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Keywords: surrealist sculpture, French artist, violin face, resin sculpture, wood sculpture, signed artwork, 20th century art, figurative modernism, symbolic sculpture, contemporary surrealism
Jean-Pierre Alaux (1925-2020) The Violin in the Face Surrealist Sculpture Painted resin and wood on base, signed at the bottom of the base.
French painter. The work of Jean-Pierre Alaux is at times baroque, fantastical and surrealist. Essentially he works with female characters in landscapes where he checks the mythology in an original way with a totally personal symbolism.
After studying in the Superior National School of Fine Arts in Paris (Taller Jean Dupas from 1943 to 1949) he began to exhibit in Salons and Galleries in Paris, Brussels, New York, Boston, New Orleans, etc.
He has received numerous awards for painting for those that he stresses in the Grand Prix des Peintres Temoins de leur Temps, 1974.
He was named Gentleman of the Legion of Honor as Painter and Sculptor in 1989.
Measurements: 24 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (62.2 x 19.7 x 9.5 cm.) approx
Category: 26420
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