Camille Bryen
Biography
Camille Bryen, also known as Camille Briand, Born September 17, 1907 was a French poet, painter and engraver. Settling in Paris in 1926, Bryen lived with the Dadaists: Duchamp, Picabia, Arp, and Tzara, with whom he worked primarily as an avant-garde poet on radical ideas to revolutionise Western Art. Died in Paris May 8, 1977 (aged 69).Career
His abstract poetry that he created at this time developed into fluid sub-conscious writings that he defined as “Abhumanisme”, but later became merged into Surrealism, and he soon applied this technique to drawing, allowing the pen to be controlled purely by his subconscious instinct. These “Dessins Automatiques” were first exhibited in 1934 at Galerie au Grenier, Paris, and later in an important Surrealist exhibition in Belgium in 1935 with Magritte, Ernst and Arp. Then applying the technique to painting he further developed this highly expressive process referred to as Tachisme, and exhibited the first paintings in 1936 at the Salon des Superindépendants. Recognised as a leading force in twentieth century art, Bryen co-signed the radical “Manifeste Dimensionniste” in 1937 with Duchamp, Kandinsky, Delaunay, Picabia, and Arp.Camille Bryen - Autour de l'air
Autour de l'air - 1959
Oil on Canvas
21.5 x 15 inches (55cm x 38cm)
Signed and Dated 1959
Camille Bryen - Composition
Composition - 1960
Oil on Canvas
14 x 11 inches (35.5cm x 27.5cm)
Signed and Dated1960
Camille Bryen - Composition 104
Composition 104 - 1955
Oil on Canvas
28.75 x 23.5 inches (71 x 57.5 cm)
Signed and Dated 1955
Featured in the Catalog Raisonne
Camille Bryen - Composition 133
Composition 133 - 1956
Oil on Canvas
13.75 x 10.50 inches (35cm x 27cm)
Signed and Dated 1956
Catalog Bryen Reference 133
Camille Bryen - Composition 1959
Composition 1959
Oil on Canvas
13.75 x 10.50 inches (35cm x 27cm)
Signed and Dated 1959
Camille Bryen - Composition 237
Composition 237 - 1959
Oil on Canvas
31.50 x 25 inches (80 x 64 cm)
Signed and Dated 1959
Camille Bryen - Composition 451
Composition 451 - 1966
Oil on Canvas
16 x 12 inches (40cm x 30cm)
Signed and Dated 1966
Camille Bryen - Composition 579
Composition 579 - 1969
Oil on Canvas
29 x 24 inches (73cm x 61cm)
Signed and Dated 1969
Featured in the Catalog Raisonne
Camille Bryen - Papillon d'inoui
Papillon d'inoui - 1959
Oil on Canvas
24 x 20 inches (61 x 50 cm)
Signed
Exposition: Nantes, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Bryen 1959