Jacques LAGRANGE
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France 1917 - 1995
Ecole de Paris
Jacques Lagrange, born in Paris July 28, 1917, died July 4, 1995, is a French painter, engraver and screenwriter.
The critic Waldemar George considered Lagrange as comparable only to Matisse in his magical use of colour. In 1954 Lagrange had set up a studio near Antibes, during this period his use of colour became furthermore intensified, gaining the artist a reputation as the “architect of light”, and receiving international acclaim, his work having already been acquired by several Modern Art Museums.
Lagrange exhibited extensively both in France and internationally, notably: Philadelphia, 1951; Sao Paulo Biennale, 1951; Venice Biennale, 1952; Milan Triennale, 1953; Italy, 1955; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1956; Vienna, 1960.
The artist is represented in many public collections including: Musée Nationale d’Art Moderne, Paris; FRAC d’Ille-de-France, Paris; Le Harvre; La Chaux-de-Fonds; Liège; Pontoise; Saínt-Étienne; Museum of Moderne Art, Philadelphia; Museum of Modern Art, New York. ...
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