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Title
La
Toute
Jeune
Fille
(Very
Young
Girl)
.
Creator
Fautrier, Jean (French painter, sculptor, printmaker, 1898-1964)
Date
1942
Cultural Context
French
European
Western European
Style/Period
Art Informel
Theme
Paintings (visual works)
Mixed media
Subject
Paintings
Mixed media
Description
"
Such
barely
recognizable
human
images
were the
outcome
of a
dialogue
with
materials
.
Layers
of
thick
paste
were
applied
to an
absorbent
sheet
of
rag
paper
laid
on a
canvas
, with a
layer
of
colored
paste
and
varnish
finally
added
to the
confection.
"
(Caption
,
p.17)
; "
After
the
war
France
was
obsessed
with
épuration
(purging
or
cleansing)
. This
desire
to
expunge
memories
of the
Nazi
Occupation
in the
country
manifested
itself
in the
ruthless
hounding
out
of
Nazi
collaborators
. This
climate
also
bred
existential
philosophies
emphasizing
moral
probity
and the
dilemma
of
personal
freedom
, as
developed
by the
likes
of
Jean-Paul
Sartre
and
Maurice
Merleau-Ponty
. Its
artistic
spin-off
was a
trend
established
in a
series
of
exhibitions
at
René
Drouin's
gallery
from
1943
onwards
.
[…]
The
painter
Jean
Fautrier's
Otages
(Hostages)
exhibition
at
Drouin's
in
October
1945
was
one
of the
first
signs
of this
new
artistic
direction
.
Fautrier
had been
held
briefly
by the
Gestapo
in
1943
, on
suspicion
of
Resistance
activities
, and,
while
in
hiding
at a
sanatorium
at
Châtenay-Malabry
on the
outskirts
of
Paris
, had
produced
a
series
of
heads
and
torsos
morbidly
inspired
by
sounds
from the
surrounding
woods
where
the
Occupying
forces
regularly
tortured
and
executed
prisoners
. The
disturbing
pulverization
of the
body
involved
in these
images
(which
in
some
instances
produces
a
perversely
erotic
effect
due
to the
powdery
surfaces)
marks
a
move
towards
the
informel
-
an
aesthetic
of
brute
materiality
and
formlessness.
"
(Excerpt
,
pp.16-18)
Material
Paste (adhesive)
Rag paper
Paper (fiber product)
Varnish
Canvas
Work Type
Paintings
Mixed media
Source
Hopkins, David. After Modern Art: 1945-2000. Oxford History of Art. Oxford; New York: Oxford UP, 2000. (p.17, fig.7)
Rights
Photograph reproduced in Hopkins courtesy: Lauros-Giraudon. © ADAGP, Paris, and DACS, London, 2000.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC
826-30.jpg
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