the members of COBRA.
It is in this period that Alechinsky is greatly influenced by Jorns work and they became very warm and long-time friends. After the Cobra Movement’s disintegration, Asger Jorn forms another international group, the "Mouvement international pour un Bauhaus imaginiste contre un Bauhaus imaginaire" and as if was the most normal thing in the world, Jorn asks his friend Alechinsky to join him.
Pierre Alechinsky establishes a studio in Paris and works in the printmaking business so he can learn all about prints and etchings. Subsequently he travels around in the world which brings him to the Far East and later New York, where he meets and forms a friendship with Walasse Ting, using his studio as a base for seeing all the exhibitions in town.
Børge Birch, whom had followed Jorn and the creation of the COBRA-movement, became also friend with Pierre Alechinsky and they started a long-standing collaboration. In 1964 has Alechinsky his first exhibition in Galerie Birch followed by numerous exhibitions in the years 1968-70-72-73-75-76-78-79-82-85-87-2008.
In 1995, as a tribute to his friend Asger Jorn, he perform - Pensée de pinceau – a wall of ceramic tiles at the Silkeborg Art Museum ( www.silkeborgkunstmuseum.dk ).
Galerie Birch have followed and collaborated with Pierre Alechinsky, right from the beginning of the COBRA-movement and have a thorough knowledge to this wonderful Belgian artist with show activities all over the world. Alechinsky is represented by the finest galleries and have exhibited in the leading art museums and to this day and age, appears as one of the truly finest in modern art.
Honorary and rewards
Hallmark Award, New York.
Prix de la Triennale de la Gravure in Belgium
Receiver of the Prize ”Prix de la Biennale internationale de la gravure” in Krakow.
Receiver of the Prize “Marzotto-Europe pour la Peinture”, Valdagno (Italy)
Grand Prix, National des Arts, Paris.
Andrew W. Mellon Award for his collective artworks
Professor (until 1987) at the ”École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts”, Paris.
Herbert Boeckl Award, Salzburg
Honor Doctor (Doctor Honoris Causa) at “Université Libre de Bruxelles”
Knight of Dannebrog
Receives ”Prix André Malraux” for the artbook ”Des deux mains”
Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art, Luxembourg
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