JAMES COIGNARD. ETCHING SANS TITRE.

Etching, Sans Titre, 58/90 limited, signed, visible sheet dimensions: 51 x 52.5 cm, frame dimensions: 71.5 x 80 cm.

James Coignard (September 15, 1925 in Tours, † March 8, 2008 in Antibes was a French painter and graphic artist. He was considered the master of carborundum etching.

James Coignard already had a great affinity for painting as a child. 1948 At the age of 23 he decided to become an artist and enrolled at the École des Arts Décoratifs in Nice. Already in the following year he exhibited together with his artist colleague Marchand des Raux in the Musée Îsle de France in St Jean Cap Ferrat. At this time, contact with Henri Matisse and later with Georges Braque and Marc Chagall influenced his artistic development. The latter influenced him especially in the color design. In the late 1950s, contact with a number of Spanish artists and his involvement with Catalan sculptures and frescoes were crucial for his artistic development.

In the late 1960s, Coignard began to work with the carborundum technique, which he is considered to be the master of today.

James Coignard has exhibited in a large number of galleries and museums since the 1960s. Public collections in which he is represented include the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California.
(quote: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Coignard).