ARTISTS
Fourth Republic 1946-1958
In 1946 with the resignation of de Gaulle and two referendums, the Fourth Republic marked a twelve year period of political turmoil with 18 different prime-ministers as France struggled to rediscover its identity. Dissatisfied with the state of affairs in 1947 the RPF (Rassemblement du Peuple Francais) began organising a series of national strikes, and in 1948 the situation resulted in bread rationing and the devaluation of the Franc.
A consequence of the ongoing instability was fervent creativity, as artists felt impelled to explore new ways of thinking and seeing, a new outlook. In 1946 Merleau-Ponty had just published his 鈥淧henomenology of Perception鈥�, and Sartre 鈥淟es Temps Modernes鈥�; Le Corbusier designed the 鈥淐it茅 Radieuse鈥� in Marseille; and the avant-garde 鈥淪alon des R茅alit茅s Nouvelles鈥� was launched; while the communist painter Andr茅 Fougeron won the Prix National des Arts; in 1947 Dior launched the 鈥淣ew Look鈥�; the Mus茅e National d鈥橝rt Moderne opened with 鈥淎rt et R茅sistance鈥�; and Galerie Maeght held the 鈥淓xposition Internationale du Surrealisme鈥� organised by Breton and Duchamp. It was the era of Camus, de Beauvoir, Beckett and Ionesco. Art movements such as Tachisme, Art Brut, CoBrA, Espace, Abstraction Lyrique鈥�
This exhibition at Hanina Fine Arts charts these developments through a selection of representative works from this extraordinary era. Including Camille Bryen鈥檚 important Tachiste work 鈥淔omalhaut鈥� exhibited at the Stedelijk Museum in 1957; and Abstraction Lyrique works by Jean Le Moal and James Pichette; CoBrA artist Georges Collignon鈥檚 鈥淰ives Controverses鈥� exhibited in the international CoBrA exhibition in 1951; geometric abstract works by 鈥淓space鈥� group founders Silvano Bozzolini and Emile Gilioli; avant-garde think-tank 鈥淐entre de Recherche鈥� organiser Jean Deyrolle; prominent women artists Marie Raymond and Huguette Bertrand; and 茅migr茅s Pierre Dmitrienko and Youla Chapoval.
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In 1946 with the resignation of de Gaulle and two referendums, the Fourth Republic marked a twelve year period of political turmoil with 18 different prime-ministers as France struggled to rediscover its identity. Dissatisfied with the state of affairs in 1947 the RPF (Rassemblement du Peuple Francais) began organising a series of national strikes, and in 1948 the situation resulted in bread rationing and the devaluation of the Franc.
A consequence of the ongoing instability was fervent creativity, as artists felt impelled to explore new ways of thinking and seeing, a new outlook. In 1946 Merleau-Ponty had just published his 鈥淧henomenology of Perception鈥�, and Sartre 鈥淟es Temps Modernes鈥�; Le Corbusier designed the 鈥淐it茅 Radieuse鈥� in Marseille; and the avant-garde 鈥淪alon des R茅alit茅s Nouvelles鈥� was launched; while the communist painter Andr茅 Fougeron won the Prix National des Arts; in 1947 Dior launched the 鈥淣ew Look鈥�; the Mus茅e National d鈥橝rt Moderne opened with 鈥淎rt et R茅sistance鈥�; and Galerie Maeght held the 鈥淓xposition Internationale du Surrealisme鈥� organised by Breton and Duchamp. It was the era of Camus, de Beauvoir, Beckett and Ionesco. Art movements such as Tachisme, Art Brut, CoBrA, Espace, Abstraction Lyrique鈥�
This exhibition at Hanina Fine Arts charts these developments through a selection of representative works from this extraordinary era. Including Camille Bryen鈥檚 important Tachiste work 鈥淔omalhaut鈥� exhibited at the Stedelijk Museum in 1957; and Abstraction Lyrique works by Jean Le Moal and James Pichette; CoBrA artist Georges Collignon鈥檚 鈥淰ives Controverses鈥� exhibited in the international CoBrA exhibition in 1951; geometric abstract works by 鈥淓space鈥� group founders Silvano Bozzolini and Emile Gilioli; avant-garde think-tank 鈥淐entre de Recherche鈥� organiser Jean Deyrolle; prominent women artists Marie Raymond and Huguette Bertrand; and 茅migr茅s Pierre Dmitrienko and Youla Chapoval.
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