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The 1940s, Geometric Abstraction
Coulon adopted a style of twisting lines forming serpentine networks that spilled out of the frame through a surprising allover effect. The intentionally washed-out colors reverberate with silent grief the loss of his brother in 1944. Coulon met Caroline Garabadian: the colorist slumbering within him awoke, encouraged by a brighter-looking future. Color began generating light, a major component of his painting.
Lydia Harambourg, "Jean-Michel Coulon" (published by Gourcuff-Gradenigo)
Jean-Michel Coulon 1949
54 x 72 cm
Jean-Michel Coulon 1946
42 x 26 cm
Jean-Michel Coulon 1946
24 x 33 cm
Jean-Michel Coulon 1945
24 x 33 cm
Jean-Michel Coulon 1949
35 x 27 cm
Jean-Michel Coulon 1948
54 x 72 cm
Jean-Michel Coulon 1948
54 x 72 cm
Jean-Michel Coulon 1946
42 x 42 cm
Jean-Michel Coulon 1946
24 x 33 cm
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