Hélion, Jean, 1904-1987

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Jean Hélion (April 21, 1904 – October 27, 1987) was a French painter whose abstract work of the 1930s established him as a leading modernist. His midcareer rejection of abstraction was followed by nearly five decades as a figurative painter. https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/30/obituaries/jean-helion-abstract-and-representational-artist.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Hélion
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creatorOf Smith, Charles (Charles William), b. 1893. Papers of Charles William Smith 1910-1979. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Pierre Matisse Gallery printed material Archives of American Art
referencedIn Helion, Jean : Biographical file. Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
referencedIn Matthew Josephson papers Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Harry Shunk and Shunk-Kender photographs Getty Research Institute
creatorOf George L. K. Morris papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Merle Schipper Papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Gyorgy Kepes papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn John Henry Bradley Storrs papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Hélion, Jean, 1904-1987. Jean Hélion : artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990 [graphic] [compiled by staff of The Museum of Modern Art, New York]. Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection
creatorOf Hélion, Jean, 1904-1987. Typed letter signed : New York, to [Paul Rosenberg?], 1945 Nov. 11. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Katharine Kuh papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Hélion, Jean, 1904-1987. Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Paul Rosenberg in Cannes, 1946 Aug. 21. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Harald Szeemann Papers
referencedIn Abraham Rattner and Esther Gentle papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Paul Theobald and Company. Paul Theobald and Company records, 1935-1988. Aurora University, Phillips Library
creatorOf Hélion, Jean, 1904-1987. Autograph postcards signed (2) : [n.p.], to Mr. Rosenberg, [1978? Sept. and n.d.]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Wilhelm Arntz papers, 1898-1986 Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Hélion, Jean, 1904-1987. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
referencedIn Katharine Kuh papers, 1937-1964 (inclusive). Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Hélion, Jean, 1904-1988 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf William and Ethel Baziotes papers Archives of American Art
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referencedIn Oral history interview with George McNeil Archives of American Art
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associatedWith Baziotes, William, 1912-1963. person
associatedWith Burguiène, Pierre. person
associatedWith Hartung, Hans. person
associatedWith Josephson, Matthew, 1899-1978. person
associatedWith Kepes, Gyorgy, 1906-2001. person
associatedWith Kuh, Katharine. person
associatedWith Matisse, Henri. person
associatedWith McNeil, George, 1908- person
associatedWith Morris, George L. K., 1905-1975. person
associatedWith Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Paul Theobald and Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Pierpont Morgan Library. Rosenberg Collection. corporateBody
associatedWith Pierre Matisse Gallery (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Rattner, Abraham. person
associatedWith Rosenberg, Alexandre P., person
associatedWith Rosenberg, Paul, person
associatedWith Rosenberg, Paul, 1881-1959, person
associatedWith Schipper, Merle. person
associatedWith Smith, Charles (Charles William), b. 1893. person
associatedWith Storrs, John Henry Bradley, 1885-1956. person
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Art, French
Modernism (Aesthetics)
Painting
Occupation
Painters
Painters (artists)
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Person

Birth 1904-04-21

Death 1987-10-27

Male

French

French

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