PARIS 1898 – CHATENAY-MALABRY 1964
Jean Fautrier is one of the major figures of Art Informel, also known as Tachisme Similar in style to American Abstract Expressionism, the movement started in the 1940s in Europe, and included artists such as Pierre Soulages, Nicolas de Staël, Jean Dubuffet, and Georges Mathieu Born in Paris, Fautrier studied at the Royal Academy of Art, and at the Slade School in London He returned to Paris in 1920, and began painting realistic portraits and nudes During World War II, he was an active member of the Resistance He created two series of portraits -oils on paper and paper collages- later entitled, Otages and Massacres, inspired by the atrocities he saw during the war…
