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Cesar Baldaccini
Cesar Baldaccini was boorn in Marseille in 1921. At the age of 12, he left the school to help his father, cooper. At 15 years old, he studied at the Art college of Marseille. He took evening drawing teachings, and then was interested in sculpture until 1939. In 1942, Cesar received a scholarship and went to Paris. He studied 10 years at the School of Beaux-Arts, at that time he was living in the same house as Alberto Giacometti. With the 50s, he made discovered his work through his first exhibitions. One of his works, "the fish" obtained a place in the museum of Modern Art in Paris (1955). He got personal exhibitions everywhere (Japan, United States, Holland, France, Italy, Etc..). The famous "compressions". belonging by some to the dada movement, is born in 1960; they will make scandals. Cesar died in Paris in 1998. |
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