Jean Miotte

Paintings and Sculptures
June - October 2007
at Villa Belrose and Château des Marres

Born in 1926, Jean Miotte began exhibiting in 1953 and continues to this day. His work is inspired by the desire of the postwar generation to create a universal human language in art, a path to peace after the horrors of war. His universality is reflected in international success: Miotte is represented in major museums in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, and in 1980 he was the first Western painter invited to exhibit in post-Mao Beijing.

Miotte's seminal influences include Jazz but especially dance. In London in 1948 he did set design and saw the work of Balanchine, the Diaghilev Ballet and met de Cuevas.

Miotte experiments in media ranging from oil and acrylic to gouache, ink, etching, lithography, and collage, while recently he started to develop his sculpture again. His constant development is outstanding; he continues to grow, fighting repetition, questioning himself and his form of expression.

The Miotte Foundation, housed in the Chelsea Art Museum, preserves the oeuvre of Jean Miotte and fosters research into the Informel movement and abstract expressionism.