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Michel Moskovtchenko

Roussillon, France
Artist (Drawing, Sculpture)
Born 1935

Michel Moskovtchenko is a painter, sculptor, draughtsman and engraver born in Tarare (France) on January 6, 1935. Of Russian descent by his father, and French by his mother, a pianist and painter graduated from Springfield College (Massachusetts), Michel Moskovtchenko, if he was born in Tarare, knew until 1947 in Violay (Loire) "a happy childhood, surrounded by art books and music", in a countryside already mountainous. From elementary school, the Freinet method allowed him to engrave his first linocuts illustrating the school newspaper. After studying at the Modern and Technical College of Tarare, he worked as a draughtsman in a silk drawing workshop. At the same time, he attended the apprenticeship and evening classes of Louis Charrat and Pierre Pelloux at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon.

Between 1954 and 1956, Michel Moskovtchenko travels to the Netherlands, Germany and Scandinavia where he devotes himself to the study of the masters of engraving in museums. In 1960, he moved to the Luberon (France), where he initially worked mainly in drawing, but later became interested in engraving, in particular etching, which he began to work on in 1961 with the German painter and engraver Hans Hermann Steffens, who lived in the neighboring village of Gordes. His first solo exhibition was held in Lyon in 1961. 

Michel Moskovtchenko made several other very important trips: Sicily, Spain, Portugal, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Sweden... These trips inspired him to create a large canvas and a series of engravings which were presented at the International Contemporary Art Fair in Paris in 1983. Later, he created and animated a travelling intaglio workshop that they installed in various prestigious places: at the Maison de la Culture in Grenoble, at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon and at the Centre Georges-Pompidou in Paris in 1978. 

For the fascination of the line, the trees, the roots, the stones, the big austere walls, the forests and the arid cliffs which underlie his work, one speaks about him about "artistic geology". Jan de Maere situates Michel Moskovtchenko, with Ivan Theimer, among the leaders in France of the movement of the New subjectivity launched in 1975 by Jean Clair. For Philippe Brunel, "Moskovtchenko's motives finally clarify his state of mind. The trees present with a gnarled trunk the suffocating spectacle of their dry and tangled branches, undulating like lianas, or sometimes sharp as thorns. The same tormented aspect, the same complexity, the same violence can be found in his landscapes traced ruggedly, almost furiously, of stone hills and rare vegetation. There is nothing tranquil, nothing restful, nothing romantic either in these harsh, inhospitable landscapes. The spectator is not far from the sublime, however, when one conceives it as the feeling of smallness and finitude that man feels in front of the spectacle of the non-standard nature".

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CABINET DE CURIOSITES • 46 artworks

OBJETS INSOLITES ,PIERRES DE FORMES CURIEUSES ,FERRAILLES ,RACINES et MASQUES ,DOCUMENTS et ARCHIVES,[...]
OBJETS INSOLITES ,PIERRES DE FORMES CURIEUSES ,FERRAILLES ,RACINES et MASQUES ,DOCUMENTS et ARCHIVES,
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Installation titled "AFFICHE II-1814." by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
AFFICHE II-1814. - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"AFFICHE II-1814."

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Installation titled "CONTRE-JOUR" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
CONTRE-JOUR - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"CONTRE-JOUR"

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Installation titled "L'ATELIER" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
L'ATELIER - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"L'ATELIER"

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Installation titled "LE MIROIR" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
LE MIROIR - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"LE MIROIR"

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Installation titled "CABINET DE CURIOSIT…" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
CABINET DE CURIOSITES - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"CABINET DE CURIOSITES"

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Installation titled "le-cholera-II-23x23…" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
le-cholera-II-23x23-cm-1976.jpg - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"le-cholera-II-23x23-cm-1976.jpg"

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Installation titled "femme-strip-tease-4…" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
femme-strip-tease-4.jpg - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"femme-strip-tease-4.jpg"

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Installation titled "dsc-0563.jpg" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
dsc-0563.jpg - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"dsc-0563.jpg"

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Installation titled "BOUQUET DE PIERRES…" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
BOUQUET DE PIERRES ET DE BRONZES - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"BOUQUET DE PIERRES ET DE BRONZES"

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Installation titled "LA LUTTEUSE" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
LA LUTTEUSE - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"LA LUTTEUSE"

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Installation titled "LE CRETIN BLEU" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
LE CRETIN BLEU - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"LE CRETIN BLEU"

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Installation titled "MOMIE DE RAT EN ARG…" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
MOMIE DE RAT EN ARGENT - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"MOMIE DE RAT EN ARGENT"

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Installation titled "DANSEUSE" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
DANSEUSE - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"DANSEUSE"

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Installation titled "MASQUE ASIE" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
MASQUE ASIE - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"MASQUE ASIE"

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Installation titled "AFFICHE 1814" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
AFFICHE 1814 - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"AFFICHE 1814"

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Installation titled "PERLES VENITIENNES" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
PERLES VENITIENNES - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"PERLES VENITIENNES"

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Installation titled "BLOC DE SILEX DE L'…" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
BLOC DE SILEX DE L'ATELER NEOLITHIQUE DE MURS - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"BLOC DE SILEX DE L'ATELER NEOLITHIQUE DE MURS"

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Installation titled "LE BANC" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
LE BANC - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"LE BANC"

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Installation titled "DEESSES MERES" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
DEESSES MERES - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"DEESSES MERES"

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Installation titled "L'AUTEL" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
L'AUTEL - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"L'AUTEL"

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Installation titled "SOUCHE DE CERISIER" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
SOUCHE DE CERISIER - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"SOUCHE DE CERISIER"

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Installation titled "L'ETAGERE" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
L'ETAGERE - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"L'ETAGERE"

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Installation titled "AMAS DE VIEUX BOIS" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
AMAS DE VIEUX BOIS - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"AMAS DE VIEUX BOIS"

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Installation titled "MENACES PRIMITIVES" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
MENACES PRIMITIVES - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"MENACES PRIMITIVES"

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Installation titled "ARGENTERIES" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
ARGENTERIES - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"ARGENTERIES"

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Installation titled "FERRAILLES" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
FERRAILLES - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"FERRAILLES"

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Installation titled "LA CHUTE DE LA MAIS…" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
LA CHUTE DE LA MAISON MOSKO - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"LA CHUTE DE LA MAISON MOSKO"

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Installation titled "LA PORTE" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
LA PORTE - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"LA PORTE"

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Installation titled "DANSEUSES VOILEES" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
DANSEUSES VOILEES - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"DANSEUSES VOILEES"

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Installation titled "HOMMAGE A CARPEAUX" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
HOMMAGE A CARPEAUX - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"HOMMAGE A CARPEAUX"

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Installation titled "CRANE DE CHEVRE" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
CRANE DE CHEVRE - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"CRANE DE CHEVRE"

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Installation titled "Momie" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
Momie - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"Momie"

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Installation titled "VANITES" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
VANITES - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"VANITES"

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Installation titled "MOULAGE EN PLATRE D…" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
MOULAGE EN PLATRE DANS LE SABLE - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"MOULAGE EN PLATRE DANS LE SABLE"

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Installation titled "L'ARBRE" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
L'ARBRE - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"L'ARBRE"

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Installation titled "CARTE DE VISITE" by Michel Moskovtchenko, Original Artwork
CARTE DE VISITE - Installation ©2018 by Michel Moskovtchenko -
"CARTE DE VISITE"

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