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Francois Charles Alexis Albert Morellet

Francois Charles Alexis Albert Morellet (1926 - 2016) was active/lived in France.  Francois Morellet is known for Abstract painting, sculpture, installation, multi media, drawing.

Following is The New York Times obituary of Francois Morellet.

François Morellet, French Abstract Artist, Dies at 90
By Hannah Olivevennes, May 13, 2016

François Morellet, a French painter and sculptor whose use of unorthodox materials such as neon lights, sticky tape and metal rods left a distinctive mark on postwar abstract art, died on Tuesday at his home in Cholet, France. He was 90.

His family confirmed the death.

Although his early work was representational, Mr. Morellet moved decisively toward abstraction. He concluded that his work should “make it possible for the observer to find what he wants to find,” he told The New York Times in 1985, the same year that a retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum essentially introduced him to an American audience.

He had his first solo exhibition as an abstract painter in 1950 at the Galerie Creuze in Paris. From then on, he applied himself to eliminating the artist’s sensibility from his art,   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5002 characters.]  Artist bio

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