CHARLES MAUSSION

Maussion exhibited for the first time in 1958, at the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles in Paris, through the Arnaud gallery, alongside Damian, Ionesco, Enard and Bidoilleau. His search for an abstract form, sensitive, pure, decanted, in resonance with space, is already manifested in “prolongements métaphysiques” (Claude-Hélène Sibert). From 1959, he worked in cooperation with architects, notably for the decoration of the Addis Ababa Opera House, under the direction of architect Henri Chomette. In 1957, he realised the mosaics of the Vago Building in Berlin and collaborated with the architect Feyeton for the project of the new building of the Union of Metallurgical and Mining Industries of Paris. This collaboration with the architects continued until the early 1970s.

At the same time, Maussion continued his work as a painter, and in 1956, he exhibited at Iris Clert. From 1960 to 1965, his painting became more gestural and colorful, close to Lyrical Abstraction, which he would abandon fairly quickly. He then exhibited at the Dubourg Gallery. His work went through several periods before arriving at a refined style based on three themes: Flowers, Birds, and Mountains.

Courtesy Galerie Bernard Bouche