Christian Dotremont

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Christian Dotremont
Born	(1922-12-12)12 December 1922 Tervuren, Belgium
Died	20 August 1979(1979-08-20) (aged 56) Tervuren, Belgium
Nationality	Belgium
Occupation	painter, poet

Christian Dotremont, (12 December 1922 - 20 August 1979), was a Belgian painter and poet who was born in Tervuren, Belgium. He was a founding member of the Revolutionary Surrealist Group (1946) and he also founded Cobra together with Danish artist Asger Jorn.^[1] He later became well known for his painted poems (French: Peinture mots), which he called logograms.

He died of tuberculosis in Tervuren.

References

↑ Stewart Home, (1988) The Assault on Culture: Utopian currents from Lettrisme to Class War London : Unpopular Books and Aporia Press ISBN 0-948518-88-X

Bibliography

Labisse (1946)
Les jambages au cou (1949)
Cobra 1948 - 1951 - with an introduction by Christian Dotremont, (1980, Jean-Michel Place)
Cartes et lettres : correspondance 1966-1979 (1986)

External links

5 Logograms in translation
Christian Dotremont at Galerie Birch

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 56608841 LCCN: n50026960 ISNI: 0000 0001 0903 5080 GND: 121126773 SUDOC: 026835754 BNF: cb11900480f

Persondata
Name	Dotremont, Christian
Alternative names
Short description	painter, poet
Date of birth	12 December 1922
Place of birth	Tervuren, Belgium
Date of death	20 August 1979
Place of death	Tervuren, Belgium

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