César Baldaccini

CÉSAR BALDACCINI (Marseille, 1950 - Paris, 1998).
Untitled, 1992, from the "Suite Olympic Centennial".
Lithograph on 270 grams Vélin d'Arches paper, copy 69/250.
Signed and justified by hand.
Measurements: 90 x 63 cm.
The Olympic Suite is composed of 50 lithographs and serigraphs chosen to represent various contemporary artistic trends. Edited to commemorate the first centenary of modern Olympism, the chosen artists are defined by diverse pictorial movements and trends.
Baldaccini trained at the School of Fine Arts in Marseille between 1935 and 1939, later completing his training in Paris, where he studied from 1943-1948. He initially devoted himself to metal sculpture, welding scraps and scraps and creating large sculptures of insects, animals and nudes. He held his first solo exhibition in Paris at the Lucien Durand Gallery in 1954. His work is part of the New Realism and, although he developed mainly in metal, he also worked in graphics and painting.