Christian Dotremont
Christian Dotremont, (kʁistjɑ̃ dɔtʁəmɔ̃; 12 December 1922 – 20 August 1979), was a Belgian painter and poet who was born in Tervuren, Belgium. He was a founding member of the Revolutionary Surrealist Group (1946) and he also founded COBRA together with Danish artist Asger Jorn. In this capacity he was responsible for bringing Henri Lefebvre's Critique de la vie quotidienne (1946) to the group's attention.
Also recorded as C.H. Dotremont
Christian Dotremont
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- Name
- Christian Dotremont
- Born
- 12 December 1922
- Birthplace
- Tervuren, Belgium
- Died
- 20 August 1979
- Place of death
- Buizingen, Belgium
- Known for
- founding member of COBRA
- Occupation
- painter, poet
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Languages
- French
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Christian Dotremont (12 December 1922 – 21 August 1979) was a writer, graphic artist and painter.
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Christian Dotremont was born on 12 December 1922 and died on 21 August 1979. Christian Dotremont was born in Tervuren, Belgium, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The place of death of Christian Dotremont is recorded as Löwen by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and as Bruxelles by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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He later became well known for his painted poems (French: Peinture mots), which he called logograms. He died of tuberculosis in Buizingen.
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• Name — Christian Dotremont • Born — 12 December 1922 • Birthplace — Tervuren, Belgium • Died — 20 August 1979 • Place of death — Buizingen, Belgium • Known for — founding member of COBRA • Occupation — painter, poet
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• Illustration — Sept Ecritures by Dotremont and Alechinsky
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- 1.Stewart Home, (1988) The Assault on Culture: Utopian currents from Lettrisme to Class War London : Unpopular Books and Aporia Press
- 2.Sadler, Simon. The Situationist City. MIT Press. 19–20. 1999.
- 3.Tommy Thiange, (2025) Christian Dotremont: A Painter-Poet, Daily Art Magazine, https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/christian-dotremont/
- 4.Tommy Thiange, (2025) Christian Dotremont: A Painter-Poet, Daily Art Magazine, https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/christian-dotremont/
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Labisse (1946)
- Les jambages au cou (1949)
- Cobra 1948 - 1951 - with an introduction by Christian Dotremont, (1980, Jean-Michel Place)
- (1986)
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