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La
frileuse aquatinte / Shivering
aquatint (print)
. . ..........A painter and a sculptor, Jean Dessirier started as a glass artist. He had his first artistic experiences while working in Max Ingrand's workshop restoring glass art works. ...........Very young he had been attracted by drawing and painting and his calling just got stronger when confronted to other artists at Henri Goetz's workshop (former André Lhote academy) right at the heart of Montparnasse. This is were he learned etching. ...........He decided to become a painter and was immediately attracted to portraits. From then on the human body became the center of his research. Je........Jean
works mainly from timeworn materials (old wood pieces, zinc, sheet metal,
lead) and likes playing with various techniques (cutouts, hammering and
painting). Most of his sculptures are polychromic. |
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