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Late 20th century carborundum engraving on handmade paper by French artist, James Coignard.
In the late 1960s, Coignard exploited in particular the artistic medium of etching in carborundum (first created by Henri Goetz) . It was his tireless experimentation in the search for a new artistic medium that led him to the further development of etching on carborundum, a very time-consuming process.
At the start of his career, Coignard became part of the 'realists' of the École de Paris .
Although he was always searching for a way out of the modern art genre, his work always had a modern art vibe. Marcelin Pleynet , in 'James Coignard and the memory of signs', writes: “the work of James Coignard presents all the characteristics of a work belonging to the space of modern art […] the work of James Coignard seems curiously silent as soon as we try to compare it, to think about it, to understand it according to such or such conventional data." That is its essence.
In 1948 , James Coignard discovered the Côte d'Azur and decided to take courses at the School of Decorative Arts in Nice. He then also received advice from Louis Marchand des Raux, to whom he was close. In his early days, he was a ceramicist . His meeting with Paul Hervieu, gallery owner in Nice in 1950 , was decisive for his career. Coignard exhibited for the first time in Beaulieu-sur-Mer and it was through Paul Hervieu that he met Braque, Matisse and Chagall .
In 1952, he moved to Paris and set up his ceramic workshop. He began to exhibit in Scandinavian countries. He married Mireille Poupart and eventually returned to Beaulieu-sur-mer in 1956 , where he set up his workshop. At that time other influencial artists in the region were Atlan, Christine Boumeester, Henri Goetz and Max Papart.
In 1958, Coignard stopped practicing ceramics to devote himself to painting. In the 1960s ,his career took on an international dimension, particularly in the United States and Sweden . He then travelled around the world and tried out new techniques such as tapestry and glass sculpture.
In 1968, with Henri Goetz, Coignard made his first carborundum engravings; a process, the multiple possibilities and facets of which he explored until the end of his life. From 1969 , he became interested in publishing issues and worked on his first artists' books .
In the 2000s, he strengthened his collaboration with the GKM Siwert Bergström gallery in Malmö , Sweden, with which he continued to collaborate in developing his engraved work.
- Creator:James Coignard (1925-2008, French)
- Dimensions:Height: 22.45 in (57 cm)Width: 14.97 in (38 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Cotignac, FR
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James Coignard
James Coignard, painter, ceramist, sculptor and etcher, was born in Tours in 1925. At the age of 23 and after a brief career in the French administration, he discovers the landscapes of the French Riviera and decides to study at Arts décoratifs in Nice. Four years later, he quits his job at the administration to commit himself entirely to his artistic career. The encounter with Paul Hervieu in 1950 is decisive. His collaboration with gallery Hervieu made him known in artistic circles, nationally and internationally and then particularly in Scandinavia. At the beginning of his career, art critics label James Coignard as a member of Ecole de Paris. Soon, his painting and ceramic distances themselves from those of his colleagues and he goes it alone. At the beginning of the sixties, he starts to work with glass but the technical turning point occurs in 1968 when his friend Henri Goetz discovers a new etching technique, using carborundum. Etching then becomes central in his work. At the same time, his career takes off internationally. He travels a lot, especially to Sweden and USA where he lives during a few years. 1978, James Coignard participates in the creation of the etching studio Pasnic, with which he starts a long collaboration. During the eighties, he shares his time between Paris and the French Riviera and takes an interest in artist’s books and publishing issues. He exhibits now all over the world, and is acknowledged as one of the greatest painter-etchers of his time. Until his decease in 2008, James Coignard was a prolific painter, sculptor and etcher and leaves behind an immense work.
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