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Christian Dotremont
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| Born | 12 December 1922 |
| Died | 20 August 1979 (aged 56) Buizingen, Belgium
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| Nationality | Belgian |
| Occupation | painter, poet |
Christian Dotremont, (French pronunciation: [kʁistjɑ̃ dɔtʁəmɔ̃]; 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. In this capacity he was responsible for bringing Henri Lefebvre's Critique de la vie quotidienne (1946) to the group's attention. He later became well known for his painted poems (French: Peinture mots), which he called logograms.
He died of tuberculosis in Buizingen.
Gallery
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Sept Ecritures by Dotremont and Alechinsky
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See also
In Spanish: Christian Dotremont para niños
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