Christian Dotremont
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Christian Dotremont | |
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| Born | 12 December 1922 |
| Died | 20 August 1979 (aged 56) Buizingen, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgium |
| Occupation | painter, poet |
Christian Dotremont, (12 December 1922 – 20 August 1979), was a Belgian painter and poet who was born in Tervuren, Belgium. He was a founding member of the (1946) and he also founded COBRA together with Danish artist Asger Jorn.[1] In this capacity he was responsible for bringing Henri Lefebvre's Critique de la vie quotidienne (1946) to the group's attention.[2] He later became well known for his painted poems (French: Peinture mots), which he called logograms.
He died of tuberculosis in Buizingen.
References[]
- ^ Stewart Home, (1988) The Assault on Culture: Utopian currents from Lettrisme to Class War London : Unpopular Books and Aporia Press ISBN 0-948518-88-X
- ^ Sadler, Simon (1999). The Situationist City. MIT Press. pp. 19–20.
Bibliography[]
- Labisse (1946)
- Les jambages au cou (1949)
- Cobra 1948 - 1951 - with an introduction by Christian Dotremont, (1980, Jean-Michel Place)
- Cartes et lettres : correspondance 1966-1979 (1986)
External links[]
- 5 Logograms in translation [1]
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