(Paris 1944–2005 Arcueil)
Untitled, 1983, signed and dated on the reverse Pincemin 1983, with directional arrow, oil on paper on canvas, 150 x 108 cm, framed, (PP)

Provenance:
Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg
Private Collection, Austria (acquired from the above in the 1980ies)

Jean Pierre Pincemin, one of the leading French painters of his generation

[…] A greatly-admired and larger-than-life figure in the French art world, he emerged in the late 1960s as an influential member of the Supports/Surface later established an independence rarely seen in today’s art world, producing works in varying styles and media – painting and sculpture, abstract and figurative.
This willingness to explore new approaches resulted in, according to critic Barbara Rose, ‘shifting emphasis and redefining premises, permitting an incredibly creative originality.’ What remained constant in Pincemin’s work, however, was a fine sense of painterliness and form, described by Grace Glueck in a 1996 review in The New York Times as ‘a strong emphasis on the physicality of painting, its materials, gestures and procedures,’ which result in ‘tactile layering and glowing jewel-like tones.’

His work has been the subject of dozens of solo exhibitions, in Europe, North America, and Asia, and his paintings and sculpture are in the permanent collections of numerous museums.
(denisecadegallery.com, 22.10.2015)