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Jean Miotte (1926 – 2016) was a contemporary French painter born in Paris. He studied mathematics and then switched to painting in 1945. He studied in Montparnasse, in the studios of painters Othon Friesz and Zadkine. In 1953, he held his first exhibition at the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, which he attended every year thereafter. He is representative of Informal Art and lyrical abstraction. Informal Art refers to a movement characterized by the absence of traditional form and a redefined composition. This movement was born in Europe in the post-war period. 

Inspired by Rouault and Matisse, Miotte attaches great importance to the choice of colours that are traced and swept on the canvas in such a way as to bring out "that sacred element in the energy of life". He went through a figurative period before evolving towards a more gestural painting. His paintings have a choreographic character, they suggest movement while rejecting corporality. He spent a few months in the United States and established relationships with renowned artists such as Rothko, Calder and Lipchitz, who inspired him. Influenced by them, he started a more descriptive work, with more marked contrasts, over wider supports.

Jean Miotte sought to create a universal language defined by abstraction and the notion of movement, of gesture. Through his work, he succeeded in breaking down cultural barriers and create a form of unity. 

Miotte's works have been exhibited in museums and galleries all over the world, including the Musée d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, the Museum am Ostwall in Dortmund, the Saarlandmuseum in Saarbrücken and the Pinakothek in Munich. In addition, in 2002, he opened his own foundation in New York with a permanent collection of works.


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Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte

Sans titre

Jean Miotte

Painting - 37.5 x 27.5 x 1 cm

$2,033

Print, Sans titre, Jean Miotte

Sans titre

Jean Miotte

Print - 65 x 48 cm

$508

Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte

Sans titre

Jean Miotte

Painting - 36 x 26 x 1 cm

$2,033

Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte

Sans titre

Jean Miotte

Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm

$3,953

Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte

Sans titre

Jean Miotte

Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm

$3,953

Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte

Sans titre

Jean Miotte

Painting - 76 x 57 x 2 cm

$7,340

Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte

Sans titre

Jean Miotte

Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm

$3,953

Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte

Sans titre

Jean Miotte

Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm

$5,647

Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte

Sans titre

Jean Miotte

Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm

$5,647

Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte

Sans titre

Jean Miotte

Painting - 75.5 x 56 x 1 cm

$5,082

Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte

Sans titre

Jean Miotte

Painting - 65 x 51 x 1 cm

$5,082

Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte

Sans titre

Jean Miotte

Painting - 32 x 51 x 1 cm

$2,597

Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte

Sans titre

Jean Miotte

Painting - 90 x 75 x 1 cm

$22,586

Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte

Sans titre

Jean Miotte

Painting - 68 x 54 x 1 cm

$7,340

Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte

Sans titre

Jean Miotte

Painting - 65 x 100 x 3 cm

$22,586

Print, En Puisaye, Jean Miotte

En Puisaye

Jean Miotte

Print - 36 x 28 x 0.01 cm

$260

Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte

Sans titre

Jean Miotte

Painting - 76.5 x 59.8 x 2 cm

$5,647

Print, Près des murs, Jean Miotte

Près des murs

Jean Miotte

Print - 50 x 33 x 0.3 cm

$734

Print, Concept Hieratique, Jean Miotte

Concept Hieratique

Jean Miotte

Print - 92 x 70 x 0.1 cm

$678

Print, Élegie, Jean Miotte

Élegie

Jean Miotte

Print - 126 x 88 cm

$1,073

Print, Pour les vingt ans de la Différence, Jean Miotte

Pour les vingt ans de la Différence

Jean Miotte

Print - 76 x 46 x 0.2 cm

$395

Print, Composition #1, Jean Miotte

Composition #1

Jean Miotte

Print - 66 x 51 cm

$678

Print, Aux 4 vents, Jean Miotte

Aux 4 vents

Jean Miotte

Print - 76 x 56 cm

$734

Print, Composition I, Jean Miotte

Composition I

Jean Miotte

Print - 76 x 54 x 0.2 cm

$508

Print, Composition II, Jean Miotte

Composition II

Jean Miotte

Print - 76 x 54 x 0.2 cm

$508

Painting, Miotte Money, Jean Miotte

Miotte Money

Jean Miotte

Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm

$2,597

Painting, Composition abstraite, Jean Miotte

Composition abstraite

Jean Miotte

Painting - 42.5 x 33 x 1.5 cm

$2,259

Print, Composition sur fond noir, ca., Jean Miotte

Composition sur fond noir, ca.

