GERARD SCHNEIDER: Original Lithograph numbered and signed by the artist - 70 x 50 cm LITHOGRAPH

Schneider, Gerard

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Original color lithograph, 80/100 edition signed by the artist. 70 x 50 cm, in fine condition. Gérard Ernest Schneider (1896 1986) was a Swiss painter. A major pioneer of Lyrical Abstraction, a gestural and personal form of abstraction, along with Hans Hartung and Pierre Soulages, Gérard Schneider was shown in Paris at the Galerie Louis Carré as early as 1950. From 1955 to 1960, Schneider's work was exhibited at the Kootz Gallery in New York where an exclusivity contract connected the artist and the American dealer Samuel Kootz. From gesture, the shape is born, whether lyrical or dramatic, with its colour and technical means, without any reference to external nature according to Schneider. Eugène Ionesco spoke of the original, eruptive, richness of his work. From nervous gesture and volcanic composition, full of tension, of the 1950s followed the light years from Michel Ragon's expression, which were marked by the balance of forms reflecting each other and the explosion of colour. "Painting should be looked in the same way as music is listened to", as Schneider enjoyed saying. Musical, his work is to be understood like an orchestra which expresses passion, fury, romanticism according to Michel Ragon. Seller Inventory # 23703

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Title: GERARD SCHNEIDER: Original Lithograph ...

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Condition: Near Fine