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Moindre, Joseph
1888-1965, France
Joseph Moindre (1888–1965) was born in a rural district in Seine-Maritime, France. For six years he worked as a business broker in Paris, and then he sold his own business although he kept working as an agent. He was attracted by religion and liked visiting churches in Paris despite his critical view of the practices and dogmas of the Catholic Church. He was later drawn to spiritism and developed a passion for the myths of Egypt, a civilisation that fascinated spiritist milieus. When he was fifty-two, this self-styled Egyptologist with no formal artistic training began to paint, and continued to do so for seventeen years.
He painted small pictures in gouache on wastepaper. Unusually, he almost systematically used both sides of the paper. His works fall into two separate categories: either classic drawings of cities and churches in a naive style; or compositions featuring pyramids, temples adorned with anthropomorphic figures, and biblical scenes. The second group, combining motifs taken from Egyptian, Christian, Hebraic, or Hellenic traditions, were related to his heteroclite belief system. In several cases, a naïve scene is painted on the back of a composition in an Egyptian or antique vein.
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Architecture (english version)
Architectures, Lausanne/ Milan, Collection de l’Art Brut/ 5 Continents Editions, 2015, "Art Brut, la collection" publication series directed by Sarah Lombardi, 20.5 x 25.5 cms, 168 pages, 142 color plates. Separate French and English versions.
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Architecture
Architectures, Lausanne/ Milan, Collection de l’Art Brut/ 5 Continents Editions, 2015, "Art Brut, la collection" publication series directed by Sarah Lombardi, 20.5 x 25.5 cms, 168 pages, 142 color plates. Separate French and English versions
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The Art Brut Fascicle N°04
The Art Brut Fascicle N°04, 18 x 24 cm, 150 ill. black/white or color, about 160 pp. Since 1964 to 2013.In French. One fascicle CHF 30.-
Price Complete collection, 25 fascicles (N°2 - N°26) : CHF 720.-
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Croyances (french version)
Emmanuel Grimaud, Sarah Lombardi and Anic Zanzi, Croyances, Lausanne/ Milan, Collection de l’Art Brut/ 5 Continents Editions, 2021,« Art Brut, la collection », under the direction of Sarah Lombardi,168 pages, more than 100 color plates, available in french or in english..
Beliefs (english version)
Emmanuel Grimaud, Sarah Lombardi and Anic Zanzi, Beliefs, Lausanne/ Milan, Collectionde l’Art Brut/ 5 Continents Editions, 2021, « Art Brut, la collection », under the direction of Sarah Lombardi, 168 pages, over 100 color plates, available in French or English.
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