James Pichette - Lithographie Abstraction signée ( Ondertekende abstractie) - Sold

James PICHETTE (1920-1996) - Lithographie Abstraction signée Signed abstraction Painter born on August 1, 1920 in Châteauroux. Brother of the poet and playwright Henri Pichette, French painter associated with the movement of informal art. It was in 1942 that he started painting figurative paintings and then went through a cubist period like most painters of his generation. In 1947 he exhibited for the first time at the Salon des Surindépendants, the same year he left for Italy and spent several months in Rome. His beginnings were encouraged by Gino Severini, Alberto Magnelli and Jacques Villon. He worked in the studios of Cinécittà, where he produced his first abstract works with a touch of surrealism. In 1950 he exhibited at the Fifth Salon des Réalités Nouvelles. In 1952 he obtained a scholarship and went to the Netherlands where he took up residence in the Descartes house in Amsterdam, where he became acquainted with the work of Pietr Mondrian and Georges Vantongerloo. In 1952-1953 he exhibited at the Salon d'Automne. In 1960 he moved to New York where he met Sam Francis and Calder. He was also passionate about jazz and befriended great musicians. From 1985 it was the beginning of his “Jazz Space” period, a theme that would occupy his painting for a long time. His career includes many personal exhibitions in France and abroad. He died on August 2, 1996 in Paris. His works are in the collections of many museums in Germany, Belgium, Chile, United States, China, France, Israel, Mexico, Netherlands.