Olivier Debré

Olivier Debré studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Le Corbusier is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are public. Places of work recorded in the authority are Netherlands and Amsterdam. Employment is recorded with Beaux-Arts de Paris. Work by Olivier Debré is recorded in the collections of Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Unterlinden Museum, Musée d'art moderne de Paris and The Phillips Collection. Distinctions recorded are Croix de guerre 1939–1945 and Officer of Arts and Letters.

It was following a visit to Pablo Picasso’s studio in 1941 that Olivier Debré, an honoured artist and member of the French Academy, moved from figurative painting to abstraction, and the influence of André Lanskoy that awakened his marked fondness for colour. A major painter of colour fields of the Post-War period, this painter described his painting as "fervent abstraction" because it arouses emotions, emotion incarnated by him by the sign. "I really tried to find how within a sign and without using conventions, I could express something without using illustration either." Olivier Debré After the majestic Signes-figures of the 1950s using a subdued palette and matter, the Signes-paysages from the 1960s appeared where the matter stretches, becomes fluid allowing light and transparency to emerge. Olivier Debré’s work has taken shape in large scale stage sets: curtains for the Comédie Française (1987), for the Hong Kong Opera (1989) requested by the foundation Louis Vuitton, and for the new Shanghai Opera House. "When I paint on the ground, there is a physical adherence that is sensual, almost sexual." Olivier Debré The painter's work has also been the subject of a fantastic contemporary ballet: Signes directed by the choreographer Carolyn Carlson. A unique performance that associates painting, music and dance, presented at the Bastille Opera in Paris in 1997 and performed again in July 2013.

Olivier Debré. Retrospective, Jeu de Paume, Paris, 1995 Olivier Debré. Retrospective, Art Museum, Reykjavik, 1996 Olivier Debré. Retrospective, Museum of Fine Arts, Mexico / Modern Art Museum, Rio de Janeiro, 1997 Olivier Debré. Retrospective, History Museum, Beijing/ Modern Art Museum, Hong-Kong, 1998 Olivier Debré, œuvres de la dation, Centre Pompidou, Paris 25/06/2003-15/09/2003 Olivier Debré, un abstrait lyrique, retrospective of the artist, Musée d’Ixelles (Belgium) 24/02/2011-15/05/2011 Les Sujets de l’abstraction, Peinture non-figurative de la Seconde École de Paris (1946-1962), Fondation Gandur pour l’Art, Musée Rath, Geneva, 06/05/2011-14/08/2011 Signes, ballet directed by the choreographer Carolyn Carlson, with music by René Aubry; stage sets and costumes by Olivier Debré, Opéra Bastille in Paris, July 2013 Olivier Debré, Fervent Abstraction, Estorick Collection, London, 30/06/2021-26/09/2021

• Espace thought, espace believes, Olivier Debré (1999). • Olivier Debré, by Olivier Debré and Pernoud Emmanuel (1995). • L'espace et le comportement, by Olivier Debré (1990). • l'oeuf dans le chocolat, by Olivier Debré (1997). • La marche de Mme Ouvrard, by Olivier Debré (1996).

The authorities additionally record the headings Olivier Debre, oliver debre, oliviere debre and olivier debré. His recorded language was French. He was the child of Robert Debré and Jeanne Debat-Panson. One child is recorded: Patrice Debré. Other recorded relations include Bernard Debré and Jean-Louis Debré.

His work is associated with lyrical abstraction. He was employed by Beaux-Arts de Paris. He belonged to Académie des beaux-arts. He worked at Netherlands and Amsterdam.

Olivier Debré is recorded as having received Croix de guerre 1939–1945 and Officer of Arts and Letters.

Olivier Debré's works are collected all over the world, in the major international museums such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Musée d'Histoire et d'Art de Luxembourg, The Phillips Collection in Washington, the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, as well as in private collections and famous foundations such as the Fondation Gandur pour l'Art in Geneva. The planned Fondation Olivier Debré is due to open on the site of the Tours art school.