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Jean Miotte Art

French, b. 1926

Jean Miotte was a French painter known for his lyrical abstract work which channeled introspective thought and athletic movements. Miotte was a part of the Art Informel movement and compared his working style to that of jazz musicians or ballet dancers in its use of free-flowing movements within a structured practice. Born on September 8th, 1926 in Paris, France, the artist studied under Achille-Émile Othon Friesz and Ossip Zadkine in the Montparnasse neighborhood of Paris. He later traveled to New York in 1961 where he met Modern painters Mark Rothko and Robert Motherwell, whose work had a major influence on Miotte’s development, notably the incorporation of aggressive gestural forms. Miotte experiments in media ranging from oil to acrylic, gouache, ink, etching, lithography, and collage. His use of black paint on a white or raw surface frequently recalls calligraphy; when color appears, it ranges from primaries to earthy tones. Critics say he is unique among the Informels because he continues to grow, fighting repetition, questioning himself and his form of expression. In the 1990s, he began producing the canvases currently on display, the largest of his career. Today, much of his work is held at the Miotte Foundation, a part of the Chelsea Art Museum in New York, as well as in the collections of the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris, the National Museum of Singapore, the Contemporary Art Museum in Dunkirk, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, among others. Miotte lived between Paris, New York and Fribourg, Switzerland over the last decades of his life. He died on March 1, 2016, in New York.

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Artist: Jean Miotte
Untitled
By Jean Miotte
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, ca1970 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 37/75 65.00 cm. x 48.00 cm. 25.59 in. x 18.9 in. (paper) 60.00 cm. x 46.00 cm. 23.62 in. x 18.11 in. (image) Arch...
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1970s Abstract Jean Miotte Art

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Lithograph

Jean Miotte - Abstract Composition - Original Signed Lithograph
By Jean Miotte
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Miotte - Rare Original Signed Lithograph Title: Abstract Composition Dimensions: 76 x 56 cm Edition: 64/99 Signed and Numbered in pencil Jean Miotte, 1926 - 2016 Miotte came o...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Jean Miotte Art

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Aquatint

Untitled
By Jean Miotte
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 14/100 A lithograph representative of the "white period" of the French artist, a master of lyrical abstraction. Miotte conc...
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1970s Abstract Jean Miotte Art

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Lithograph

Colorful Abstract Lithograph by Jean Miotte circa 1970
By Jean Miotte
Located in Long Island City, NY
A striking abstract lithograph by French Abstract Expressionist artist, Jean Miotte (1926 - 2016). The print is hand-signed and numbered 49/75 in pencil.
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Jean Miotte Art

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Lithograph

Jean Miotte - Abstract Composition - Original Aquatint Engraving
By Jean Miotte
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Miotte - Rare Original Aquatint Engraving Title: Abstract Composition Dimensions: 76 x 56 cm Jean Miotte, 1926 - 2016 Miotte came of artistic age in the decade after World War...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Jean Miotte Art

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Aquatint

Jean Miotte - Abstract Composition - Original Signed Etching
By Jean Miotte
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Miotte - Original Signed Etching 1994 Dimensions: 41 x 33 cm Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: /60 From Près du mur Jean Miotte, 1926 - 2016 Miotte came of artistic age i...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Jean Miotte Art

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Etching

Jean Miotte - Abstract Composition - Original Signed Etching
By Jean Miotte
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Miotte - Original Signed Etching 1994 Dimensions: 41 x 33 cm Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: /60 From Près du mur
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Jean Miotte Art

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Etching

Jean Miotte - Abstract Composition - Original Etching
By Jean Miotte
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Miotte - Original Etching 1998 Dimensions: 41 x 33 cm Edition: /40 From La Déchirure
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Jean Miotte Art

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Etching

Jean Miotte - Abstract Composition - Original Etching
By Jean Miotte
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Miotte - Original Etching 1998 Dimensions: 41 x 33 cm Edition: /40 From La Déchirure Jean Miotte, 1926 - 2016 Miotte came of artistic age in the decade after World War II when non-figurative gestural abstraction was emerging on both sides of the Atlantic as the contemporary artistic language. The term, "L'Art Informel," was coined by the French critic, Michel Tapi, to connote "without form." The negation of traditional form, a radical break from established notions of order and composition, was particularly suited to a cultural environment born out of the circumstances of post war Europe where abuse of morals and fascist ideology had led to such horror and destruction. While Informel is often regarded as the European equivalent of Abstract Expressionism, it is distinguished from its American counterpart, by a loss of faith in progress and the collective possibilities of an avant garde. Rather the artists who came to be grouped as Informel, Jean Miotte, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Emil Schumacher...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Jean Miotte Art

