Elizabeth Colomba

The next Artist You Need To Know is Elizabeth Colomba. Colomba was born in France and raised in Épinay-sur-Seine : her parents are of Martinican descent. She earned a degree in applied art from the Estienne School of Art (Paris) and also studied at the École nationale...

Hans Bellmer

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Hans Bellmer (1902 – 1975). Bellmer was a German artist who would later live in France. He is known for his drawings, etchings and some photographs that illustrated the 1940 edition of Histoire de l’œil by Georges Bataille (one of...

Yves Klein

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Yves Klein (1928 – 1962). Klein was a French artist and one of the most important figures in the period of post WW II European art, and his influence is still present in many cultural areas today. A leading member of the...

Dora Maar

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Dora Maar (1907 – 1997). Born Henriette Théodora Markovitch, she was a French photographer, painter, and poet. Too often dismissed as ‘simply’ a model and muse for Pablo Picasso, any examination of her life and...

Jean Hélion

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Jean Hélion (1904–1987). Hélion (1904 – 1987) was a French painter who “worked with both non-objective and figurative painting over the course of his career, often straddling the two” : his abstract compositions...