A life filled with paintings, jazz and skiing but punctuated by two world wars and an imprisonment by the Gestapo. No wonder Jean Fautrier’s paintings evoke such strong feelings…
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Hans Hartung, 1956
“For me, the love of life mixes with the desire to paint. If someone has devoted his whole life to painting, if someone has always tried to take one step further, then it is impossible for him to stop."
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