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Lot Essay
Serpan est né en 1922 à Prague. Sa famille part s’installer à Paris quelques années plus tard et il commence à étudier les mathématiques et la biologie à la Sorbonne en 1939. Peintre autodidacte, il s’inspire du Surréalisme dès 1946 et expose à leurs côtés lors de l’exposition internationale du Surréalisme en 1947 à Paris. Puis en 1948, sous l’influence d’artistes comme Tapiès et Wols, il développe un art informel et rejoint le groupe qui se structure autour de Michel Tapié. Depuis lors, il privilégie un mode d’expression plus personnel, inspiré d’une abstraction plus libre, et expose aux côtés de nombreux artistes comme François Arnal, Kumi Sugaï ou encore Pierre Soulages. En 1963, il obtient le prix Marzotto et la Couronne d’or de l’International center of Aestethic Research de Turin. En 1972 il réalise un triptyque pour l’Abbaye de Beaulieu en Rouergue qui sera l’une de ses dernières œuvres.
Serpan was born in Prague in 1922. His family moved to Paris a few years later. In 1939, he began studying mathematics and biology at the Sorbonne. He was a self-taught painter who began drawing inspiration from the Surrealists in 1946. He showed his work at the International Surrealist Exhibition in 1947 in Paris. In 1948, influenced by artists like Tapiès and Wols, he developed an informalist approach and joined Michel Tapié’s group, Art Autre. From then on, he favoured a more personal form of artistic expression with a more liberated abstract quality. He showed his work with the likes of artists François Arnal, Kumi Sugaï and Pierre Soulages. In 1963, he was awarded the Marzotto Prize and the Couronne d’Or from the International Centre of Aesthetic Research in Turin, Italy. In 1972, he completed a triptych for the Abbaye de Beaulieu in Rouergue, France. It would be one of his last works.
Serpan was born in Prague in 1922. His family moved to Paris a few years later. In 1939, he began studying mathematics and biology at the Sorbonne. He was a self-taught painter who began drawing inspiration from the Surrealists in 1946. He showed his work at the International Surrealist Exhibition in 1947 in Paris. In 1948, influenced by artists like Tapiès and Wols, he developed an informalist approach and joined Michel Tapié’s group, Art Autre. From then on, he favoured a more personal form of artistic expression with a more liberated abstract quality. He showed his work with the likes of artists François Arnal, Kumi Sugaï and Pierre Soulages. In 1963, he was awarded the Marzotto Prize and the Couronne d’Or from the International Centre of Aesthetic Research in Turin, Italy. In 1972, he completed a triptych for the Abbaye de Beaulieu in Rouergue, France. It would be one of his last works.