About the Artist
Pierre Alechinsky
Pierre Alechinsky (b. 1927) is a Belgian artist. He has lived and worked in France since 1951. His work is related to tachisme, abstract expressionism, and lyrical abstraction. In 1954 he had his first exhibition in Paris and started to become interested in oriental calligraphy. In the early 1950s he was the Paris correspondent for the Japanese journal Bokubi (the joy of ink). By 1960 he had exhibited in London, Bern and at the Venice Biennial, and then in Pittsburgh, New York City, Amsterdam and Silkeborg as his international reputation grew. He has worked with artists such as Walasse Ting, Christian Dotremont and Andre Breton. Whether abstract or representational, his energetic brushstrokes seem to represent a multifaceted emotional expression related to the human experience.
