Georges Mathieu — le site officiel
Three paintings of Georges Mathieu are exhibited this year at the Biennale des Antiquaires at the Grand Palais in Paris: Sucy (1965) at Daniel Templon’s stand, heraldic and colorful artwork, with an original structure that is typical of the orthogonal period that started the same year; Machiavel I (1952) at Applicat-Prazan’s stand, painted at the Studio Paul Facchetti as well as three other […]
Eleven works of Georges Mathieu are being exhibited in the art fairs currently taking place in Paris. These works are on display: at PAD Paris, in the Tuileries gardens until Sunday April 3rd, 2016, by Galerie Protée (a nice alkyd on canvas representative of 1987, whose background goes from cold to warm), the Repetto Gallery (a refined 1959 painting and a […]
The Juan March Foundation in Madrid currently has on display two beautiful works by Georges Mathieu in its exhibition entitled Lo Nunca Visto. De la pintura informalista al fotolibro de postguerra (1945-1965) [Never Before Seen: from informalist painting to the postwar photobook (1945-1965)]. Those two works are a 1951 painting (128.5 x 196 cm) in black and red […]
The Unterlinden Museum in Colmar, the setting for the famous Issenheim altarpiece and many Renaissance masterpieces, has just reopened its doors in December, 2015, after three years of construction work to enlarge the facility and hopefully double the number of visitors. Set in a former Dominican convent since its creation in 1853, the museum has […]
People often ask us where to view Georges Mathieu artworks live. The exhibition “L’abstraction de 1920 à nos jours” (Abstraction from 1920 to the present day) staged at Galerie Hélène Bailly (25 quai Voltaire, Paris 7th district) from October 15th to December 19th, 2015, shows ten artworks including the stunning Entéléchie carolingienne V (1956). Invalid Displayed Gallery […]
Although it would seem obvious that one should call on the official dedicated committee before buying or selling a piece of that artist’s work, some honestly think they can consult with other entities whose names appear to offer complete confidence or that they can talk to experts who claim total authority regarding Georges Mathieu’s work. […]
The canvas entitled Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the Carmelitess was put on the auction block on June 2, 2015 at Sotheby’s in Paris, so let’s take a moment to consider Georges Mathieu’s 1962 travels to Israel with the help of the detailed catalogue notes. In March, 1962, during what we call his mystical period, […]
Les Abattoirs, a cultural institution in Toulouse that incorporates a museum of modern art, a contemporary arts center, and a regional contemporary arts collection (FRAC in French), is showing a selection of works donated by Mr. Anthony Denney (photographer and decorator), including the famous Battle of Hastings. The exhibition, initially set to run from January 30 […]
Georges Mathieu was born on January 27, 1921, in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, of Mr. Adolphe Mathieu d’Escaudœuvres and Mrs. Madeleine Dupré d’Ausque. He would have been 94 years old this year.
On the occasion of the exhibition held in the two Applicat-Prazan galleries (right bank and left bank of Paris), Pariscope features this week an article in which Alexandre Grenier honors Mathieu for his role as a “founding father”. Can you fathom today the star Georges Mathieu (1921-2012) was back in the 1950s and 1960s? (…) […]
