Horst Egon KALINOWSKI (1924-2013) Composition,... - Lot 79 - Crait + Müller

Horst Egon KALINOWSKI (1924-2013) Composition, the fern demon, 1958 Mixed media, oil and collage of various elements (sand, paper, pebbles, rope and textiles) on canvas, signed and dated upper right, monogrammed, titled, dated February 20, 1958, numbered 361 and located in Paris on the back. 89 x 107 cm PROVENANCE: D.B.C. [Daniel Bouyjou-Cordier] collection (label affixed to stretcher). Born in Düsseldorf in 1924, Horst Egon Kalinowski came to Paris in 1950 and continued his training at La Grande Chaumière, in Jean Dewasne's abstract art studio. of Jean Dewasne. A genius at collage, he rigorously selects the materials he uses with the utmost care. Kalinowski first excelled in creations on paper. Daniel Cordier, who exhibited his work in his gallery from 1958 onwards, was his greatest supporter, even though the first his first exhibitions were totally misunderstood and met with hostility from critics and the public alike. The Tableaux-objets, Bildschreine or Tableaux-châsses, the culmination of his early work, materialize by completely invading the canvas surface with extrapictural materials. This approach is justified by the artist's desire for "something much more tactile... a material that can be the vehicle of my emotions". my emotions". This champion of the detour of the most trivial materials is a marvellous artist, with a fascinating sensuality, often hiding behind the apparent the apparent static serenity of his poem-objects, a more underlying, symbolic and magical evocation.