ARTISTS / Art after 1945
Jean Leppien


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1910born in Lüneburg (Lower Saxony)
1953he becomes a French citizen
1927he begins to draw
1929studies at the Bauhaus in Dessau with Albers, Klee and Kandinsky
1931-32works in Berlin with Moholy-Nagy and learns photography at the "Itten School
1933leaves Germany and settles in Paris
1939Foreign Legion; joins the resistance movement
arrest, deportation and liberation by the Allies
1946exhibits at the first "Salon des Réalités Nouvelles" and becomes a member of its committee
1949first solo exhibition
1991dies in Courbevoie near Paris
1997retrospective at the "Galerie Lahumière" in Paris
Continuing the concept of the "Bauhaus", Leppien deals with the analysis of colors, geometric shapes and their relationship to each other. Although he remains faithful to the initial abstraction, however, he never allows himself to be pressed into the tight corset of any art movement. We know from friends who knew him that he could be warm, cheerful and wistful. 
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