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Biography
French painter, born in Russia. Between 1933 and 1936, he studied Architecture, Decoration and Design at the Académie de St Gilles and at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, both in Brussels. Various trips to the Netherlands and France awoke a certain interest for 17th century Dutch painting in him as well as the work of Matisse and Braque. In 1936, he took part in an exhibition, for the first time, in Brussels at the Dietrich Gallery. He visited Algeria and Italy, where he concentrated on the study of Italian art. In 1938, he returned to Paris where he began making copies of the Old Masters, namely Chardin and Delacroix, at the Louvre. In 1940, he moved to Nice where he joined a circle of vanguard artists such as Sonia Delaunay, Hans Arp and Alberto Magnelli, who significantly influenced the direction of his work. He returned Paris and, in 1944, had his first one-man show at the L'Esquisse Gallery. In 1948, he took French nationality and was, for the first time, mentioned in the press. He began producing large scale works, rather similar to those of Serge Poliakoff. In 1950, he exhibited in New York and travelled again to Italy in order to get to know Sicily. This led to a series of canvases on Sicilian landscapes. In 1954, he went to Marseilles and his painting continued to be based on still lifes, nudes and interiors. In managing to show that paintings could be simultaneously abstract and representational, a concern of many artists of the time, Nicolas de Stael occupied a significant position in the art world, exercising a strong influence on French and British artists in particular.
Exhibitions
Nicholas de Staël, 1914-1955 Peintures et Dessins Galerie Motte, USA 01-07-1967 ~ 31-08-1967
Accrochage Nº1, Selection of Portuguese and French Artists in The Berardo Collection Embaixada de França (French Embassy), Portugal 27-04-2005 ~ 15-10-2005
The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999 Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 27-01-2000 ~ 27-08-2000
Arte Cinética / Arte Op na Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 29-09-2001 ~ 31-10-2001
Contemporâneos de Arpad Szenes e Vieira da Silva na Collecção Berardo Fundação Arpad Szenes - Vieira da Silva, Portugal 06-03-2002 ~ 16-06-2002
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 22-10-2002 ~ 28-02-2003
Berardo Museum Opening Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 25-06-2007 ~ 09-09-2007
Be-Bomb : The Transatlantic War Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), Spain 25-09-2007 ~ 15-01-2008
De Miró à Warhol. La Collection Berardo à Paris Musée du Luxembourg, France 16-10-2008 ~ 22-02-2009
Sous la Dictée de L’image Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 01-03-2010 ~ 26-05-2010
Bibliography
Accrochage Nº1, Selection of Portuguese and French Artists in The Berardo Collection, 2005 Published by 90 Graus Editora, Lda. ISBN 9728964013
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999, 2000 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 972817652X
Contemporâneos de Arpad Szenes e Vieira da Silva na Colecção Berardo, 2002 Published by Fundação Arpad Szenes - Vieira da Silva ISBN 9728467192
Nicolas de Stäel Catalogue Raisonné des Peintures, 1968 Published by Éditions du Temps
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo, 2002 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 972974288X
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
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