Georges Mathieu — le site officiel
The exhibition “Celebrating abstraction, painters from the Académie des Beaux-Arts in the collections of the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art” is a rare opportunity to see in Paris eight historical paintings on canvas by Georges Mathieu dating from 1945 to 1958. Until November 26, 2023, at the Pavillon Comtesse de Caen, 27 quai de Conti, at […]
An exhibition dedicated to Georges Mathieu’s works on paper was organized at Perrotin, 2bis avenue Matignon in Paris, from Friday September 8 to Saturday September 30. Mathieu’s works on paper are a distinct artistic statement whose precision, accuracy, and subtlety of gesture – both lively and intuitive – can rival the power of his large-scale […]
For the 50th anniversary of the Usine Étoile—literally “star factory”—a unique star-shaped factory and work of art designed by Georges Mathieu and located in Fontenay-Le-Comte, France, the Vendée region is organizing a major exhibition at the Historial de la Vendée, from November 18, 2022 to May 21, 2023. The exhibition will feature three sections with […]
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Applicat-Prazan gallery, and for his first participation in Paris+ par Art Basel, Franck Prazan proposes a new solo exhibition by Georges Mathieu, eight years after the one that made a big impact at FIAC 2014. Our commitment combines with passion when it comes to Georges Mathieu, whom I […]
Nahmad Contemporary and Perrotin are offering, from November 21st to December 21st, 2019, an exhibition by the late French artist Georges Mathieu (1921–2012), the founder of Lyrical Abstraction and a pioneer of performance art who foregrounded the techniques of tubism and dripping. This exhibition explores a specific period of Mathieu’s rich and varied work. The […]
Nahmad Contemporary and Perrotin are delighted to present a booth dedicated to lyrical abstraction’s founder Georges Mathieu. Considered one of the most influential postwar French artists, this presentation will bring together a selection of rare works from the ’60s/’70s and marks the return of the artist in the United Kingdom after a long time. Amongst […]
“Artistic License. Six takes on the Guggenheim Collection.” is an exhibition organized by the Guggenheim Museum in New York from May 24, 2019, through January 12, 2020, curated by six artists. Richard Prince offers a section entitled “Four Paintings Looking Right,” in which he has included two major works by Georges Mathieu from the museum’s […]
Georges Mathieu makes big news in New York where four monumental paintings of 6 metres, painted in 1978 for his retrospective at the Grand Palais, are exhibited starting today at Nahmad Contemporary. “Undervalued for some time, the French star of the 1950-1970s is about to take his revenge. Featuring four major canvases from the artist’s best […]
In its publication from September 24, Le Figaro, one of France’s newspapers of record, dedicated a full page to this article: “The Georges Mathieu renaissance has begun”. Renowned the world over from the 1950s to the 1970s, this giant of lyrical abstraction then endured a long purgatory until his death. The artist is finally getting […]
Galerie Templon offers for the first time a solo exhibition of Georges Mathieu. The exhibition features around thirty paintings created between 1960 and 1979, demonstrating the significance and inventiveness of a body of work that left a lasting impression on French art and imagination. In 1971, Pierre Dehaye said: “In the twenty years since lyrical abstraction […]
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🇫🇷 L'exposition des œuvres sur papier de Georges Mathieu chez Perrotin est ouverte du mardi au samedi, de 11h à 19h, jusqu’au 30 septembre, au 2bis avenue Matignon.
« Georges Mathieu, fondateur de l'Abstraction lyrique, est reconnu internationalement pour ses œuvres sur toile énergiques, parfois monumentales. Il est aussi renommé en France pour sa production d’artiste total, dans les domaines les plus variés, des affiches aux médailles et pièces de monnaie, en passant par les tapisseries des Gobelins, les porcelaines de Sèvres et même l’architecture d’avant-garde.
Au sein de cette multitude de supports et de techniques, ses œuvres sur papier, qui furent souvent exposées au côté de ses peintures, ont rarement fait l’objet d’une présentation dédiée. Elles méritent pourtant qu’on leur prête une attention particulière, à la fois en tant qu’illustrations supplémentaires du talent protéiforme de Mathieu, et par leurs qualités propres, leurs caractéristiques distinctives qui nous offrent un récit sur l’évolution du style de l’artiste, parallèle à celui que nous offrent ses peintures. » – Édouard Lombard, Directeur du Comité Georges Mathieu
🌏 ‘Georges Mathieu, the founder of Lyrical Abstraction, is internationally renowned for his dynamic, sometimes monumental works on canvas. In France, he is also known as a total artist, working in a wide variety of fields, from posters to medals and coins, from Gobelins tapestries to Sèvres porcelain and even avant-garde architecture.
Amidst the vast array of media and techniques, his works on paper, although often exhibited alongside his paintings, have rarely been the subject of a separate exhibition. Yet they deserve special consideration, not only to showcase Mathieu's protean talent but because of their unique qualities that demonstrate the evolution of his style in parallel with his paintings.’
On view until September 30 at 2 bis avenue Matignon
Tuesday-Saturday 11AM-7PM
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Views of Georges Mathieu’s exhibition at Perrotin 2 bis Matignon, 2023
Photo: Tanguy Beurdeley
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