Pincemin

Jean‑Pierre Pincemin painter, engraver and sculptor, he transformed painting into a real laboratory of color, matter and space, joining the movement Supports/Surfaces to reinvent the very foundations of the pictorial gesture.

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Born in Paris in 1944, Pincemin began his professional life as a lathe in the mechanical industry, an experience that would shape his sensitivity to materials and precision. Quickly, he devoted himself to painting, developing an experimental and instinctive approach, where gesture, color and support interact to create deeply living and innovative works.

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In the 1970s, Pincemin joined the Supports/Surfaces collective, alongside artists such as Claude Viallat and Louis Cane, and participated in a real revolution in French contemporary art. His cut canvases, glued squares and colored surfaces question the role of the medium and the image, offering a liberated painting, where color and matter become autonomous forces.

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Pincemin's work is distinguished by its versatility: experimental prints, aquatints, polychrome wood sculptures or reclaimed materials. Each medium becomes a space for invention, exploring the textures, lights, and rhythms of color. In the 1980s, Pincemin gradually introduced figuration and patterns inspired by folk art and illuminations, while maintaining the gestural power and the radicality of his research.

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Jean‑Pierre Pincemin left a multifaceted and deeply influential body of work. His creations are preserved in major institutions such as the National Museum of Modern Art — Pompidou Center and the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris, and continue to captivate collectors and lovers of modern art around the world.

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