Gaston Chaissac
Gaston Chaissac (1910–1964) was a French painter. An autodidact and son of the French rural working class, he became involved in the art world when he lived next door to Otto Freundlich and Jeanne Kosnick-Kloss in Paris during the 1930s. They showed him modern art and supported his efforts to paint, helping him along and promoting his work.
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Gaston Chaissac
Gaston Chaissac · Chaissac, Johannes Gachnang et Françoise Brutsch, édit. Ides et Galendes, Neuchâtel, 1988, p.65 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Born
- 1910 · Avallon.
- Died
- 1964 · La Roche-sur-Yon.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter · writer · draftsperson · sculptor
- Movements
- outsider art
- Languages
- French
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Gaston Chaissac (1910–1964) was a French painter. An autodidact and son of the French rural working class, he became involved in the art world when he lived next door to Otto Freundlich and Jeanne Kosnick-Kloss in Paris during the 1930s. They showed him modern art and supported his efforts to paint, helping him along and promoting his work.
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Often considered to be part of the Art Brut or Outsider Art category. Some artists have described his style as "modern rustic." Chaissac's art was praised by Jean Dubuffet when he first came across it in 1946. He also corresponded for some time with such prominent French artists and writers as Albert Gleizes and Raymond Queneau. Writing was an element of Gaston Chaissac's work from the beginning with his own signature. His signature evolved from being a signature to becoming an autonomous element in the composition that makes a sign, and continues with titles influenced by poetry and an exceptionally broad vocabulary.
The recorded working language is French. Work by Gaston Chaissac is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Unterlinden Museum, Musée d'art moderne de Paris, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and Van Abbemuseum.
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1910
Gaston Chaissac born at Avallon.
1964
Gaston Chaissac died at La Roche-sur-Yon.
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Avallon.
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- 1.Cardinal, Roger, Outsider Art (New York: Praeger, 1972)
- 2.Gibson, Michael (August 26, 2000). "Gaston Chaissac And the Mystery Of His Solitude". New York Times. Accessed June 2015
- 3.No Author. " Gaston Chaissac "A Man of Letters" in Paris". Art Daily. Accessed June 2015
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