GEORGES MATHIEU (1921 - 2012) Lot n° 1

L'exil pleuré, c. 1990 Alkyd on canvas, signed lower right, titled on reverse on the stretcher Alkyd on canvas, signed lower right, titled on reverse on the stretcher 100 x 81 cm 39 3/8/x 31 57/64 in. A certificate of authenticity, signed by the artist, will be given to the purchaser. A certificate from the Comité Georges Mathieu signed by Mr. Edouard Lombard, dated June 21, 2018, will be given to the purchaser. PROVENANCE Private collection, Brittany Georges Mathieu Georges Mathieu was born on January 27, 1921 in Boulogne-sur-Mer and died on June 10, 2012 in Boulogne-Billancourt. Born into a family of bankers, he initially studied law, but abandoned it in 1942 to devote himself to the visual arts. After working as a teacher for a few years, he embarked on an artistic career. In the aftermath of the Second World War, Europe was being rebuilt. Pictorial art was undergoing a transformation. Georges Mathieu creates works by applying paint directly to canvas with a tube. In 1947, the art critic Jean José Marchand defined Georges Mathieu's canvases, referring for the first time to the notion of "lyrical abstraction". In 1957, Georges Mathieu spent several months in Japan, where he became deeply interested in the art of calligraphy. He drew inspiration from this ancient traditional practice to build his composition from abstract signs, concentrating on gesture. He strips these signs of meaning to demonstrate that their understanding comes from a mental reconstruction by the reader, not from the forms themselves. Georges Mathieu was born on the 27 January 1921 in Boulognesur-Mer and died on the 10 June 2012 in Boulogne-Billancourt. Coming from a family of bankers, he first studied law, which he abandoned in 1942 to devote himself to the plastic arts. After having worked as a teacher for a few years, he embarked on an artistic career. In the aftermath of the Second World War, Europe rebuilt itself. Pictorial art is undergoing a transformation. Georges Mathieu creates works by applying paint directly on the canvas with the tube. In 1947, the art critic Jean José Marchand defined Georges Mathieu's canvases by evoking for the first time the notion of "lyrical abstraction". In 1957, Georges Mathieu spent a few months in Japan where he discovered with deep interest the art of calligraphy. He draws his inspiration from this very ancient traditional practice to build his composition from abstract signs by concentrating on gesture. He denies meaning to these signs to demonstrate that their understanding comes from a mental reconstruction made by the reader and not from the forms themselves. 乔治-马修（GeorgesMathieu）于1921年1月27日出生 于滨海布洛涅的 一个银行家家庭，在完成法律方面 的学习后，他于1942年开始尝试 造型艺术，并在担任 几年教职之后完全投身于艺术创作。他于2012 年6月 10日在法兰西岛大区上塞纳省布洛涅-比扬古去世， 享年91岁。 二战之后，欧洲开始重塑，艺术也走向一 条崭新的道路。乔治-马修 利用速度滤清杂念，直接 使用管装颜料的创作风格于1947年被法国 艺术评论 家让-何塞-马尔尚（Jean José Marchand）称为 "抒 情抽象" （l'abstraction lyrique）。 1957年，马修抵达日本。这次经历让他对中国书法 产生极大兴趣，并在 接下来几个月深入研究，从书 法和东方艺术中汲取灵感，以非凡的表 现力展现 书法的流动性和即兴性。他认为对作品的理解应该 来自观者 的重新解读，而不是形式本身，并同时提 出 "形在意先 "的理论， 与中 国书法 "意在笔先" 之精髓殊途同归。