Paris Post War: Art and existentialism 1945-55
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degree - all this has found its plastic expression in a series of
works by the most revolutionary painter in the world after
Picasso - Fautrier.
From Note on the Hostages Group of Paintings by Fautrier
(P Seghers, Paris, 1946) Translated by Barbara Wright.
Paris Post War: Art and Existentialism 1945-55 at the Tate Gallery until 5 September.
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