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Charles LAPICQUE  -  1898-1988      

Charles Lapicque is a French painter, sculptor and printmaker. His original careeer is that of an engineer of machinery. He started painting as an autodidact. In 1943 he abandoned his original profession to devote himself entirely to his art work. His prints and paintings are characterized by bright colors and dynamique compositions. His works were exibitioned at the Centre Pompidou in Paris and are to be found in many French museums.

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Literature sources used for artist biographies:

• Merritt, Helen and Yamada, Nanako, "Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints 1900-1975", University of Hawaii Press, 1995, ISBN 0-8248-1732-X
• Lane, Richard, "Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print", Fribourg, 1978, ISBN 0-914427-54-7
• Laurance, P.Roberts, "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1976
• Frances Blakemore "Who is Who in Modern Japanese Prints", John Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1975. ISBN 0-8348-0101-9
• Annual CWAJ catalogs