Jean Miotte

Print - 65 x 48 x 0.2 cm

$734

Print, Près des murs, Jean Miotte

Près des murs

Jean Miotte

Print - 50 x 33 x 0.3 cm

$734

Print, Près des murs, Jean Miotte

Près des murs

Jean Miotte

Print - 50 x 33 x 0.3 cm

$734

Print, Près des murs, Jean Miotte

Près des murs

Jean Miotte

Print - 50 x 33 x 0.3 cm

$734

Print, Le jeu du rêve, Jean Miotte

Le jeu du rêve

Jean Miotte

Print - 67 x 52 x 0.1 cm

$678

Print, Composition #3, Jean Miotte

Composition #3

Jean Miotte

Print - 66 x 51 cm

$678

Print, Sans titre 1, Jean Miotte

Sans titre 1

Jean Miotte

Print - 92 x 70 x 0.1 cm

$678

Print, Sans titre, Jean Miotte

Sans titre

Jean Miotte

Print - 92 x 70 x 0.1 cm

$678

Print, Danse insolite, Jean Miotte

Danse insolite

Jean Miotte

Print - 87 x 65 cm

$791

Print, Florida, Jean Miotte

Florida

Jean Miotte

Print - 126 x 88 cm

$1,073

Print, L'éclosion du printemps, Jean Miotte

L'éclosion du printemps

Jean Miotte

Print - 126 x 88 cm

$1,073

Print, Untitled, Jean Miotte

Untitled

Jean Miotte

Print - 40 x 40 x 0.2 cm

$339 $305

Print, Composition, Jean Miotte

Composition

Jean Miotte

Print - 32 x 24 x 0.2 cm

$395

Print, Composition, Jean Miotte

Composition

Jean Miotte

Print - 76 x 56 x 0.2 cm

$452

Print, Terre brûlée, Jean Miotte

Terre brûlée

Jean Miotte

Print - 126 x 88 cm

$1,073

Print, Composition #2, Jean Miotte

Composition #2

Jean Miotte

Print - 66 x 51 cm

$678

Print, Alcibiade, Jean Miotte

Alcibiade

Jean Miotte

Print - 117 x 160 cm

$1,694

Print, Composition III, Jean Miotte

Composition III

Jean Miotte

Print - 76 x 54 x 0.2 cm

$508

Print, Composition, ca., Jean Miotte

Composition, ca.

Jean Miotte

Print - 23 x 20 x 0.2 cm

$395

Print, Filigrane, Jean Miotte

Filigrane

Jean Miotte

Print - 45 x 33 cm

$226

Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte

Sans titre

Jean Miotte

Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm

$3,953

Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte

Sans titre

Jean Miotte

Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm

$3,953

Print, Alchimie, Jean Miotte

Alchimie

Jean Miotte

Print - 32 x 25 cm

$203

Print, Composition, ca., Jean Miotte

Composition, ca.

Jean Miotte

Print - 40 x 40.5 x 0.2 cm

$542

Print, Composition, ca., Jean Miotte

Composition, ca.

Jean Miotte

Print - 40 x 40.5 x 0.2 cm

$542 $488

Print, Esprit, Jean Miotte

Esprit

Jean Miotte

Print - 32 x 25 cm

$203

Painting, Miotte Money, Jean Miotte

Miotte Money

Jean Miotte

Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm

$2,597

Print, Pour les vingt ans de la Différence, Jean Miotte

Pour les vingt ans de la Différence

Jean Miotte

Print - 76 x 46 cm

$395

Print, Composition sans titre, Jean Miotte

Composition sans titre

Jean Miotte

Print - 32 x 24 cm

$395

Print, Mélopée, Jean Miotte

Mélopée

Jean Miotte

Print - 41 x 37 cm

$169

Painting, Miotte Money, Jean Miotte

Miotte Money

Jean Miotte

Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm

$2,597

Painting, Miotte Money, Jean Miotte

Miotte Money

Jean Miotte

Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm

$2,597

Painting, Composition, Jean Miotte

Composition

Jean Miotte

Painting - 97 x 64 x 3 cm

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Who is the artist?

Jean Miotte (1926 – 2016) was a contemporary French painter born in Paris. He studied mathematics and then switched to painting in 1945. He studied in Montparnasse, in the studios of painters Othon Friesz and Zadkine. In 1953, he held his first exhibition at the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, which he attended every year thereafter. He is representative of Informal Art and lyrical abstraction. Informal Art refers to a movement characterized by the absence of traditional form and a redefined composition. This movement was born in Europe in the post-war period. 

Inspired by Rouault and Matisse, Miotte attaches great importance to the choice of colours that are traced and swept on the canvas in such a way as to bring out "that sacred element in the energy of life". He went through a figurative period before evolving towards a more gestural painting. His paintings have a choreographic character, they suggest movement while rejecting corporality. He spent a few months in the United States and established relationships with renowned artists such as Rothko, Calder and Lipchitz, who inspired him. Influenced by them, he started a more descriptive work, with more marked contrasts, over wider supports.

Jean Miotte sought to create a universal language defined by abstraction and the notion of movement, of gesture. Through his work, he succeeded in breaking down cultural barriers and create a form of unity. 

Miotte's works have been exhibited in museums and galleries all over the world, including the Musée d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, the Museum am Ostwall in Dortmund, the Saarlandmuseum in Saarbrücken and the Pinakothek in Munich. In addition, in 2002, he opened his own foundation in New York with a permanent collection of works.

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What is Jean Miotte’s artistic movement?

The artistic movements of the artists are: Abstract Japanese Art

When was Jean Miotte born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1926