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Philippe Cognee, Philippe Cognee Carved Painting Expressionist Wood Relief Sculpture African Art, 1986
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Roughly hewn and painted, carved wooden sculpture. Hand signed and dated.
Provenance Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, (accompanied with copy …
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Roughly hewn and painted, carved wooden sculpture. Hand signed and dated.
Provenance Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, (accompanied with copy of original invoice dated 1986.) This was from his show Out of Africa. Expressionist paintings and carved reliefs at the Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago His first one-man exhibition in the United States, the show featured multidimensional and multi-media work with influences from Africa and nature.
Philippe Cognée is a recognized and celebrated French artist born in 1957 in Nantes, France where he still lives and works. He graduated as a Diplôme National Supérieur d’Arts Plastiques, École des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, France and won the prize of Rome in 1991. He teaches at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts School in Paris. This work is in the Neo Expressionist style made popular in the 1980's by Sandro Chia, Francesco Clemente, Enzo Cucchi, Nicola De Maria and Mimmo Paladino the Transavanguardia
Philippe Cognee grew up in Benin, Africa, where his father taught returning to France in 1974. He appeared on the art scene at the beginning of the eighties with his Art Brut carvings. He is inspired by the photograph particularly polaroid photo images that he then paints with encaustic painting made with beeswax, encaustic and pigments. He then uses a plastic film to cover the canvas, and an iron to melt the wax that by spreading on the support (canvas or wood) and creates a blurring effect that is the stylistic signature of the artist. He is represented by the prestigious Daniel Templon Gallery, they exhibited Andy Warhol, Arman, Roy Lichtenstein, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring, Jim Dine, Francesco Clemente, Julian Schnabel and Kehinde Wiley.
Cognee won the Villa Médicis prize, the Prix de Rome and was nominated for the Prix Marcel Duchamp. He was awarded Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur.
Select Collections:
Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Musée Ludwig, Aix la Chapelle, Germany
Assemblée Nationale, Paris
Collection Nordstern Assurance, TransArt, Cologne
Foreign Affairs Office, Embassy of Hanoi
Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art, Paris
CAPC Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, France
Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris, France
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, France
Assemblée Nationale, Paris, France
Collection SACEM, Neuilly-sur Seine, France
Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France
Fondation d’art contemporain Daniel et Florence Guerlain, Les Mesnuls, France
Fondation pour l’art contemporain Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, Alex, France
Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, Strasbourg, France
Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Amiens, France
Musée National d’art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
Axa Art, Belgium
Banque des règlements Internationaux, Basel, Switzerland
Nestlé Fondation pour l’Art, Lausanne, Switzerland
Banque Centrale Européenne, Frankfurt, Germany
Collection Nordstern assurance, TransArt, Köln, Germany
Musée Ludwig, Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany
Fundacao Berardo, Lisboa, Portugal
Collection Haaken A. Christensen, Oslo, Norway
Ministère des affaires étrangères, dépôt à l’ambassade d’Hanoi, Vietnam
Microsoft Art Collection, Seattle, USAs, Amiens
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes
Nestle Foundation for Art, Lausanne, Switzerland
Institut Bernard Magrez, Bordeaux, France
Select Exhibitions:
Musée Bourdelle, Paris, France
Philippe Cognée, Chapelle de la Visitation – Espace d’art contemporain, Thonon les Bains, France
Paysages révélés, Centre d’arts et de nature, Domaine de Chaumont sur Loire, France
Carne dei fiori, Galerie Templon, Paris, France
Philippe Cognée, Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
Philippe Cognée, Espace Jacques Villeglé, Saint Gratien, France
Philippe Cognée, Baker McKenzie, Paris, France
La Matière remuée, Espace Paul Rebeyrolle, Eymoutiers, France
Philippe Cognée : Territoires, Galerie Daniel Templon, Bruxelles, Belgium
Sous les feux de la lune, Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne, Switzerland
œuvres récentes - crânes, autoportraits, dessins érotiques, Galerie Domi Nostrae, Lyon, France
Gallery Litvak, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Écho, Château de Versailles, France
Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne, Switzerland
Institut Français de Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Visiotime 1, Philippe Cognée, Philippe Hurteau, Galerie Jean Boucher, Cesson-Sévigné, France
L’intime et L’anonyme, Winston Wächter Fine Arts, Seattle, USA
Galerie Riverin Arlogos, Montréal, Canada
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, France
Galerie Laage-Salomon, Paris, France
Galerie Heike Curtze, Düsseldorf, Germany
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, USA
Galerie Christian Laune, Montpellier, France
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- Dimensions
- 47.25ʺW × 3.94ʺD × 63ʺH
- Styles
- Expressionism
- Art Subjects
- Figure
- Frame Type
- Unframed
- Period
- 1980s
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Wood
- Condition
- Good Condition, Unknown, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Red
- Condition Notes
- Good Minor wear, please see photos. Good Minor wear, please see photos. less
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