Pierre Alechinsky: Composition - Original lithograph, 1980

Pierre Alechinsky : (1927-) is a Belgian artist, who lives and works in France since 1951. His work is related to "tachisme", abstract expressionism, and lyrical abstraction. In 1944 he attended the Ecole nationale supérieure d'Architecture et des Arts décoratifs de La Cambre in Brussels where he studied illustration techniques, printing and photography. In 1949 he joined Christian Dotremont, Karel Appel, Constant, Jan Nieuwenhuys and Asger Jorn to form the art group Cobra. In 1954 he had his first exhibition in Paris and started to become interested in oriental calligraphy. In 1955 he left for Japan with his wife. By 1960 he had exhibited in London, Bern and at the Venice Biennial, and then in Pittsburgh, New York, Amsterdam and Silkeborg as his international reputation grew. He worked with Walasse Ting and continued to be close to Christian Dotremont. He also spent time with André Breton. His international career continued throughout the seventies. His works are held in the collections of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, the Tate, London, the Museum Ludwig in Köln, the New York Museum of Modern Art, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Walker Art Center (The USA)
Societe Generale Collection (France)
FRAC Poitou-Charente (France)
FRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (France)
The Bridgestone Museum of art Ishibashi Foundation (Japan)
Fundação Museu de Serralves (Portugal)
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Portugal)
Cantini Museum (France)
Deutsche Bank Art Collection (Germany)
Museum Abteiberg (Germany)
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) (The USA)
The Gilbert Brownstone Foundation (France)
The Slaughterhouses - FRAC Midi Pyrenees (France)
Microcollection (Italy)
Marguerite and Aimé Maeght Foundation (France)
Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City IA (The USA)
Davis Art Museum, Wellesley College (The USA)
SMAK (Belgium)
FRAC Picardy (France)
FRAC Lower Normandy (France)
Carnegie Museum of art (The USA)
André and Bona Pieyre de Mandiargues Collection
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Denmark)
Essl Museum (Austria)
Art library, Pessac (France)
Limousin Art Library + FACLIM (France)
Dexia Art gallery (Belgium)
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MACBA) Barcelona (Spain)
Centre Pompidou - National Museum of Modern Art (France)
ING Bank Art Collection (Netherlands)
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Strasbourg (France)
Fundación Antonio Pérez. Diputación de Cuenca (Spain)
ACAPA (Angoulême Art Library) (France)
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (MNCARS) (Spain)
Randers Art Museum (Denmark)
Horsens Art Museum (Denmark)
The Whitney Museum of American Art (The USA)
MUSMA Museo della Scultura Contemporanea Matera (Italy)
The Weatherspoon Art Museum (The USA)
MNBA - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes - Argentina (Argentina)
Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje (FYROM)
Brest Art Library (France)
Henie Onstad Museum (Norway)
Caen Art Library (France)
Thomas Neirynck Collection (Belgium)
Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts, Lausanne (Switzerland)
Peggy Guggenheim Collection (Italy)
Belgacom art collection (Belgium)
nufnuf-art foundation (Switzerland)
National Center for Plastic Arts (France)
Golden Court Museum - Metz (France)
UMMA University of Michigan Museum of Art (The USA)
Kunsthalle Emden (Germany)
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (Belgium)
Art library, Angers (France)
National Museum of Visual Arts (Uruguay)
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe (Germany)
ENSBA National School of Fine Arts (France)
Saint Priest Art Library (France)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York (The USA)
Wichita Art Museum (The USA)
Geotec Collection (France)
Caroline and Maurice Verbaet Collection (Belgium)
Tate Collection (United Kingdom)
Canton Museum of Art (The USA)
Gemeentemuseum Helmond (Netherlands)
Des Moines Art Center (The USA)
Art Library, Poitiers (France)
Dordrechts Museum (Netherlands)
The Modern Museum in Sweden - Moderna Museet (Sweden)
Ohara Museum of Art (Japan)
Museo José Luis Cuevas (México)
The Sart-Tilman Open Air Museum (Belgium)
University Art Museum | California State University (The USA)
David Winton Bell Gallery - Brown University (The USA)
Art Library, Millau (France)
Van Elsene Museum in Ixelles (Belgium)
Haggerty Museum at Marquette University (The USA)
Eli ans Edythe Broad Art Museum (The USA)
Museum of Fine Arts of Calais (France)
Réattu Museum (France)
Rolin Museum (France)
Art Library, Nantes (France)
From Hallen Haarlem (Netherlands)