|
Nicolas De Stael
|
Nicolas de Staël, (5 January 1914 – 16 March 1955) was a painter known for his use of a thick impasto and his highly abstract landscapes. He also worked with collage, illustration and textiles. In the 1930s, he traveled throughout Europe, lived in Paris (1934) and in Morocco. In 1941, he moved to Nice where he met Jean Arp, Sonia Delaunay and Robert Delaunay. These artists would inspire his first abstract paintings, or "Compositions". In 1943, (during the Nazi occupation) de Staël returned to Paris. There he met Braque, and a 1945 exposition brought him critical fame. In 1948 in Paris he began a long friendship with German artist Johnny Friedlaender. He had considerable success in the United States and England in the early 1950s, but by 1953, de Staël's depression led him to seek isolation in the south of France (eventually in Antibes), and he committed suicide in 1955.
|
|