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Claude Viallat
The painter Claude Viallat is born in Nimes in 1936. He studies in the Schools of Fine Arts in Montpellier (1955-59), then in Paris (1962-63). In 1966, Claude Viallat adopts a method based on fingerprints, which included him in a radical critique of geometric and lyrical abstraction; a neutral shape, neither natural nor geometric, is repeated on a free...
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Biography of Claude Viallat
The painter Claude Viallat is born in Nimes in 1936. He studies in the Schools of Fine Arts in Montpellier (1955-59), then in Paris (1962-63). In 1966, Claude Viallat adopts a method based on fingerprints, which included him in a radical critique of geometric and lyrical abstraction; a neutral shape, neither natural nor geometric, is repeated on a free canvas, without frame, determining the composition of the work. Claude Viallat participates in the adventure of Supports/Surfaces Group which he is a founding member (1969); his "work", a term that the group opposed to "art" or "artistic creativity" is based on the repetition of a simple form. The artist relies upon multiple references (Matisse, Picasso, Hantaï, Pollock, Sam Francis and Kenneth Noland, etc.). The Art of Claude Viallat is characterized by the sumptuousness of color, which imposes him as one of the great contemporaries colorists. More recently, Claude Viallat expresses himself thought flat rectangular or square surfaces, preferring an outburst of internal components, always putting more emphasis on the relationship of density, intensity, brightness between the colored areas. The works of Claude Viallat have been exhibited in most major museums in Europe, America and Asia dedicated to the presentation of modern and contemporary art, and he figures in most major public and private collections. 
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Composition
Circa 1975 Original screenprint, unsigned. Without
Unknown title II
Circa 2004 Original screenprint, signed and dated in pencil by the artist, realized to illustrate Michel Butor's text "Hexagones en désarroi". Editions... Without
Rencontre d'atelier
2007 Book, loose as issued, cardboard case, from the collection "Couleurs contemporaines". Text by Michèle Lécluse, illustrated with four original... Without
. . . taureaux de...
Circa 2000 Offset screenprint, signed in pencil by the artist. Ed. Carré d'Assas. Complete title: Carte des éleveurs de taureaux de combat. Without
Without title
1990 Original lithograph, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Hors langage
1970-1972 Original screenprint in 2 colors, signed and numbered on verso in blue pencil by the artist. Without
Unknown title
Circa 2010 Lithograph signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Single work 
Composition without...
2001 Lithograph in 4 colors, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Without title VI
2008 Numerical print, signed and numbered in pencil by the artist on verso. Linard Ed., La Garde Adhémar. WithoutCatalogue(s) raisonné(s)
Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
Not realised. All the "catalogues raisonnés"Bibliographic track & more
To read from or about the artist :
* « Viallat. La main perdue », Christian Prigent , Ed. Rémy Maure, 1981, rééd. Metz, 1996* « Claude Viallat », Christian Skimao, Éd. Demaistre, coll. « Peintures aujourd’hui présentes », 1995
* « Claude Viallat », Claude Minière, Ed. Fall, Paris, 1999
* « Claude Viallat. Un livre », Bernard Ceysson, Vence, Château de Villeneuve, 2000
* « Claude Viallat », Pierre Wat, Ed. Hazan, 2006
* « Conversations avec Claude Viallat », Jacques Maigne, Ed. Atelier Baie, 2009
* « Claude Viallat, une rétrospective », Ed. Musée Fabre et Somogy, Montpellier, 2014
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