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3. Miguel Kohler-Jan
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Notes of biography

French painter Miguel Kohler-Jan was born in Paris in 1929, on his father side he has Alsatian background and has Uruguayan origins on his mother side. 
He completes his education at Louis Le Grand High School, then graduates from Law School at La Sorbonne in 1955. When done with his studies, he realizes that his true passions are Art and South America. That is when he leaves for Uruguay and studies Plastic Arts in Montevideo.
Meanwhile, he gets involved in archeological works in different places in South America and increases his knowledge in archeology in different museums of different countries ((Uruguay, Peru, Panama, Chile and Bolivia). During all of his travels, he discovers the wide range of cultural treasures that will influence his work all along his artistic career. At that time his work is figurative, expressing all the aspects of his life surrounding him and shaking up his imagination. His first personal exhibition is organized in Montevideo in 1964.
Miguel Kohler-Jan settles in the local cultural environment and definitely moves to Montevideo. Very quickly he becomes Fine Arts commissioner for the Uruguayan governmental Committee. He sets up many international exhibitions promoting French young artists, occidental artists, and East European artists. 
In 1968, the artist is selected to represent Uruguay in Monaco for the IVth International Contemporary Art Great Prize. He then gets the First Prize. Later he becomes member of the Plastic Arts International Association for the UNESCO. 
Miguel Kohler-Jan starts working in France in 1969 (Salon d'Automne). For this event the city of Paris acquires one of his works.
The artist lives in Paris during the early 70s. That's when he decides to give up painting for etching. The Aztec art becomes more important in his creative life. He is also fascinated with numerology and the symbolism it expresses. His immersion in the etching world confronts him with the mastering of colors game on paper, the use of ink in etching and the combination of xylographies.
In the middle of the 80s, Miguel Kohler-Jan settles in the South of France in Nice. As an artist, it's a new start with sand creations. Sand becomes his ingredient he uses for etching or for unique compositions. The artist now uses everything he can find in the nature while letting totally express his Urugayan background.
During his artistic career, Miguel Kohler-Jan has regularly exhibited his works in France and Uruguay but also in many other countries (Portugal, Puerto-Rico, Cuba, Japan, Germany, Denmark, Brasil, Italy, Sweden, Poland, Norway, China, etc), receiving several awards.
Miguel Kohler-Jan died in Nice in 2011. He was 81 years old.

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