François Morellet

born 1926

François Morellet, ‘Two Warps and Wefts of Short Lines 0° 90°’ 1955–6
Two Warps and Wefts of Short Lines 0° 90° 1955–6
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In Tate Modern

In the Studio: A View from Zagreb: Op and Kinetic Art

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Biography

François Morellet (30 April 1926 – 10 May 2016) was a French contemporary painter, sculptor, and light artist. His early work prefigured minimal art and conceptual art, and he played a prominent role in the development of geometrical abstract art.

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Artworks

François Morellet, ‘Two Warps and Wefts of Short Lines 0° 90°’ 1955–6

François Morellet Two Warps and Wefts of Short Lines 0° 90°

1955–6
On display at Tate Modern part of In the Studio

Features

The exterior of Signals at 39 Wigmore Street, London, 1966

You saw it here first

Carmen Juliá

Gallery One, New Vision Centre, Signals and Indica at Tate Britain
Francois Morellet and Ellsworth Kelly in New York 1968 two men speaking in the street

65, 38, 21, 4, 72...: Colour Chart III

François Morellet

How Random Distribution of 40,000 Squares using the odd and even numbers of a Telephone Directory 1960 came into being

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