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Etching

Jean Miotte - Abstract Composition - Original Etching
By Jean Miotte
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Miotte - Original Etching 1998 Dimensions: 41 x 33 cm Edition: /40 From La Déchirure Jean Miotte, 1926 - 2016 Miotte came of artistic age in the decade after World War II when non-figurative gestural abstraction was emerging on both sides of the Atlantic as the contemporary artistic language. The term, "L'Art Informel," was coined by the French critic, Michel Tapi, to connote "without form." The negation of traditional form, a radical break from established notions of order and composition, was particularly suited to a cultural environment born out of the circumstances of post war Europe where abuse of morals and fascist ideology had led to such horror and destruction. While Informel is often regarded as the European equivalent of Abstract Expressionism, it is distinguished from its American counterpart, by a loss of faith in progress and the collective possibilities of an avant garde. Rather the artists who came to be grouped as Informel, Jean Miotte, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Emil Schumacher...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Jean Miotte Art

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Etching

Jean Miotte - Abstract Composition - Original Signed Etching
By Jean Miotte
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Miotte - Original Signed Etching 1994 Dimensions: 41 x 33 cm Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: /60 From Près du mur
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Jean Miotte Art

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Etching

Jean Miotte - Constant Eye I - Original Signed Lithograph
By Jean Miotte
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Miotte - Rare Original Signed Lithograph Title: Abstract Composition Dimensions: 76 x 56 cm Edition: /66 Hand-Signed in pencil L'Oeil Constant, Vence, Pierre Chave, 2001.
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Jean Miotte Art

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Aquatint

Jean Miotte - Abstract Composition - Original Signed Etching
By Jean Miotte
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Miotte - Original Signed Etching 1994 Dimensions: 41 x 33 cm Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: /60 From Près du mur
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Jean Miotte Art

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Etching

Jean Miotte - Abstract Composition - Original Etching
By Jean Miotte
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Miotte - Original Etching 1998 Dimensions: 41 x 33 cm Edition: /40 From La Déchirure Jean Miotte, 1926 - 2016 Miotte came of artistic age in the decade after World War II when non-figurative gestural abstraction was emerging on both sides of the Atlantic as the contemporary artistic language. The term, "L'Art Informel," was coined by the French critic, Michel Tapi, to connote "without form." The negation of traditional form, a radical break from established notions of order and composition, was particularly suited to a cultural environment born out of the circumstances of post war Europe where abuse of morals and fascist ideology had led to such horror and destruction. While Informel is often regarded as the European equivalent of Abstract Expressionism, it is distinguished from its American counterpart, by a loss of faith in progress and the collective possibilities of an avant garde. Rather the artists who came to be grouped as Informel, Jean Miotte, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Emil Schumacher...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Jean Miotte Art

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Etching

Jean Miotte - Abstract Composition - Original Etching
By Jean Miotte
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Miotte - Original Etching 1998 Dimensions: 41 x 33 cm Edition: /40 From La Déchirure
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Jean Miotte Art

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Etching

Jean Miotte - Abstract Composition - Original Signed Lithograph
By Jean Miotte
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Miotte - Rare Original Signed Lithograph Title: Abstract Composition Dimensions: 76 x 56 cm Edition: 64/99 Signed and Numbered in pencil
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Jean Miotte Art

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Aquatint

Jean Miotte - Abstract Composition - Original Signed Lithograph
By Jean Miotte
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Miotte - Original Signed Lithograph Title: Abstract Composition Dimensions: 20 x 16 cm Edition: 85/180 Signed and Numbered in pencil Jean Miotte, 1926 - 2016 Miotte came of ar...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Jean Miotte Art

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Lithograph

Jean Miotte - Abstract Composition - Original Signed Lithograph
By Jean Miotte
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Miotte - Rare Original Signed Lithograph Title: Abstract Composition Dimensions: 76 x 56 cm Edition: 98/150 Signed and Numbered in pencil Jean Miotte, 1926 - 2016 Miotte came ...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Jean Miotte Art

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Aquatint

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No title
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Located in Paris, FR
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Located in Paris, FR
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No title
H 25.6 in W 19.69 in
No title
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Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph Edition : 8/199 40.00 cm. x 40.00 cm. 15.75 in. x 15.75 in. (paper) 38.00 cm. x 36.00 cm. 14.96 in. x 14.17 in. (image) Handsigned by the artist in pencil Ref : LCD3786
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No title
H 15.75 in W 15.75 in
Jean Miotte - Abstract Composition - Original Signed Lithograph
By Jean Miotte
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Miotte - Rare Original Signed Lithograph Title: Abstract Composition Dimensions: 76 x 56 cm Edition: 64/99 Signed and Numbered in pencil
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