Nicolas Schöffer French Artist of Hungarian origin
Born on 6th September in Kalocsa (Hungary) from a lawyer, father and a musician mother. Lived in Paris from 1936 on, became a French citizen in 1948. Died in his Montmartre atelier, Villa des Arts, on the 8th of January 1992. Graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, first had his workks exhibited at the Salon des Indépendents in 1937.
Having got acquainted with the theory of cíbernetics of mathematician Norbert Wiener, Schöffer gave up painting to later develop his personal style that can be devided into three periods:
1. Space dynamics (le Saptiodynamisme) 1948 2, Light dynamics (le Luminodynamisme) 1957 3, Time dynamics (le Chronodynamisme) 1959
His career includes painting, sculpture, architecture, urbanism, performing arts, film, music, teaching and books.
Selection of major works by Nicolas Schöffer
Cybernetic Light Tower, Liège, 1961 Chronos 14, San Francisco, 1974 Chronos 15 Bonn 1977 Chronos 10 Paris 1980 Chronos 10 Munich 1980 Chronos 8 Kalocsa, Hungary, 1982 Tour d'Ain 1988 Lyonéon, Lyon 1988 Spatiodynamique 22 Hakone, Japan
Selection of prizes and awards
1968 Gand Prize of the Biennial of Venice 1970 Henry Moore Prize, Osaka, Japan 1983 Officer of Honour of France (Officier de la Légion d'Honneur) 1885 Member of the Academy of Arts and Literature (Officier des Arts et des Lettres) 1990 Commander of the National Order of Merit (Commandeur dans l'Ordre National du Mérite 1990 Flag of the Hungarian People's Republic
As a consequence of a brain stroke suffered in 1985 Schöffer was no longer able to use his right hand. His later drawings (coreographics), collages (colleographics), digital drawings (ordigraphics) and their combinations (ordicolls) were all the creations of his left hand.
Born on 6th September in Kalocsa (Hungary) from a lawyer, father and a musician mother. Lived in Paris from 1936 on, became a French citizen in 1948. Died in his Montmartre atelier, Villa des Arts, on the 8th of January 1992. Graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, first had his workks exhibited at the Salon des Indépendents in 1937.
Having got acquainted with the theory of cíbernetics of mathematician Norbert Wiener, Schöffer gave up painting to later develop his personal style that can be devided into three periods:
1. Space dynamics (le Saptiodynamisme) 1948 2, Light dynamics (le Luminodynamisme) 1957 3, Time dynamics (le Chronodynamisme) 1959
His career includes painting, sculpture, architecture, urbanism, performing arts, film, music, teaching and books.
Selection of major works by Nicolas Schöffer
Cybernetic Light Tower, Liège, 1961 Chronos 14, San Francisco, 1974 Chronos 15 Bonn 1977 Chronos 10 Paris 1980 Chronos 10 Munich 1980 Chronos 8 Kalocsa, Hungary, 1982 Tour d'Ain 1988 Lyonéon, Lyon 1988 Spatiodynamique 22 Hakone, Japan
Selection of prizes and awards
1968 Gand Prize of the Biennial of Venice 1970 Henry Moore Prize, Osaka, Japan 1983 Officer of Honour of France (Officier de la Légion d'Honneur) 1885 Member of the Academy of Arts and Literature (Officier des Arts et des Lettres) 1990 Commander of the National Order of Merit (Commandeur dans l'Ordre National du Mérite 1990 Flag of the Hungarian People's Republic
As a consequence of a brain stroke suffered in 1985 Schöffer was no longer able to use his right hand. His later drawings (coreographics), collages (colleographics), digital drawings (ordigraphics) and their combinations (ordicolls) were all the creations of his left hand.
