André COTTAVOZ 安德烈.科達沃茲
Spanish-French 1922-2012
Born in 1922, André Cottavoz entered into Lyon Fine Arts school in 1939 and his work has been wildly established since 1945. With J. Fusaro, P. Philibert-Charrin, J. Truphémus, they have been called called New Figuration of School of Lyon or Sanzisme since 1950 years. Influenced by Pierre Bonnard, Cottavoz is devoted to the light, he uses thick pigment with pastel tint to create the natural shadow on the painting. Cottavoz obtained the prize Fénéon in 1953 and he has been also by by Prix national de Peinture and Biennale de Menton. Cottavoz's work is now collected in Center Pompidou, Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Yamagata Museum of Art, the New Otani Museum and Yung-Tu Museum of Art in Tainan, Taiwan.
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André COTTAVOZ 安德烈.科達沃茲