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DE STAEL, Nicholas
DE STAEL, Nicholas
NICHOLAS DE STAEL
Russian 1914-1955
A famous painter and print maker, born in St Petersburg into an aristocratic family which forced into exile to Poland in 1919. Orphaned in 1922, he was sent to school in Brussels; later attending the Academy of Fine Art. He travelled widely until 1938 and due to the impending Second World War, returned to Paris. At outbreak of war De Stael joined the Foreign legion and served until demobilization in 1940.1n 1944 he met Braque and they became good friends. De Stael exhibited with Domela, Kandinsky and Magnelli in an exhibition of 'Peintures Abstraites' in 1944. His other shows include a solo show in 1945; an exhibition in New York 1950 and at the Mathieson Gallery, London 1952.
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Nicolas de Stael by Georges Duthuit (BOOK)
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Nicolas de Stael. Collages (BOOK)
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Fonds Pierre et Mila Lecuire. Bibliotheque Mejanes. (BOOK)
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