Christian Dotremont | |
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Born |
Tervuren, Belgium |
12 December 1922
Died | 20 August 1979 Tervuren, Belgium |
(aged 56)
Nationality | Belgium |
Occupation | painter, poet |
Christian Dotremont, (12 December 1922 – 20 August 1979), was a Belgian painter and poet who was born in Tervuren, Belgium. He was a founding member of the Revolutionary Surrealist Group (1946) and he also founded Cobra together with Danish artist Asger Jorn. He later became well known for his painted poems (French: Peinture mots), which he called logograms.
He died of tuberculosis in Tervuren.