Louis Soutter

Soutter, Louis





Louis Soutter was born June 4 1871 BirthMorges, Vaud, Switzerland.
Died Febr 20 1942 deathBallaigues, Jura.

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The work of the swiss painter and draftsman Louis Soutter deals with mythological and religious subjects, with the world of the theatre and the parties, with nature and architecture. His very special psychographic art of drawing grew up during his stay in a hospital for mental diseases and reached its climax in his fingerpaintings, which had a deep influence on artists such as Jean Dubuffet, Arnulf Rainer and A.R. Penck.
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Christ, 1930-1942
En 1937, le peintre Louis Soutter a près de 70 ans. Depuis des années, il est interné contre son gré. Charles Ferdinand Ramuz lui demande d’illustrer son roman "Si le soleil ne revenait pas". Soutter refuse mais, du fond de son asile vieillards, lui envoie trois tableaux. Deux sont intitulés "Si le soleil ne revenait pas". Le troisième "Si le soleil me revenait". Ces trois tableaux, d’une noirceur bouleversante, sont peints au doigt, à une époque où Soutter, ayant délaissé plumes et crayons, expérimente avec son corps la peinture. Ils n’avaient jamais été exposés. On peut les voir, ainsi que de nombreux autres inédits, au Centre culturel suisse à Paris, où une rétrospective de ce peintre borderline est organisée. En France, Louis Soutter reste méconnu . A Paris, la dernière grande exposition que le Musée d’art moderne a consacrée au peintre morgien date de plus vingt ans, et était passée à l‘époque pratiquement inaperçue…

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