CLAUDE VIALLAT
b. 1936, FranceFrench abstract painter Claude Viallat has established an ‘anti-painting’ practice of repetitive abstraction. He is considered a founder of the Supports/Surfaces movement.
Early Years
Viallat was born in Nîmes, France. He enrolled in the École des Beaux-Arts in Montpellier in 1955, where the artist met his future wife, Henriette Pous. After completing military service, Viallat attended the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. There, he encountered the work of American artists such as Kenneth Noland and Mark Rothko. He began his teaching career in 1964 at the École des Arts Décoratifs in Nice, later teaching at the École des Beaux-Arts in Limoges.
Awards and Accolades
Viallat received the Fine Arts Academy Fondation Simone et Cino del Duca award in 2006.
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