Christo Coetzee | |
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 Christo Coetzee by Dotman Pretorius | |
| Born | Christo Coetzee 24 March 1929 Johannesburg Gauteng, South Africa |
| Died | 12 November 2000 (aged 71) Tulbagh Western Cape, South Africa |
| Resting place | 26 Church Street, Tulbagh Western Cape, South Africa |
| Nationality | South African |
| Education | University of the Witwatersrand (1947–1959) Slade School of Art (1951–1952) |
| Known for | Painting, Collage |
| Notable work | Celestial Bicycle (1958) Waterlily Ball (1958) Crespian (1957) |
| Movement | Abstract expressionism, Assemblage Art informel, Neo-Baroque |
| Patron(s) | Anthony Denney, Rodolphe Stadler |
Christo Coetzee (24 March 1929 – 12 November 2000) was a South African assemblage and Neo-Baroque artist closely associated with the avant-garde art movements of Europe and Japan during the 1950s and 1960s. Under the influence of art theorist Michel Tapié, art dealer Rodolphe Stadler and art collector and photographer Anthony Denney, as well as the Gutai group of Japan, he developed his oeuvre alongside those of artists strongly influenced by Tapié's Un Art Autre (1952), such as Georges Mathieu, Alfred Wols, Jean Dubuffet, Jean Fautrier, Hans Hartung, Pierre Soulages, Antoni Tàpies and Lucio Fontana.[1]
- ^ Stevenson, Michael; Viljoen, Deon (2001). Christo Coetzee: paintings from London and Paris 1954–1964. Cape Town: Fernwood Press. ISBN 1874950628. OL 25225208M.