Nicolas de Staël
French painter · France · On the map · Artists · Lived 1914 to 1955 · aged 41
Nicolas de Staël, born Baron Nikolai Vladimirovich Staël von Holstein, was a French painter of Russian origin widely regarded as one of the most important artists of the post-war period.
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In a career spanning just fifteen years, he produced over a thousand paintings marked by a constant evolution between abstraction and figuration, a rich use of color, and a distinctive engagement with light and texture. He also worked with lithography, engraving, collage, and drawing.
