André Brechet "Abstract Composition" Charcoal and Grease Pencil Signed, Framed

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André BRECHET (1921-1993)
"Abstract composition"
Charcoal and grease pencil signed lower right.

Dimensions at sight: 15 x 24 in. Total … Read more André BRECHET (1921-1993)
"Abstract composition"
Charcoal and grease pencil signed lower right.

Dimensions at sight: 15 x 24 in. Total dimensions: 20 x 29.5 in

André Bréchet, born in Delémont on October 22, 1921 and died on March 27, 1993 in the same town, is a Swiss painter, sculptor and glassmaker.
After his schooling, he took painting, sculpture and drawing classes at the Kunstgewebeschule in Basel, from 1942 to 1944.
He traveled a lot and then settled in Paris where he was a student of André Lhote (1947-1948) and Fernand Léger (1949).
From 1944, he held numerous exhibitions of sculpture and painting in Switzerland and abroad.
During his French period, he notably frequented the Swiss sculptors Alberto Giacometti and Jean Tinguely, the French poet Paul Fort,
the French cubist painter Jacques Villon as well as the Catholic writer Paul Claudel.
He created numerous stained glass windows for churches in Switzerland, the United States and France, and for individuals.
Among his works, let us mention in particular the remarkable stained glass windows of the Saint-Joseph and St-Patrick chapels in Detroit in the American state of Michigan. See less