To me art is a form of manifest revolt, total and complete.
Jean Tinguely Quotes
Showing all text quotesJean Tinguely (2)
Birth: | 22nd May, 1925 |
Death: | 30th August, 1991 |
Nationality: | Swiss |
Profession: | Sculptor |
About
Jean Tinguely was born in Fribourg, Switzerland. He was a Swiss sculptor. He is best known for his sculptural machines or kinetic art, in the Dada tradition; known officially as metamechanics. He grew up in Basel, but moved to France in 1952 with his first wife, Swiss artist Eva Aeppli, to pursue a career in art. His best-known work, a self-destroying sculpture titled Homage to New York, only partially self-destructed at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City. His public works list shown below: Chaos I, Columbus, Indiana; Stravinsky Fountain, Centre Pompidou, Paris; and Tinguely Fountain, Basel.
Related Authors
Advertisement
Today's Anniversary - 19th April
Births
- 1930 - Dick Sargent
- 1957 - Mukesh Ambani
- 1913 - Norman Parkinson
- 1952 - Alexis Arguello
- 1938 - Stanley Eugene Fish
Deaths
- 1906 - Pierre Curie
- 1824 - Lord Byron
- 1560 - Philipp Melanchthon
- 1949 - Stephen Samuel Wise
- 1974 - Ayub Khan
Quote of the day
Popular Topics
Love Quotes
Anger Quotes
Being Yourself Quotes
Country Quotes
Dream Quotes
Father Quotes
Goal Quotes
Honesty Quotes
Invitation Quotes
Perfection Quotes
Politics Quotes
Positive Quotes
Power Quotes
Sympathy Quotes
Trust Quotes
Victory Quotes
Wedding Quotes
Death Quotes
Achievement Quotes
Work Quotes
Movies Quotes
Technology Quotes
Sports Quotes
Encouragement Quotes
Humanity Quotes
Ideals Quotes
Luck Quotes
Respect Quotes
Service Quotes
T-shirt Quotes
About Quoteswave
Quoteswave have collection of famous quotes and sayings by popular authors. We have biggest database of famous proverbs and quotes with images. We have categorized all quotes with different topics and tags like love quotes, inspirational, motivational, life, friendship, success, smile, achievement and belief quotes. Everyone love good meaningful quotes so share famous picture quotes with your friends and loved one.
Our mission is to motivate, boost self confiedence and inspire people to Love life, live life and surf life with words.
Our mission is to motivate, boost self confiedence and inspire people to Love life, live life and surf life with words.
Share with your friends