René GUIETTE (1893–1976) - Lot 157

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René GUIETTE (1893–1976) - Lot 157
René GUIETTE (1893–1976) Untitled, calligraphy, drawing, signed lower right, dated 69, approx. 74 x 39 cm. Note: A Belgian painter, draftsman, and art critic, René Guiette was one of the most distinctive figures of the 20th-century Belgian avant-garde. Self-taught and close to Blaise Cendrars and Max Jacob, he evolved from Expressionism and Cubism toward a freer style of painting, influenced by esotericism and Eastern philosophies. In 1925, Le Corbusier designed the famous Maison Guiette in Antwerp for him, the architect’s only project in Belgium. A member since 1948 of the Compagnie de l’Art Brut founded by Jean Dubuffet, Guiette was also supported in Paris by the critic Michel Tapié. Beginning in the mid-1950s, deeply influenced by Zen philosophy, he developed a pictorial language based on symbols, writing, and a gestural style inspired by Far Eastern calligraphy. Arabesques, symbols, and imaginary scripts thus became the vehicles for an inner, meditative exploration, particularly characteristic of his work from the 1960s.
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