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Gaston Chaissac
My rustic, modern painting is quite poor; in 20 years I hope it will become rich. (1946)
Gaston Chaissac, is completely self-taught, having never followed any artistic training. He was born in Avalon France 40 years before the start of the First World War. He practiced all sorts of humble jobs (kitchen boy, assistant in a hardware store, apprentice saddle, and cobbler). His first contact with art is from a woman who taught art to his sister. The health is precarious, he has . . .
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La leçon de gravure
1976 Book in sheets, illustrated and printed wrapper. First edition. Foreword by Jean Vodaine, 12 original linocuts by Gaston Chaissac (+ the composition... Without
Letter to Iris
Circa 1961 Handwritten letter in ballpoint and felts of color, signed in bottom on the left by Gaston Chaissac. Without
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Character with...
1952-1953 Pastel on corrugated cardboard, signed by the artist at the lower left. Certificate of Mr Thomas Guillou dated June 2nd, 1987.
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Henri Timoléon
1959 A la gloire de Henri Timoléon. Ink and collage, signed in lower left and dated March 30th 1959 withoutCatalogue(s) raisonné(s)
Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
*« Chaissac, l'oeuvre graphique », J.-C. Cousseau, Ed. J. Damasse, 1981
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To read about the artist :
- «G. Chaissac : l'homme orchestre», A. Jakovsky, PLF, 1952
- «Chaissac : puzzle pour un homme seul», D. Allan-Michaud, Gallimard, 1992
- «Gaston Chaissac», C. Allemand-Cosneau, R.M.N., 1998
- «Chaissac», D. Abadie, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, 2000
- «Gaston Chaissac Environs et apartés», Serge Fauchereau, Ed. Somogy, 2000
- «Gaston Chaissac», Francoise Brutsch, Ed. Ides et Calendes, 2001
- «Gaston Chaissac, homme de lettres», Paris, Musée de la poste, 2006
- «Gaston Chaissac à côté de l'art brut», Serge Fauchereau, Ed. Andre Dimanche, 2007
- «Gaston Chaissac : Poète rustique et peintre moderne », B. Decron, Ed. Actes Sud, 2009
- «Gaston Chaissac 1910-1964», Barbara Nathan-Neher, ed. Somogy, 2012
To read from the artist :
- « Hippobosque au bocage », Gallimard, 1951 (rééd. 1990)
- «Correspondances 1946-1964, Jean Dubuffet – Gaston Chaissac», Ed. Andre Dimanche, 2013
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Stamp by Gaston Chaissac
The publication of a postal stamp is often a homage paid by a nation to a place, an event, a remarkable cause or a character which count. The painters and other artists do not escape from this rule. Some are however "forgotten" of postal art. Here, gathered below (French or foreign), emitted stamps (206) or simple studies of stamp (224) in homage to the artists represented on our website. The first French stamp was emitted in 1849, England preceded us by ten years. There is often a share of voyage in this small form of shape paper. The stamp circulates, sails, flies away, it makes dream, then dream a little. M.C.
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Drawing for the poet Jacques Kober
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Artists' viewpoints
"I will never be a serious rival for anyone. I have other fish to fry."
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A tribute to Gaston Chaissac
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Malade, Gaston Chaissac meurt d’une hémiplégie à l’hôpital de La Roche-sur-Yon le 7 novembre 1964 ; il avait 54 ans. Ses obsèques auront lieu trois jours plus tard. Sous une dalle noire - et avec son épouse Camille -, l’artiste repose dans le cimetière de la petite commune de Vix (Vendée, au Sud-Ouest de Fontenay-le-Comte). En son hommage, avec respect, nous déposons une rose jaune.
"Je ne serai jamais un concurrent sérieux pour personne, j’ai d’autres chats à fouetter." - Gaston Chaissac
"Dans l’œuvre d’art, il s’agit de la nécessité de déformer." - Paul Klee
"C’est la voix absente de la mère qui est sollicitée dans les appels réitérés de Chaissac : fragilité et violence de la voix, comme celles du corps." - Henry-Claude Cousseau
"Ce que je trouve bien marrant c’est qu’un tas de gens me reprochent de dessiner comme un enfant alors qu’eux-mêmes sont d’un comportement enfantin notoire." - Gaston Chaissac
"En Dordogne, j’ai fait un curieux dessin en m’inspirant d’un curieux châtaignier." - Gaston Chaissac
"C’est en tant que bricoleur que je peins. Si j’étais un peintre professionnel ce serait ridicule que je dessine conne ça." - Gaston Chaissac
Mouvements de l'art
- + ART BRUT / 1945-1985 / Adolphe Wölfli, Aloïse, Heinrich Anton Müller, Laure Pigeon, Jeanne Tripier, etc.
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