Nicolas de Staël

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Nicolas de Staël was a Russian-born French painter renowned for his thickly impastoed, abstract and semi-abstract compositions that bridged post-war abstraction and figurative art.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Nicolas de Staël canonical 4
Françoise de Staël 1
Nicolas de Staël von Holstein 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abstract painter ⓘ
modern artist ⓘ
painter ⓘ
person ⓘ
activePeriod 1940s ⓘ
1950s ⓘ
associatedWith École de Paris ⓘ
surface form: School of Paris

post-war European art ⓘ
birthCountry Russian Empire ⓘ
birthDate 1914-01-05 ⓘ
birthPlace St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form: Saint Petersburg
causeOfDeath fall from a building ⓘ
suicide ⓘ
deathCountry France ⓘ
deathDate 1955-03-16 ⓘ
deathPlace Antibes ⓘ
education Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts (Brussels) ⓘ
surface form: Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles
emigratedTo France ⓘ
familyName Nicolas de Staël self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: de Staël
field painting ⓘ
fullName Nicolas de Staël self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nicolas de Staël von Holstein
givenName Nicholas ⓘ
surface form: Nicolas
influenced contemporary abstract painters ⓘ
post-war European abstraction ⓘ
influencedBy Cubism ⓘ
Fauvism ⓘ
Georges Braque ⓘ
Henri Matisse ⓘ
knownFor abstract compositions ⓘ
bridge between abstraction and figuration ⓘ
semi-abstract compositions ⓘ
thick impasto technique ⓘ
language French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
livedIn Antibes ⓘ
France ⓘ
Nice ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
movement Abstract art ⓘ
Orphism ⓘ
surface form: Lyrical abstraction

Abstract expressionism ⓘ
surface form: Tachisme
nationality French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
notableWork Akragas ⓘ
surface form: Agrigente

Parc des Princes ⓘ
surface form: Le Parc des Princes

Les Footballeurs ⓘ
Nature morte au pichet ⓘ
Paysage méditerranéen ⓘ
servedIn French Foreign Legion ⓘ
spouse Nicolas de Staël self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Françoise de Staël

Jeannine Guillou ⓘ
style abstract ⓘ
figure painting ⓘ
landscape painting ⓘ
semi-abstract ⓘ
still life painting ⓘ
workCharacteristic dense layered surfaces ⓘ
large flat color planes ⓘ
strong contrasts of light and color ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Phillips Collection → hasWorkBy → Nicolas de Staël ⓘ
Nicolas de Staël → fullName → Nicolas de Staël self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicolas de Staël von Holstein
Nicolas de Staël → familyName → Nicolas de Staël self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: de Staël
Nicolas de Staël → spouse → Nicolas de Staël self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Françoise de Staël
Musée Marmottan Monet → hasWorkBy → Nicolas de Staël ⓘ
National Museum of Western Art → hasWorkBy → Nicolas de Staël ⓘ
Musée de Grenoble → hasWorkBy → Nicolas de Staël ⓘ