Jean Fautrier developed dense, crusted paintings in which bodies and objects seem to emerge from thick material surfaces. His Hostages series, made during the German occupation of France, became a foundational work of postwar Art Informel.
Painting; sculpture; printmaking
Major Works
- 1944Hostage Head No. 1
- 1943–45The Hostages
- 1942–43Sarah
- 1920sForest
- 1920sNude
- 1926Boar
- 1944Otages
- 1940sObjects series
- 1944Head of a Hostage
- 1956–57Partisans
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